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SALISBURY CAMERA CLUB

Minutes of the Annual General meeting held at the Harnham Free Church 15/16 Hawksridge, Ridings Mead Harnham Salisbury on Monday 21st May 2008 at 7.45p.m.

There were 24 members present; apologies were received from Roger Kent, Ernest Minns, Matthew Dodd and Phill Clegg

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2007: -

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 21st May were circulated. Acceptance that these minutes as a true record of the meeting were proposed by Peter Woodhouse, seconded by Roger Ellway and signed by the Chairman Tony Oliver

Matters arising: -
There were no matters arising.

Chairman's Report: -
The Chairman's report was circulated. It stated that the Club had a successful season this year.

Treasurer's Report: -
The Treasurer reported was circulated It stated that this year the Club had 40 members. This is the highest membership for some 20 years or so. This increase is probably due to the increased interest in digital photography. It stated that the Subscriptions, Visitors, Raffle, Tea and Interest have all shown an increase over 2006/7 giving an overall increase in income of £181.  Acceptance of the report was proposed by Tony Oliver and seconded by Ivor Smith

Club Subscriptions for 2008/2009: -
The Committee proposes that for the 2008/2009 club year, the Subscriptions should be increased by £2 for a single membership and £4 for a joint membership, the Visitors’ fee be increased to £3.00. This was proposed by Sheila Read and seconded by Tony Butler; members present agreed this unanimously.
The membership fees for 2008/2009 will be
Normal membership £ 38.00
Joint normal membership £ 63.00
Visitors £ 3.00 per visit.

Changes to the Club General Rules:-

The committee propose that the words “but shall not normally attend more than four meetings in any year as a visitor.” Be removed from section 6. ORDINARY MEETINGS. (b) of the General Rules. The members present agreed to the changes unanimously.

Changes to Competition Rules:-
The chairman explained the changes to the Competition Rules for next year. This involved restricting the number of entries on any Bi-monthly Competition Evening to 80, by removing the slide section and restricting the number of prints in the general subject to 2 and the set subject to 1 or 2 depending on the number of entries. Arthur Baskerville asked the meeting to note his objection to this but accepted the inevitable.
Election of Officers for the Committee: -

POST                                                                    NOMINEE PROPOSED SECONDED
Chairman Tony Oliver  Tony Butler  Peter Read
Vice Chairman Peter Woodhouse Tony Oliver Richard Temlett
Secretary Richard Temlett Tony Oliver Tim Kidner
Treasurer Peter Read Tony Oliver  Sally Money
Asst. Treasurer Roger Ellway Tony Oliver  Peter Read
Programme Secretary Tony Oliver Richard Temlett Peter Read
Asst. Programme Secretary Peter Woodhouse Richard Temlett  Peter Read
Others Committee Members Ivor Smith Richard Temlett Tony Oliver
  Rose Snape  Tony Oliver  Peter Read
  Sally Money Roger Ellway    Tony Oliver
  Tony Butler Peter Read  Richard Temlett
  Tim Kidner Tony Oliver   Richard Temlett
  Phil Clegg  Tony Oliver   Richard Temlett

Any other business:-
Peter Woodhouse proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman Tony Oliver and all the people who had helped the club over the past year. This agreed to the changes unanimously.

Tony Oliver asked members to keep an eye on the club web site for details of the summer outings.

Meeting closed at 8.20p.m.

Signed  ......................                                      Signed  .....................
Hon. Chairman                                                 Hon. Secretary