Chris Woodcock, chair of the board welcomed everyone to the AGM at 12.45. He said “the interesting bits are coming up - but we need to get through business stuff first”.So, we did - the minutes from the AGM last year were approved quickly. Moving on the accounts, Chris said that last year, we made a surplus of £22k, but during the current year we were likely to generate a deficit of a similar amount - hence the need to make surpluses when we can. With no questions about the accounts, the accounts were accepted after being proposed by Alistair McDonald and seconded by vice chair Pete Spriggs.
Chris moved on to talk about the board. During the year, 2 trustees had stood down, and unfortunately Ken Grieg died. Chris highlighted the contribution that he Ken made to the board.
2 of our board members (Bert Bowles and Mike Crompton) were standing for re-election, and with just one other nomination (Joy Brown, President WI Whaley Bridge) all were elected un-contested. We still have 3 vacancies on the board, and while not essential to fill them, if members are interested they should contact Chris, Kevin or another board member. Glenn, our treasurer, will also be standing down, due to pressure of work etc. As Chris said “Thinking caps on…..if you know somebody…..”
