ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
- Tuesday 20 April 2010
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The
twenty-sixth Annual General Meeting of the Mayfield Duplicate Bridge Club was
held at St John’s Church Hall, Tadworth on Tuesday 20th April
2010. |
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The Meeting commenced at 7.30pm with 50 members
present including the following 11 Committee Members: Sylvia Timberlake (Chairman) Chris Pullan (Treasurer) Peter Lee (Captain) Rosemary Rice (Secretary) Andrew Barnett Malcolm Channing Keith Jackson Ann
Madden Ron Maclaren Roy Smith Roger Sugden
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Apologies
for Absence |
Tim
Cook, Mike Cowley, Jean Davies, David Dick, John Lockyer, Roger Morton,
Loraine Murphy, Priscilla Rhodes, Brian Smith,
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Chairman’s
Report |
The
Chairman welcomed everyone to the Meeting and asked for queries on the
minutes of the last AGM. Being none,
she signed the Minutes noting their acceptance proposed by Ann Madden and
seconded by Roy Smith. 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. A copy of the Chairman’s report is attached (A). |
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Secretary’s
Report |
Report
taken as read. There were no
questions. A copy of the report is
attached (B). |
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Treasurer’s
Report |
The Treasurer presented the accounts, a
copy of which is attached (E). Chris reported that all the figures in
the accounts this year were higher than last – except one – the balance of
income over expenditure. This year’s
operating loss was £706 compared with last year’s loss of £311. The Club reserves stand at £12828. The adoption of the accounts was proposed by
John Timberlake and seconded by Malcolm Channing, and carried unanimously. Chris Pullan thanked Martin Trouse, the Hon
Auditor, for auditing the accounts and presented him with 2 bottles of wine
for his efforts. |
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Captain’s
Report |
The
report was taken as read, a copy of which is attached (C). He
then asked Rosemary Rice as outgoing Secretary to present the trophies to the
prize winners as set out in the Captain’s Report. Rosemary distributed prize money to winners and runners-up
after the Meeting to save time. The
full list including runners-up is attached (D). |
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Elections
and Appointments |
The
Chairman announced that she was willing to remain as Chairman for one more
year. Those stepping down were
Rosemary Rice who had served 10 years on Committee with 5 as Secretary, and
Roy Smith who had served 4 years. The
Chairman welcomed Adrian Patrick and Peter Cogliatti on to the Committee in their
place and thanked Adrian particularly for accepting the position as Secretary There
being no other nominations, the remaining Committee officers and members were
staying in office. The
list of all nominees, proposers and seconders (Attachment (F) had been posted
on the notice board and, with no objections raised, all were duly elected. The
Chairman thanked Roy Smith for his service to the Committee, particularly in
recent times when suffering ill health. She presented Roy with 2 bottles of
wine in thanks. The
Chairman also thanked Rosemary for all her work as Secretary and presented
Rosemary with a gift of vouchers for her Golf Club shop. The
Chairman thanked Martin Trouse and announced that he was willing to stand
again for a 10th year. His election as Auditor for next year was proposed by
Adrian Patrick, seconded by Peter Cogliatti and carried unanimously. |
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Any Other
Business |
Geoff Whitehead thanked the Committee for all
their work over the past year. |
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Rosemary
Rice thanked all for their support to her over her years as Secretary and for
the gift. She noted that there was a special event associated with one of the
quieter members of the Committee and produced a large birthday cake decorated
with bridge cards to celebrate Malcolm Channing’s special birthday. There
being no further business the meeting closed at 8:00 pm. |