Notice of Annual General Meeting 2021

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of PINES will be held online via two Zoom meetings being held at different times to accommodate the various time zones of our global members.  The meetings are expected to take no longer than an hour, however, they have been scheduled for a duration of one and half hours to allow plenty of time for Q&A with the attending board members and networking with other attendees.

All members of PINES are invited to attend the AGM, but only Professional Members have voting rights.

Meeting for the Asia-Pacific region

  • Monday 28th June
    • San Diego, CA, US 7:00 PM
    • New York, NY, US 10:00 PM
  • Tuesday 29th June
    • Delhi, India 7:30 AM
    • Hong Kong, Hong Kong 10:00 AM
    • Tokyo, Japan 11:00 PM
    • Brisbane, Australia 12:00 PM – host location
    • Auckland, New Zealand 2:00 PM

Meeting for the Americas and Europe regions

  • Tuesday 29th June
    • San Diego, CA, US 9:00 AM – host location
    • New York, NY, US 12:00 PM
    • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1:00 PM
    • London, England 5:00 PM
    • Cape Town, South Africa 6:00 PM
    • Delhi, India 9:30 PM

You can use this website and enter the host’s meeting location and your location to see what the meeting start time will be in your local time.

Agenda 

  • Attendances and apologies
  • Opening by the chair
  • Confirmation of minutes of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
  • Presentation and adoption of the 2020 Annual Report
  • Introduction of the Board of Directors and Officers
  • General business
  • Time for member questions
  • Meeting close
  • Networking for those who interested in meeting other PINES members
‘Breaking bread’ networking mini-event
For the Americas and Europe regions meeting the first 15 minutes of the meeting time will be used for also hosting a social and networking mini-event.

All interested members are invited to prepare a 90 second casual presentation showcasing one of their local breads and addressing the following:

  • Describe the bread and the history
  • Nutritional composition
  • Any myths/beliefs/interesting story
  • How athletes may typically incorporate the bread into their training/competition diet

If they can please express their interest to either Membership Officer (Shelly or Enette) by 25 June.

meltzer@iafrica.com
enette@vt.edu

Location
Both meetings will be held via Zoom, the access details will be provided in an email closer to the meeting dates. Please check your email account for the invitation. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Rachael Thurecht
PINES Executive Officer