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AGM 2019
A BRIEF REPORT ON THIS AGM APPEARS AT THE FOOT OF THIS PAGE.
You are invited to attend our 11th AGM on Monday, 15th April 2019 at 7:45pm.
It will be held at Leiston United Church, 45a High Street, Leiston, IP16 4EL.
The slightly later start time of 7.45pm allows for new parking regulations in the Co-op car park.
These permit 2 hours only, until 9pm, and we have to allow time for
Committee members to get into the hall to set up equipment, etc.
The official meeting should not take too long.
Afterwards Chris Broom will chair a general discussion for members to provide feedback on the Group’s activities and discuss how they might become more directly involved in family history projects. Do you have any suggestions for future activities? Would you like to help with research queries? Or surveying a graveyard? Or helping to man the Group’s stall at an event? And what are we doing wrong? Do you have any suggestions for improvement? We’d love to hear your views.
The Agenda appears below, together with a link to download it.
Minutes of the 2018 AGM and Accounts for 2018 have been circulated to paid-up Members.
The meeting is open to non-members, but only paid-up members may vote.
Entry is free — and, as at all our meetings, free tea/coffee/biscuits will be available!
You can download a copy of this Agenda here.
REPORT ON THIS AGM
Over thirty members and visitors attended the Annual General Meeting of the Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group held on 15th April at the United Church in Leiston.
In her report, the Chairwoman, Diana Mann, commented on a productive year, especially mentioning our recent project to scan, preserve and print about 80 photographs of Leiston Grammar School sports teams dating from the 1930s, and she asked for ex-pupils and staff to contact the Group to help date photos and identify pupils. She also informed the meeting of our recent acquisition of about 250 historic large scale Ordnance Survey maps which are currently being indexed, and will be available for viewing in our Help Centre in due course. The Treasurer, Steve Stocks, reported that we have around £2000 in the bank; and the Membership Secretary, Pat Carter, stated we currently have 85 paid up members. The Secretary, Angela Skelcher, apologised for any inconvenience caused by monthly talks being on different days of the week and in different locations. This was due mainly to the fact that with the Co-op (Solar) changing their parking policy, it is now no longer practical to hold meetings in Leiston United Church.
The Chairwoman, Diana Mann, was re-elected unanimously, as were the Secretary (Angela Skelcher), the Treasurer (Steve Stocks) and the Membership Secretary (Pat Carter). The Committee was re-elected en bloc, unchanged.
The meeting voted to continue the current rates of annual subscription, viz: £6 per person or £10 per household.
Full minutes of this AGM will of course be presented to Members for their approval at the 2020 AGM.
At the conclusion of the formal meeting an open forum was held in which a number of matters were discussed, including the dates, venues and subject matter of monthly talks; and future projects with which the Group could be involved. These would include surveying the gravestones at St Margaret’s in Leiston, and having a stall at the Saxmundham United Reformed Church Flower Festival on the 15th and 16th June.
You can read a report on our tenth-anniversary 2018 AGM at avsfhg.org.uk/events/view/7.