AGM Report

Here is a brief report on the Clubs Annual General Meeting held on December 3rd 2009 for those who might be vaguely interested.

Peter (Chairman) opened the meeting with a welcome to all present and a request for any apologies, these were as follows:- Jeffery Balchin, Mike Meyer, Jason Payne, Tony Paige, Ken Lees and Trevor Kingham.
Pete then asked if all had read the minutes of the previous AGM and asked for a proposer that these were a true record, Kevin Beale proposed and seconded by Alan Kavth and on a show of hands were accepted.
Peter then gave his annual report:- He noted that we had attended the Brighton show where we had an even bigger area to fill and he thanked Bob White for his display of vintage engines which created a lot of interest amongst the casual lookers and the “when we’s” and “when I’s” present, which kept Bob busy all the three days. He noted that some of the members attended the Ardingly and Amberly shows to show some of their models and promote the club. We had another trip to Aerovintage which was well attended and he thanked Nigel for arranging the visit. He reported that the BBQ had been another success and that the “social evening” was also successful and will be repeated on 27th. Feb 2010. He went on to list the club night activities that we had and thanked those who had arranged, presented and participated in. Pete concluded his report by thanking the retiring committee for their tireless support and thanked everyone for their support also, he then presented Barbara with gift from the club in thanks for providing refreshments at club nights.
Peter then asked our treasurer (John) to give his report:-
John opened his report by announcing that we had 76 senior and 10 junior members in the past year, an all time record for junior members which he stated was good for the future of the club as today's juniors are tomorrows seniors. He stated that the clubs finances were in good shape. He asked if there were any questions regarding the accounts, there were none so he moved that the club accept the accounts as a true record, this was proposed by Roy Carver and seconded by Mike Smallridge and again on a show of hands was accepted.
John then moved to second part of his report:- setting the subs for 2010,
he explained that as we had a healthy bank balance and that we did not foresee any
major expenditure in the near future he was recommending that the subs remain as 2009 I.e. £27 for seniors. He added that the BMFA subs had increased by £1 to £29 so the total if accepted would be £56 for seniors and no change to junior membership fees. John therefore proposed that the club subs for seniors for 2010 be set at £27. This was seconded by Nigel Carver and on a show of hands was accepted.
Peter then thanked John for his report and moved to the next item on the agenda:- the vote for the “Clubman of the Year” trophy. The slips were distributed and then collected and counted and I was presented with the trophy, (please don’t do it again as I am fed up with cleaning it! but I was very honoured to receive it, Keith)
Peter then moved to the next item:- presentation of trophies, he explained that as we do not compete for some of the trophies these days, it falls to the committee to award them for meritious performnce or best improvement etc. He then presented the trophies as follows:- Scale Concours—Kevin Beale for his SPAD bi-plane, Military—Don Redman for his long build time and short airborne life Lysander, The Junior trophy was presented to Ben Bristow for his obvious skill at model flying, The Electric trophy was presented to Nigel Carver for his unending willingness to assist others in electric flight, The Power trophy was presented to Trevor Whitehouse for his rapid but safe accent up the flying ladder, The Airbrain trophy was presented to Mick Smallridge and the Egg Race trophy was presented to Allan Balchin and Roy Carver
We then moved to the election of officers and committee and as noted on the agenda there were no other nominations for Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary so all that was required was a proposal that Peter, John and Keith be returned for another term of office, Roy Carver proposed and Cedric De La Nourgere seconded and on a show of hands was accepted.
Vote for committee:- again there were only 6 nominations for the 6 posts these were John Tee, John Brinkler, Fred Sargent, Jonathon Sargent, Allan Balchin and Nigel Carver so again all that was required was a proposal that they be returned, Fred Sargent proposed and John Hurrell seconded and again on a show of hand was accepted.
Peter then concluded the formal part of the meeting with the proposal that we hold the 2010 AGM on 2nd. December, same time same place. This was seconded by John Hurrell and was accepted, Peter then closed the meeting and invited the gathering to take some refreshments and then re-convene for an informal chat to see what we want to do in 2010.

This report is just that and does not represent any formal document to be accepted at the the 2010 AGM

Keith Wright (Sec. H&DRCMC)