Annual General Meetings

2024 AGM

The 2024 AGM is be held on Saturday 22nd June and will be held as a hybrid meeting to allow the membership from across Scotland (and the UK) to attend either online or in person.

At the 2024 AGM some of the Association Management Group (AMG) Chairs are up for election, due to not being elected in 2023. AMG Chairs are responsible for looking after the primary disciplines within STS and must be members . Only STS members can vote. Members can only vote for their stated primary discipline when it comes to AMG Chair’s. Each post holder will serve a term of 3 years and a maximum of 3 terms consecutively.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2025 and agree the accountants for inspecting the STS 2024 accounts. One motion has been submitted to amend the Articles of Association and therefore there is one Special Resolution for consideration at the 2024 annual general meeting.

The meeting will receive reports on the past 12 months. These reports will also look ahead and present plans to be implemented by STS to develop the sport and improve its own operations. At the AGM, STS will also present a summary of a survey issued to the membership at the start of June asking the membership to provide feedback on the services and performance of STS.

Papers for the formal part of the meeting are provided below, along with information on registering for the AGM and submitting a proxy vote for those not intending to be at the meeting on the day. We ask that everyone wishing to attend complete the registration form so we can send out links (for those attending online) and ensure we have a big enough room booked if people are attending in person.

A link to the form for registering for the AGM is provided below. Below this is the Proxy form for people not attending the meeting but wishing to vote on the motions at the 2024 AGM. The Proxy form will go live at 11.00 on 31st May 2024 and close at 11.00 on 20 June 2024.

The rules on voting at the AGM are included below, extracting the relevant parts of the Articles.

2023 AGM

The 2023 AGM is be held on Saturday 29th April and is returning to being held in person but in view of the last few years and an understanding that we have a membership from across Scotland (and the UK), we are also providing an option for people wanting to attend online.

At the 2023 AGM all Association Management Group (AMG) Chairs are up for election. AMG Chairs are responsible for looking after the primary disciplines within STS and must be members . Only STS members can vote. Members can only vote for their stated primary discipline when it comes to AMG Chair’s. Each post holder will serve a term of 3 years and a maximum of 3 terms consecutively.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2024 and agree the accountants for inspecting the STS 2023 accounts. No motions have been submitted to amend the Articles of Association and therefore there are no Special Resolutions for consideration at the 2023 annual general meeting.

The meeting will receive reports on the past 12 months. These reports will also look ahead and present plans to be implemented by STS to develop the sport and improve its own operations.

Papers for the meeting are provided below, along with information on registering for the AGM and submitting a proxy vote for those not intending to be at the meeting on the day. We ask that everyone wishing to attend complete the registration form so we can send out links (for those attending online) and ensure we have a big enough room booked if people are attending in person.

2022 AGM

The 2022 AGM is be held on Saturday 23rd April and is once again going to take place via a webinar due to COVID-19.

At the 2022 AGM the Sports Vice Chair and Chair of the Air Association Management Group (AMG) are both up for election as no nominations have forward for the latter at either of the previous two AGMs. AMG Chairs are responsible for looking after the primary disciplines within STS and must be members . Only STS members can vote. All members can vote for the Sports Vice Chair but can only vote for their stated primary discipline when it comes to AMG Chair’s. Each post will serve a term of 3 years and a maximum of 3 terms consecutively.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2023 and agree the accountants for inspecting the STS 2022 accounts. No motions have been submitted to amend the Articles of Association and therefore there are no Special Resolutions for consideration at the 2022 meeting.

The meeting will receive reports on the past 12 months. These reports will also look ahead and present plans to be implemented by STS to develop the sport and improve its own operations.

Papers for the meeting are provided below, along with information on registering for the AGM and submitting a proxy vote for those not intending to be at the meeting on the day.

2021 AGM

The 2021 AGM is be held on Saturday 24th April and is once again going to take place via a webinar due to COVID-19.

