Annual General Meeting 2022
of the SDL Forum Society

The AGM 2022 of the SDL Forum Society was held on Tuesday October 25 at 10:30 am (Montreal, Canada, local time). Members of the society were invited to attend the virtual meeting using the following Zoom link:

https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/j/97130644825?pwd=OG93VnYzMCtYZVJYdU8yTFJUQTEvQT09
Meeting ID: 971 3064 4825
Passcode: h5UPh2

Local numbers for dial-in option: https://uottawa-ca.zoom.us/u/abWDC3hDKN
(passcode 621024)

The business of the meeting was as follows:

• To approve the minutes of the previous AGM;
• To receive and adopt the report of the Board and the statement of accounts for the year;
• To discuss the future operation of the society and consider ending its existence;
• To elect the Board for the coming year if necessary;
• To elect the auditors for the coming year if necessary;
• To consider any proposed resolutions from the Board or members for operation of the Society in future, including (but not limited to) Society Events (see http://www.sdl-forum.org/Events/index.htm), standardisation work, member benefits and subscriptions.

The following candidates were nominated for the board election:

• Chairperson: Emmanuel Gaudin;
• Treasurer: Amardeo Sarma;
• Secretary: Rick Reed.

Candidates statement:
"If elected as the Board, they intend to review the operation of the Society with objectives:

• Increase the interest (particularly of academics) in the Specification and Description Language;
• Boost the SAM conference;
• Investigate publishing SAM conference results in an Open Access journal;
• Consider customisation of the Specification and Description Language to different needs;
• Consider marketing operations of the Society;
• Improve the website, such as adding tutorials and materials that the members can share.“

Rick Reed

November 17, 2022