The news page for this month (April) has been deliberately delayed
until after the Annual General Meeting has been held.
I can now report that the meeting was held as planned tonight on
the 14th. The minutes of the last A.G.M. were approved and the
Chairman gave a brief summary of the years notable events. These
included Sumner Brook being awarded best in show at Stockport and
Penn-y-Ffordd attending its 50th exhibition. Also of note was the
commitment of the N gauge team to get Triptan Fell up to standard
for our 2008 exhibition.
The year culminated in the exhibition itself which was perhaps the
most successful we have ever held. Thanks were passed to the
Exhibition Manager Jon Riley and his sub committee along with our
Publicity Manager Howerd Councel who both presented factual details
of the Exhibition.
We were unable to present a proper treasurers report on this
occasion as our treasurer had not completed any information in time
for the meeting and has left the club. Fortunately the Yorkshire
Bank where our accounts are held were able to supply the committee
with up to date statements, so the current situation was able to be
presented to the members.
Once the new Treasures Neil Squires has managed to sort everything
out we will need to hold an E.G.M. to cover this item.
The budgets for individual layouts over the next 12 months were
discussed and approved by the meeting so that each of the groups
with models under construction or maintenance know what they are
allowed to spend for the year.
The new committee were then voted in with only two changes from the
existing one. These being a) the Treasurer now Neil Squires and b)
Committee member Geoff Lord.
After a few small items were discussed under the Any Other Business
section of the meeting the chairman thanks everyone for attending
and the members of the meeting enjoyed a Meat and Potato supper that
had been organized by our Secretary Roger Bottomley.
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John Essex
Webmaster Heywood Model Railway Group. |
