SITC - Security Innovation & Technology Consortium

Venue: BIS Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET

Background

The SEEDA contract that led to the formulation of SITC came to an end in April and over the last year we have been working hard to secure further Government funding to enable us to continue to provide the benefits that our members have enjoyed over the last 3 years.

Despite engaging with the several government agencies and presenting a strong case for further support based on SITC's track record of success, in the current economic climate further offers of funding have not yet been forthcoming.

We are have been in discussions with some of the UK Security Trade Associations and have developed a proposal with ADS Group Ltd (A|D|S) which would involve SITC merging its activities with A|D|S. Under this proposal SITC members who were not already A|D|S members would gaining access to many of the benefits of full A|D|S membership, but only pay a modest £150 p.a. membership fee.  Also, some categories of SITC members would be exempt from this fee.

At the SITC AGM held on 15 April 2011, SITC's members gave strong 'in principal' backing for SITC to further develop the proposal for 'brigading' with A|D|S and for this proposal to be put to the membership at a subsequent EGM.

We would like to see as many SITC members as possible exercising their right to vote at this EGM (in person or by proxy) on the A|D|S proposal (Option 1 set out in the document: Business Case: A|D|S SITC) and on the related proposal to reduce the size of the SITC Board. These proposals are vital to establishing a stable future direction for SITC.

I look forward to meeting with you all on the 20th or, if you are unable to attend, I hope you will complete a proxy form to make sure your voting wishes are taken into account.

Please see below for further details including the A|D|S proposal document, the EGM motions to be considered, and a form for submitting your proxy vote (if required).

Kind regards

Steve Swain, CEO
SITC

Agenda and Further Details

CEO Update

Consideration and Voting on Proposed Resolutions:

1. That SITC should reduce the minimum number of Board Members stated in its Articles of Association (7.1) from 6 to 2.
2. That SITC should support Option 1 as set out in the document entitled 'Business Case: A|D|S SITC' and proceed to implement its provisions from 1 August 2011.

Any other business

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Voting by Proxy

If you are the 'lead contact' for your organisation and would like to vote on the resolutions above by proxy rather than in person at the EGM, please complete and return the Proxy Form attached below.

Your organisation's lead contact is listed as the main contact on the SITC website.  To check who is listed go to the SITC Members listing or search for your organisation's name, and click on it to access this detail. Please note that you will need to be logged in because this information is not included in the top level (public) SITC Members listing.

Booking

Please register to attend the EGM at http://sitcegm.eventbrite.com

Please note that:

• Due to limited capacity, a maximum of 2 people per organisation will be allowed to register to attend, and
• Only one person (the designated lead contact) is permitted to vote on behalf of each SITC Member organisation.  (However, the lead contact may authorise another person to act as a proxy by completing the proxy form attached below)