WHILE the annual general meeting of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is being held in Sydney today imagine the disappointment and frustration of Wellington sheep producer and wool grower, Michael Lyons.
He received his voting papers in the post two hours after the official close of the poll.
Mr Lyons, with his father, David, hold the Mount Bodangora partnership and 200 shares in AWI, but due to what may have been a postal service hold-up, could not execute his democratic right to participate in the vote for the new board of directors, or was able to delegate authority through proxies – it was too late.
What Mr Lyons would like to know is how many other eligible shareholders missed out as well.
“I don’t know whether it was a postal hold-up or a failure with procedures by the company authorised to conduct the ballot or a failure somewhere else within the whole scheme of things, but I can’t get any reasonable answers,” he said.
“I just wonder if any other shareholder experienced the same predicament.”
The mail delivery to Mount Bodangora arrived at midday on Wednesday (November 15), two hours after the close of the poll, however, Mr Lyons was told the packages were posted at least a fortnight before.
Mr Lyons said his complaint needs to be investigated, especially since all the controversy in AWI of recent months.
The Land would like to hear readers’ comments. Have other eligible voters missed out as well?