Wexford Pride AGM
Wexford Pride’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place Online on Monday 18th November at 7PM.
The Annual General Meeting takes place in November of each year. It provides an opportunity for the community to gather together to reflect on the previous year, approve amendments to the constitution and to elect a new committee for 2024-25.
The AGM will take place via Google Meet, the meeting link will be made available through the Wexford Pride website or by contacting wexfordpride@gmail.com.
Since 2018, Wexford Pride has grown from a small community picnic to a countywide community-led organisation supporting the LGBTQIA+ community beyond our annual Pride in The Park celebration and extending to over 100+ community events, groups, peer support spaces to support, uplift and empower LGBTQIA+ people on a local and national level. This has been reflected over the past year in greater ownership across our community spaces with many members taking on leadership roles and contributing their time, passion and creativity further enriching our incredible community through events including our LGBTQIA+ Community Symposium (July), Pride Goes to Prom (Oct), our Peer Support spaces and creative projects including Queer Chorus and Aiteach our bi-monthly queer culture zine.
The AGM provides an important space for community members to come together to collectively shape the direction of Wexford Pride - your voice matters!
AGM and Election Process
There will be Four Core Committee roles up for election: Treasurer, Community Liaison, Public Relations Officer, and Secretary. There are also three further ‘Open Committee Member’ titles that can also be elected, one of these titles was filled during 2023. The responsibility of Chairperson is rotated through the four core committee members during the year.
To run for a committee position send an expression of interest to wexfordpride@gmail.com no later than 5 p.m. on Sunday November 17. Committee members must be of majority age at the time of election.
The Secretary is responsible for the documentation of the activities of the committee and the communication of information within the committee. The Secretary should be a good communicator and maintain confidentiality on relevant matters. Among the Secretary’s tasks are to record, control and distribute minutes, and receive and disseminate correspondence to and from the committee. The Secretary is the Vice-Treasurer, i.e., takes the responsibilities of the Treasurer should the Treasurer be unavailable.
The Treasurer is responsible for managing the organisation’s finances. Their tasks include the preparation of annual budgets, planning for the organisation’s financial future, monitoring the organisation’s revenue and expenditure, documentation of the Committee’s spending, and approval of any spending over €50. Petty cash spending under €50 can be approved by any Committee member. The Treasurer should have a sufficient level of financial expertise to cover the responsibilities. The Treasurer will also be responsible for coordinating fundraising and sponsorship. The Treasurer must create and present the financial records at each AGM.
The Public Relations Officer is responsible for oversight of media engagements, including Committee member interviews by the media, press releases and promotional material releases to media partners and news outlets, the administration of Wexford Pride’s social media presence, the approval of any posting to Wexford Pride social media accounts, and management of the organisation’s website.
The Community Liaison is responsible for communication with other organisations, including but not limited to NGOs representing marginalised communities; clubs and organisations representing marginalised communities; youth clubs and organisations that support LGBTQIA+ youth; and other organisations supporting our aims and objectives.The Community Liaison is the Vice-PRO, i.e., takes the responsibilities of the PRO should the PRO be unavailable, and has deputised access to all social media accounts.
The Chairperson is responsible for ensuring that the activities of the organisation are aligned with the constitution. They are also responsible for the smooth running of any and all meetings, which includes preparation and control of the agenda. The Chairperson can call extraordinary meetings of the Committee and/or membership. The Chairperson is a rotating position held by each of the four core committee members in the order Secretary, Treasurer, PRO, Community Liaison, for one month each. Should the Chairperson be unavailable for a regular or extraordinary meeting, then one of the four core committee members should take their role for that meeting.
Accessibility and Inclusion
We are committed to ensuring our events and spaces are inclusive, safe and accessible to all corners of our community including those who are neurodivergent, disabled or members of the BIPOC, Traveller or Roma communities. We are conscious that many LGBTQIA+ spaces are not accessible to or representatives of those most marginalized within our community due to ignorance, prejudice, internalized -phobias or racism. We are committed to continuously working to challenge, deconstruct and learn to better inform our spaces and ensure they are reflective of the diversity within our community and that includes encouraging and supporting members from these groups to be represented and included in our decision-making, organising and committee structures.
