Earlier on Tuesday night, Mr Haworth had faced down criticism regarding his outspoken stance, particularly regarding his recent remarks regarding 83-year-old Queenstown Lakes commissioner and Dunedin barrister Neville Marquet.
Wanaka resident Mike Bayliss said Mr Haworth was "plain rude," his language, "excessive and inappropriate" and his comments were not helping either his (Mr Haworth's) or the society's cause.
Mr Haworth said he stood by his comments about Mr Marquet's age and criticism relating to "shabby deals" concocted by the Queenstown Lakes District Council and developers. He was subsequently booed and heckled by a large group of people, not themselves society members, who attended the meeting.
During a members-only session, Mr Haworth was later asked to modify his outspoken "tendencies". He was subsequently re-elected unopposed to the presidency, in what will be his ninth year in the position.
UCES members later approached the Otago Daily Times to comment on the "sheer volume" of hard work, time and effort Mr Haworth put into making submissions on behalf of the society and the greater Upper Clutha community.
They applauded his commitment to the role, his meticulous preparation and "comprehensive" committee briefings, which kept their 42-strong membership "fully informed".
Emotions ran high during the AGM, which was attended by more than 50 people and featured numerous verbal exchanges and heated outbursts.
American academic and Lincoln University lecturer Dr Ann Brower was confronted with a hostile reception from the more than 30 representatives of the Upper Clutha farming community who attended the meeting to listen to her speech.
The UCES guest speaker was criticised for her research into South Island high-country tenure review by a number of farmers during a 45-minute presentation.
Tarras farmer Lee Davis asked Dr Brower how she managed to live with her conscience and whether she was aware of "the trouble your studies have caused us [in the high-country community]".
Dr Brower, who holds a Phd from Berkeley, California, and a masters degree from Yale University, Connecticut, completed a study into high-country tenure review in 2006 as part of a Fulbright scholarship.
She told the farmers her study was never intended to cause any offence or controversy, and she was surprised at the reception it had been given and the interest shown in it. The North Carolina native was heckled and told to "go back to America".
Her studies contend that deliberation of tenure review is governed more by customary rights accorded to high-country farmers, rather than a strict interpretation of legal property rights.
Dr Brower made no apologies for the conclusions her study reached and told those assembled "that, as an academic, my allegiance is to scholarship, theory, and the letter of the law."
