2025 Annual General Meeting: 10am Saturday 17 May at Cossie Club, Upper Hutt

This year's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at 10am on Saturday 17 May and clients and their wonderful families and whanau, members and volunteers came along as we looked back on the Society's progress in 2024 and our plans for the immediate future.

Watch the AGM Recording on YouTube

You can watch the Livestream of the meeting through the panel below (7.71GB, streams via Youtube). 

Stream the video recording of the 2025 WMS AGM on Youtube

Please note: we have added Closed Captions using autocaptions. While we've made every effort to ensure that the captions are an accurate reflection of the content of the meeting, we expect that errors will have crept in. The original recording and the minutes remain the most accurate records of the meeting.

On the Day

Those attending enjoyed the usual presentations like the President's, Treasurer's and Operations Reports along with a short presentation by Patron Anne La Flamme's Research Team led by Dr Katharina Robichon, Cara Schlebusch and Elysha-Rose Grant.

The Andy Woodside Memorial Award was awarded to Nick Brandon of Wairarapa, in appreciation for him being Wellington's Face of MS for the last few years.

Image Description: L-R - Alan Woodside (left) hands the Andy Woodside Memorial Award certificate to Nick Brandon (centre), with President Steve McCloskey to his right..

60th Anniversary of Wellington MS

Wellington MS was incorporated on 6 August 1964, making this year our 60th anniversary. We will be inviting everyone to join us for a slice of cake to celebrate!

AGM documents

The agenda is below and the other documents will be added as hyperlinks as they become available.

Download or print a pdf copy of the agenda here.

Agenda

  1. Opening karakia and welcome
  2. Apologies
  3. One-minute Silence for members who have passed away
  4. Minutes of the 60th AGM and matters arising
  5. President’s Report (Steve McCloskey)
  6. Treasurer’s Report (Ross Judge) and draft financial statement
  7. Operations Report including Communications & Fundraising Update (Philippa Scott, Maria Luisa Suarez and Suzie Linton) 
  8. The Andy Woodside Memorial Award
  9. Confirm Committee members and accountants
  10. Update from our Patron Anne La Flamme’s research team Cara Schlebusch and Elysha-Rose Grant
  11. Next AGM – 10:30am Saturday 16 May 2026 at the same location.
  12. Close

AGM Photo Gallery

 

   
Image description: Our community as people start to arrive and mingle at the AGM 2025. Image description: (L-R) Alan Woodside presents Nick Brandon (centre) with the Andy Woodside Memorial Award for his work as Wellington's Face of MS, along with President Steve McCloskey.
   
   
Image description: The scrumptious 60th anniversary cake was a carrot cake with cream cheese icing, along with a WMS logo on the top. Image description: President Steve McCloskey smiles as he cuts the cake.