IPSWICH & DISTRICT GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Minutes of the AGM held on 18th November 2010 at The Key, St Margarets Plain, Ipswich.

1.    Opening of  the Meeting  by the Chairman
Gareth Evans welcomed everyone to the meeting. There were 40 members in attendance.

2.    Apologies
         Apologies were received from Dick & Doreen Leech, Ian Dolby and Rob Young.

3.    Minutes of the previous AGM held on 19th November 2009
Accepted as a true and fair record.  Proposed Dave Mundy and seconded by Al Glassock.

4.    Matters arising from the Minutes
There were none

5.    Presentation  of the Annual Report
The Annual Report was made available to all members present and covered items on:
Membership - now running between 500 and 520
Walks programme - 118 walks in the year ranging from 3 to 13 miles
Social events – two soup lunch/walks organised by members and one when joining with the villagers of Shotley.
Group Constitution - This has been ratified by both Area and Central Councils
In general terms the Central Council of the Ramblers has now reorganised and set positive budgets for the next two years.

6.    Presentation of Statement of Account
Pene Frost, our Treasurer, led the meeting through the salient points of the years income and expenditure.  The Executive Committee had made substantial savings on administering the Group, as promised at the previous AGM.  We had secured a higher grant from Area this year and this, together with our own cost cutting and fund raising has seen us end the year with £738 in our bank account. 
Acceptance of the accounts was proposed by Hazel Glassock and seconded by John Gibbs.

7.    Presentation of Footpath Committee Report
Norman Hammond summed up the activities of the past year. The committee has met seven times this year.
Peter Turtill commented on the Public Inquiry into the Rights of Way at the docks, said that he  
would be attending and hoped that a member of our Footpath Committee could be there on 7th December.

8.    Election of Honorary Chairman
Having stood down as Chairman at last year’s AGM, Gareth Evans had continued in an acting capacity during the year in the absence of a volunteer.  He had been approached by several members and asked if he once again take up the role.  In accordance with our Constitution, a formal proposal dated 26th September had been submitted to our Secretary.  The meeting voted unanimously to elect Gareth as Chairman for the coming year.

9.    Election of Officers
       The  following officers, having offered themselves for a further term, were re-elected:
        Secretary: Ian Dolby
        Treasurer: Pene Frost
        Footpath Secretary: Norman Hammond
        Programme Secretary: Gareth Evans
        Membership Secretary: Isla Clough
        Proposed by Maddy Rhodes and seconded by Sheila Hammond

10. Election of Committee Members
Committee members John Gibbs and Dave Munday were willing to stand again and were re- elected.  Proposed by Roger Wolfe and seconded by Tony Jolly.

13. Any other business. 
 Roger Wolfe gave the meeting an update on the East Suffolk Line walks and had made the new booklet available for members at the meeting.

14. Refreshments.
Thanks  were proposed to Sheila Hammond and Hazel Glassock for arranging the refreshments, and to Rosie for organising the raffle.

15 Guest Speaker
   
16. Closure
The Chairman thanked Charlie Haylock for his very interesting and humorous guide to the Suffolk dialect and to all those members attending the meeting for their support.

The meeting was closed at 9.35 p.m.

 

 

 

 

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