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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
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.
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