Minutes of the 60th Annual General Meeting which was held on Wednesday 25th May 2007 at 7:30 pm

The meeting was chaired by the President, Andrew Parker. 17 members were present.

70. Apologies for Absence.
Vlad Peksa, James Bond, Ian Reissmann, Dale Thomas, Jereon Wieland, John & Annette Chamberlain, Christine Sanders and Sue Mullally

71. Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting
The minutes of the 59th Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 24th May 2006 were taken as read and approved.

72. Matters arising.
There were no matters arising.

73. The Secretary’s Annual Report.
(Secretary’s report)

The secretary’s report was then accepted.

74. Presentation of the Annual Accounts.

The Treasurer presented the Club’s Annual Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2007. These showed an operating surplus of around £4,000 for the year and a cash balance at the end of the year of £9,500. The Treasurer said this had since increased to £11,000. Subscriptions had been held at the same level. The Treasurer thanked David Barnes for helping her to prepare the accounts and expressed the club’s thanks to David Owen for auditing them.

The accounts were adopted unanimously.

75. Election of Officers.
There had been no necessity for elections to the Club Committee , so the following were deemed to be elected:
President: Anfrew Parker
Secretary: John Greenhalgh
Treasurer: Cecille Pattison
Committee members: Molly Andersen, James Bond, Ken Jones, Maureen Carver, Vlad Peksa, Tim Rees, & Mike Ribbins.

76. Motion “The club should organize Simultaneous Pairs Events”
Proposed by Ken Carver Seconded by Maureen Carver
This motion was carried and it was left to the Committee to organize at least one Simultaneous Pairs event.

77. Any Other Business
The question was raised of why there is no honours board for the Boucher Cup.
Nigel Guthrie offered to run a beginners course on a Friday.
The opinion was expressed that a possible relocation should not inhibit unduly expenditure on the club.
The Chairman suggested that there should be rubber bridge played after the 2008 AGM with wine provided.

The meeting closed at 20:15


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