At the 2021 AGM the Chair of the Air Association Management Group (AMG) is up for election as no nominations came forward at the previous AGM. AMG Chairs are responsible for looking after the primary disciplines within STS and must be members . Only STS members can vote and can only vote for the AMG Chair of their stated primary discipline. Each post will serve a term of 3 years and a maximum of 3 terms consecutively.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2022 and agree the accountants for inspecting the STS 2021 accounts. No motions have been submitted to amend the Articles of Association and therefore there are no Special Resolutions for consideration at the 2021 meeting.

The meeting will receive reports on the past 12 months and the impact COVID-19 has had on STS and the sport. These reports will also look ahead and present plans to be implemented by STS to develop the sport and improve its own operations.

Papers for the meeting are provided below, along with information on registering for the AGM and submitting a proxy vote for those not intending to be at the meeting on the day.

2020 AGM

The 2020 AGM was be held on Saturday 25th April and took place via webinar due to the COVID-19 social distancing measures.

At the 2020 AGM the Chairs of each Association Management Group (AMG) were up for election. These directors are responsible for looking after the primary disciplines within STS and must be members . Only STS members could vote and could only vote for the AMG Chair of their stated primary discipline. Each post will serve a term of 3 years and a maximum of 3 terms consecutively.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2021 and agree the accountants for inspecting the STS accounts. A Special Resolution was also been proposed to make a minor adjustment to the STS Articles of Association. The amendment is simply to tidy up an alteration missed in 2018, stating the Primary Disciplines under Article 2.1 as currently the Air and Gallery Rifle AMGs are missing.

2019 AGM

The 2019 AGM will be held on Saturday 27th April at Caledonia House, Edinburgh at 12.15.

At the 2019 AGM no positions are up for election.

Ordinary Resolutions are tabled to set the membership fees for 2020 and agree the accountants. One Special Resolution is also proposed to make adjustments to the articles to change the Chief Executive (or equivalent role) from a director to advisor, retaining the role of Company Secretary, to ensure best practice for the Company’s governance is observed.

The rules on voting at the AGM are included below, extracting the relevant parts of the Articles. The AGM Notification link below will take members to the proxy voting form when indicating that they will be unable to attend the AGM. This allows member unable to make the meeting to still vote as is their rights as per the articles and Companies Act. Use the links below to view the papers for this year's AGM.

2018 AGM

The 2018 AGM was held on Saturday 28th April at Caledonia House, Edinburgh at 15.00.

At the 2018 AGM no positions are up for election. The inaugural terms of three directors end at this meeting but these positions are appointed by the Board rather than elected by the membership. The candidates filling the roles of Performance & Pathways Director, Coaching & Officials Director and Communications & Marketing Director were announced at the AGM. As with all positions on completion of their inaugural period (with the exception of the Chair), these positions will serve a term of 3 years or until the third AGM from their appointment, whichever is sooner.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2019 and agree the accountants. Special Resolutions were also proposed to make adjustments to the articles missed in 2017 with regards to allowing junior members to vote and to clarify the Association Management Groups recognised by the Board and membership.

2017 AGM

The 2017 AGM was held on Saturday 3rd June at the North Inch Community Campus, Perth at 13.30.

At the 2017 AGM the Chairs of each Association Management Group (AMG) were up for election. These directors are responsible for looking after the core disciplines and must be members of STS. The positions are to be elected and will serve a term of 3 years.

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2018 and agree the accountants. Special Resolutions were also proposed to make adjustments to the articles to allow junior members to vote and make adjustments with regards the accounting requirements.

2016 AGM

Scottish Target Shooting held the very first Annual General Meeting of the Company at 14.00 on Saturday 30th April 2016 at Caledonia House, Edinburgh.

At the 2016 AGM all elected positions were up for election. Due to it being the inaugural AGM, different terms of office apply to ensure the full board is not due to stand down at the same time if all directors complete their terms. 

Ordinary Resolutions were tabled to set the membership fees for 2017 and agree the accountants. Special Resolutions were also proposed to make small corrections to the articles and maintain the same membership fee for the full year, regardless of when membership is taken.