IPSWICH & DISTRICT GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Minutes of the AGM held on 24th
November 2011 at The Key, St Margarets Plain, Ipswich.
1.
Opening
of the
Meeting by the Chairman
Gareth
Evans welcomed everyone to the meeting. There were 32 members in
attendance.
2.
Apologies
Apologies
were received from Ian Dolby.
3.
Minutes
of
the previous AGM held on
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.
Presentationof
the
Annual Report
The Annual Report was made available to all
members
present and covered items on:
Membership - now running between 470 and 506
Walks
programme –106 walks in the year ranging from 3 to 13 miles, covering
745 miles.
Social events – two soup lunch/walks
organised by
members and one when joining with the villagers of Shotley.
6.
Presentation
of
Statement of Account
Pene
Frost, our Treasurer, led the meeting through the salient points of the
year’s
income and expenditure. Our funds were in a sound state and the
diligence of the
Executive Committee over the past two years has paid off. The balance
is
£685.
Acceptance
of the accounts was proposed by Geoff Knight and seconded by Hazel
Glassock.
7.
Presentation
of
Footpath Committee Report
Norman
Hammond, our Footpath Secretary, summed up the activities of the past
year.
The
committee has met four times during the year to discuss matters
relevant to our
area.
Details
and progress can be found at Annex A to these minutes.
8.
Election
of
Honorary Chairman and Officers
Having
retired at the beginning of the AGM in accordance with our
Constitution, both the
Chairman and other officers offered themselves for re-election for the
coming
year.
It was proposed by Martin
Pickup and seconded by Mike Rhodes that the committee be elected
en-bloc as
below:
Chairman:
Gareth Evans
Secretary:
Ian Dolby
Treasurer:
Pene Frost
Footpath
Secretary: Norman Hammond
Programme
Secretary: Gareth Evans
Membership
Secretary: Isla Clough
Webmaster
: Keith Moxon
9. Election of
Committee Members
Committee
members John Gibbs and Dave Munday were willing to stand again and were
re-elected. Proposed
by Frank Beckett and seconded by Angela Howes.
10. Any
other business.
a.
A request was made for a volunteer to
send emails twice a month to the local papers with details of our group
walks.
[after meeting note:- Angela Howes volunteered]
b.
The Chairman drew members notice to the
sale at Blacks during the next two days when a discount of one third
would be
applied to all products in store.
c.
Geoff Knight explained to the members
that he was our representative on the Greenways Project which looked
after the
green spaces around Ipswich for the benefit of wildlife and walkers. He
was also
on the Environmental Panel for Ipswich Borough Council and this gave
him an
opportunity to put our point of view in discussions relating to
development and
proposed changes in the area.
d.
Geoff Knight proposed a vote of thanks to
the Chairman for running the AGM and for his services in planning walks
for the
group throughout the year.
11.
Refreshments.
The Chairman thanked Rosie Winters and Isla
Clough for
arranging the refreshments and to Frank Beckett for organising the
raffle.
12 Guest speaker.
Mr.
John White, boat builder, fisherman and ex-ferryman at Felixstowe, gave
an interesting
illustrated talk on his life around the ferry and the characters who he
had
been associated with over the years.
13.
Closure
The
Chairman thanked John White for his very interesting and humorous talk
and to all
those members attending the meeting for their support.
The
meeting was closed at 9.40 p.m.