The AGM was held last night. Earlier this week it was estimated that there might not be sufficient attendees to form a quorum (minimum of 12). The Chairman and Secretary had already given their apologies for not being able to attend and Tom Hodgson of Dumfries, the Vice-Chairman, had agreed to chair the meeting. However, it was thought prudent to advise Tom of this possibility and it was agreed that he would not take the chance of making the 4-hour round-trip just to find the meeting could not take place. Senior commmittee members agreed that if sufficent numbers attended, those present would elect a chairman for the meeting and the meeting would proceed. This is allowed for in the constitution.
At 7.35 there were 13 in the room and Bill Hamilton was stitched up by his wife to chair the meeting. The minutes will be available in due course (taken by Anne Hamilton in lieu of the Secretary – we are still advertising for a dedicated Minutes Secretary: see the sidebar) but there were no controversial issues. The Accounts were approved. All current office-bearers and organisers were re-elected apart from the CYOH and Championships organiser, Bill Hamilton, who is stepping down from those roles. Tom Ralph (Edinburgh University) had previously volunteered to take on the CYOH and was duly elected but nobody at the meeting was prepared to run the Championships. Therefore, would anyone reading this who feel they might be able to take that on please get in touch with the Site Administrator in the first instance.
Bill Hamilton will continue as SIte Administrator and World Cup organiser for one more year but anyone who feels they might like to share either of these roles in the meantime with a view to taking them on full time next year is welcome to get in touch with the Site Administrator. See the Post below for further details.
Prizes were presented at the conclusion of the meeting. Thanks go to James Young for organising that, and also to Balerno & Currie RC for the use of their clubroom for the meeting.