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Minutes of the AGMheld at 10 Lyncroft Gardenson 5th August, 2006
1. The Chairman called the meeting to order at 4.30 p.m. She thanked Tina Clark for the excellent meal everybody had enjoyed and Maureen Shackell for the use of her garden. 2. Apologies had been received from Michael & Gill Hall, Ann Russell, Lynn Geary, Valerie Davidson, Sue-Hart-Jones, Steve and Jenny Rattray, Barbara Rogers, Jayne Lumley, Sarah Johnson, Pat Norman, Will Watkins, Neil and Mel Gardner, Roger & Tammy Kemp, Jane Crooks, Colin & Heather Le Good, Leigh O’Connor, Pat Dowling, Dee Wiley, Rosemary Sayer, Iris Luff, Rob Hart-Jones and Val Loucaidou. 3. The Minutes of the AGM of 24th July 2005 were unanimously approved. 4. There were no matters arising from the previous minutes 5. The Treasurer’s Report and the accounts for 2005 were unanimously approved. 6. The Chairman’s Report was read. Kerry Butterworth suggested somebody to make a holder for the club banner and offered to give details at a later date. This suggestion was greeted with enthusiasm. It was reported that John Cunningham’s case against the club had been dismissed for various technical reasons. The Chairman reported that he had been advised that if anybody were to bring such a claim it would have to be Mrs Davidson, but Mr Cunningham had indicated that he was content to let the matter rest. There was some discussion about the legal situation of the club which currently did not allow for it to be sued as an entity. The members felt that Mr Cunningham had been out of order in trying to sue an FB club when the FB Disciplinary Officer had already rejected the claim as this was seen as a slight on Felis Britannica. It was further pointed out that other FIFe member clubs had in their rules that if a member brought a legal case against it or one of its affiliates, that member would be immediately suspended. The club would bring such a proposal to the next AGA of Felis Britannica. The thinking behind this rule was that a member had agreed to abide by the rules of the federation concerned and if its Disciplinary procedures had rejected any attempted claim, this had to be accepted by that member. Naturally this did not cover civil matters outside the remit of the federation. 7. The Membership Secretary had reported to the board that the current membership was 198 members, some of which still had not renewed. There had been 18 new members in the previous six months. This was fairly normal and the true situation would be clear by the end of the year. 8. The amended Constitution was discussed and a few further amendments made. It was then accepted unanimously. 9. Ratification of co-opted Committee Members: Mr Ron Brown, Mr Doug D’Abate and Mrs Maureen Shackelll were unanimously ratified as members of the Committee. 10. Election of Chairman. The Chairman explained that she would continue until she actually left the country and that at that point Mrs Tina Clark was willing to take over. This was unanimously accepted. 11. Election of Members of the Committee: There were five candidates, Mrs Tina Clark, Mr Rob Hart-Jones, Mrs Jenny Rattray, Mrs Kaeren Daunt-Jones and Mrs Sarah Errington. All candidates were required to obtain an absolute majority of the votes of those present and unfortunately Mr Hart-Jones did not achieve this number. He was thanked for his service to the Committee and it was acknowledged that as he was now the Vice-Chairman of Felis Britannica he probably had enough to do anyway. The other candidates were elected. 12. Any Other Business There was some discussion about the forthcoming Worthing show and the Maidstone which was to be held as a two-certificate show instead of the originally planned one day only. Preparations for Worthing were all complete but Maidstone would be up to Tina Clark who was show managing and Kerry Butterworth who would be the entry clerk. There was to be a Maine Coon Special on the Sunday. The Chairman closed the meeting at 17.49 and the presentation of the Points Awards for the Year 2005 took place. Penelope Bydlinski |
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