{"id":157,"date":"2026-05-31T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsa.ac.nz\/?p=157"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:07:02","slug":"2026-annual-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa.ac.nz\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/2026-annual-general-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WELLINGTON STRING ACADEMY\u2019S<\/strong><strong> ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held on Sunday 31st May 2026, from 17:45 to 17:50<br>At Wellington High School, Room 102, 249 Taranaki Street, Mt Cook, Wellington 6011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MINUTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Present: Regina Nispel, May Lee, Chris Harrison, Lynley Culliford, Nadja Sekicki, Helene Pohl, Rolf Gjelsten, Nicole Chao, Chen Zhou<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apologies: none received<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Previous AGM Minutes&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As this is our first AGM there are no previous AGM minutes to be approved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Any matters arising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>none<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Financial report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2025\/2026 WSA Performance Report and the 2025\/2026 WSA Balance Sheet was presented by May and accepted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. Chair report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Founding of the WSA in November 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The intention was to create event-based opportunities for young string players from school age up to the age of 25 to learn, perform, be inspired and network in an inclusive environment through expert coaching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WSA is committed to fostering creativity and building a supportive community for the next generation of musicians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Membership pool since grew from the founding 8 to currently almost 40 members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. Music Director\u2019s reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WSA activities and events since its foundation in Nov 25: Extravaganzas, Excerpt Classes, a very successful inaugural Autumn Workshop, the CMMW\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WSA in planning an inaugural summer school in January 27 focusing on chamber music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. WSA\u2019s Committee elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jenni Champion is stepping back from the committee, the committee thanked her for all her work and time volunteered on the behalf of the WSA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Election of WSA Committee Members and Officers for 2026\/2027:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chair : Regina Nispel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasurer : May Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-Art Directors : Lynley Culliford and Nadja Sekicki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee Members : Chris Harrison, Helen Pohl and Rolf Gjelsten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The WSA committee welcomes further nomination for the committee and offices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. Ratification of Constitution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The constitution was ratified by the AGM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9. General business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellington String Academy&#8217;s Annual General Meeting (AGM) <a href=\"https:\/\/wsa.ac.nz\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/2026-annual-general-meeting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 Annual General Meeting - Wellington String Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wsa.ac.nz\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/2026-annual-general-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 Annual General Meeting - 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