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The meeting opened at
1210 hrs.
The chairman Jim
Husband introduced the committee and civic guests.
The memorial standard
dedication service and minutes silence was given by
the reverend canon Derek Buxton.
The Secretary then
gave the names of members who had passed away since
the last AGM, Roy Smith, Peter Watts, Frank Mitchell
& David Yorke.
The Secretary then
read the apologies of members whom for various reasons
where unable to attend the AGM.
The minutes of the 6th AGM
where distributed for members to read, the secretary
asked if there where any questions arising from the
1999 minutes, there where none so the Secretary asked
for a proposal to accept, this was proposed by Neil
Cooper and seconded by Brian Cox.
Matters arising: The
Secretary told the members about the contact made
with an American forces website with similar aims
as us and the possibility of having on-going
intercourse with them and perhaps opening more
possibilities for the future. Our webmaster asked the chair
for permission to display a list of members on the
Langeleben web pages, it was agreed by vote to
display surnames and initials only
The Secretary then
introduced in order, our President P A C Baldwin who
brought us up to date with the involvement of the
Royal Signals in today’s environment. The Mayor of
Charnwood Councilor Neville Bird and the Burgermeister
of Konigslutter Arnulf Baumann, both made short
speeches extolling the aims and virtues of our
association, the Mayor of Charnwood with some humor.
Secretaries
Report: The secretary gave details of
membership (now 346) and thanked John Gant for his
hard work in signing on 38 new members since July of
last year. The Secretary then introduced the
treasurer Gerry Kane.
Treasurers Report: The
treasurer gave details of our finances and a
report is in the hands of the committee, he gave
details of the running costs and it was decided
that in our next letter to all members we would
ask for a one-off subscription of £5.
Election of
officers for the next year: The
committee all agreed to serve for the next 12
months and as no members put up for election the
committee where unanimously elected for the coming
term.
The secretary then
reintroduced the President Peter Baldwin who made
presentations of a Royal Signals plaque to Mayor
Neville Bird and an engraved glass mug to
Burgermeister Arnulf Baumann.
Reunion 2001: It
was decided that our next reunion celebrating
Langeleben’s 50th anniversary
be held in Konigslutter next year to coincide with
the local Shutzenfeste and will be sometime in
May. (exact date to be confirmed later) .
The meeting closed at
1325hrs.
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