EATON BISHOP GARDENING CLUB
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 18th October 2023
at Eaton Bishop Village Hall
The meeting commenced at 7.30pm with 44 Members present.
1. WELCOME
David Darts, Club Chairman welcomed everyone to the 39th Annual General Meeting, making this the 41st Anniversary of the Club.
2. APOLOGIES
The Chairman noted that he had received apologies from, Val Dawkes, Wendy Knight, Val Taylor, Clive Longbottom, Vic and Dan Seymour, Maggie Matthews and Janice Goy.
3. MINUTES OF THE 2022 AGM
The Minutes of the 2022 Meeting were read out by Linda Harding and were put to the Meeting as a true record of events and agreed before being signed by the Chairman. This was proposed by Charlotte Marshall and seconded by Christina Bromage.
4. MATTERS ARISING
There were no Matters Arising.
5. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
David Darts presented his Annual Report to the Meeting,
A copy of Chairman’s Report is attached. This was proposed by Adrian Goodyear and seconded by Tony Walsh.
6. TREASURERS REPORT
Liz Goodyear presented her report of the Club Accounts for the financial year to 31st August 2023. Liz advised that money in the Bank at year end was £1032.84. Money in Petty Cash was £92.57.
Liz was pleased to announce that Subscriptions for Members would remain at £10 per person.
The balance in the Holiday No2 Account was £692.68
David Darts thanked Liz for her excellent work as Treasurer of the Club, which was obviously a very important role
ELECTION OF OFFICERS/COMMITTEE
The Chairman advised that no nominations had been received for a new Chairman. Accordingly, he agreed to remain in the post for a further 12 months.
In the absence of any other nominations, the Committee had agreed to continue and were elected “En Bloc”.
The Chairman thanked all Members of the Committee for their valuable contribution to the running of the Club. This was proposed by George Walker and seconded by Adrian Goodyear.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS AND NOTICES
The programme for next year 2024, had almost been completed and was available on the Gardening Club link to the Village Hall Web Site.
The Christmas Social had been arranged for Friday 8th December, with a slight reduction in ticket price to £7.50.
The Gardening Club Holiday to visit gardens in the Northumberland area has been boked for 17th to 21st June and the Itinerary will be issued in the next week or so.
The Chairman thanked Michelle Tydeman for her work in organising the tea and coffee at Club Meetings over the past five or six years and she was now stepping down from her role.
The Club were therefore looking for someone to carry on this role for the future.
The tea rota for the coming year was passed around to Members for completion.
He also thanked Janice Goy and Carol Ealey for running our monthly raffle at Meetings which provided a useful source of income the Club.
Again, they were both looking to relinquish their duties so a replacement or replacements will be needed for this position.
The Chairman also thanked all Members, who had given additional assistance during the past year, to assist with the smooth running of the Club.
There being no further business the Meeting closed at 8.00 p-m, and was followed by the Wine and Cheese Social.
Michele Byrne 19th October 2023