ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Tuesday 24 April 2007
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The
twenty-third Annual General Meeting of the Mayfield Duplicate Bridge Club was
held at St John’s Church Hall, Tadworth on Tuesday 24 April 2007. |
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The Meeting commenced at 7.30pm with 63 members
present including the following 7 Committee Members: Malcolm Channing (Chairman) Chris Pullan (Treasurer) Peter Lee (Captain) Andrew Barnett
Keith Jackson Terry Kedgley Roger Sugden
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Apologies for Absence |
Rosemary
Rice, Ron Maclaren, Roy Smith, Ann Chapple, Hazel Farmer, David Dick, Audrey
Randall, Alan and Dorothy Laker, and Dick and Dorothy Wharton. |
Chairman’s
Report |
The
Chairman welcomed everyone to the Meeting and said this would be his third
and last AGM as Chairman. He asked whether there were any queries on the
Minutes of the last AGM. There being none, he signed the Minutes noting their
acceptance proposed by John Timberlake and seconded by Mary Street. The
Chairman asked that the meeting take the reports of the Chairman, the
Secretary and the Captain as read as they had been displayed on the notice
board so that the members could have an opportunity to read them. This was
agreed. A copy of the Chairman’s report is attached (A). He
said that there had been a few instances of rudeness to Tournament Directors
over the year. This was unacceptable and any queries about a decision should
be raised politely with the TD at the end of the evening. He
mentioned that Peter Lee and Bob Rowlands had won the National Pairs
competition. |
Secretary’s
Report |
Report
taken as read. There were no
questions. A copy of the report is
attached (B). |
Captain’s
Report |
The
report was taken as read. A copy of
the report is attached (C). Peter
Lee displayed the shield which was dedicated to the memory of Tony Lunn and
showed the past successes of Mayfield
Club members in National and County competitions. He
then asked Molly Slevin as one of the senior members of the Mayfield Club to
present the trophies to the prize winners as set out in the Captain’s
Report. Prize vouchers to runners-up
were distributed after the Meeting to save time. The full list including runners-up is attached (D). |
Treasurer’s
Report |
The
Treasurer presented the accounts, a copy of which is attached (E).
He thanked Martin Trouse, the Hon Auditor, for auditing them and presented
him with 2 bottles of wine for his efforts. Chris
reported that the Club is in a healthy financial position and had made a
slight surplus of £284 over the year. A slight reduction in subscriptions and
table money and a slight increase in the Tuesday rent had been more than
offset by a significant reduction in the Friday rent and a reduction in some
other expenditure. The reserves
excluding creditors stood at £13,183. This meant that the table money and
annual subscription could remain unchanged. The adoption of the accounts was proposed by
Peter Norman and seconded by Peggy Moir and carried unanimously. |
Elections and
Appointments |
The
Chairman reported that the Committee had been operating with one person
short. He would not be seeking re-election as Chairman – but would be willing
to serve on the Committee – and was pleased that Sylvia Timberlake had very
kindly offered to step into the breech. Peter Norman on behalf of the members
thanked the Chairman and Committee for their work. The following nominations
had been received, as per list (F)
attached: Chairman Sylvia Timberlake Secretary Rosemary Rice Treasurer Chris Pullan Others Malcolm Channing Keith Jackson Ron Maclaren Terry Kedgley Roger Sugden Andrew Barnett Roy Smith Peter Lee The
Chairman invited any other nominations from the floor, especially as Roy
Smith was very willing to stand down for health reasons. As there were no
other nominations, the election of all of the above was proposed by Fiona
Clark, seconded by Lucia Grant and carried unanimously. Martin
Trouse was willing to stand again as Auditor for a 7th year, his
election was proposed by Lucia Grant, seconded by Joan Cullen and carried
unanimously. Chris
Pullan thanked the outgoing Chairman for all his hard work and presented him
with a book. The outgoing Chairman
welcomed the incoming Chairman and stood down. The
new Chairman asked for members to volunteer occasionally to be Tournament
Director, as Malcolm Channing would do it once a month and others were
needed. |
Any Other Business |
Pam
Hoskins raised the issue of having a dress code, specifically in the context
of the wearing of some types of shorts during the summer. The Chairman said
that the Committee would consider the matter. The
Chairman said that the issue of slow play would be looked at again. Keith
Jackson asked whether many members looked regularly at the session’s hands
put on the club website, and the floor indicated this was so. Roger Morton
volunteered to help with this if needed. There
being no further business the meeting closed at 7.50pm. MALCOLM
CHANNING – outgoing Chairman SYLVIA
TIMBERLAKE – incoming Chairman |