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MINUTES of THE 9th
AGM and Reunion
BURLEIGH COURT
LOUGHBOROUGH 25th May 2002.
The meeting opened at
1210 hrs.
The chairman Jim
Husband introduced the committee and civic guests.
The Secretary gave
the names of members who had passed away since the
last AGM, Phil Osborne,
Vic Bowker, Tom
Jephcote and John Heyes, then asked for a minutes
silence.
The Secretary then
read the apologies of members whom for various reasons
where unable to attend the AGM.
The minutes of the
8th AGM where distributed for members to read, the
secretary asked if there where any questions arising
from the 2001 minutes, there where none so the
Secretary asked for a proposal to accept, this was
proposed by Neil Cooper and seconded by Ted Tolley.
Matters arising: The
Secretary thanked all members for their generosity
in raising over £3000 for the Phil Osborne
repatriation, giving the branch a surplus of over
£1000 to be used in any future emergencies.
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 Debbie Green who expressed her
pleasure in being invited in only her first week in
office
Secretary’s Report: The secretary gave details of
membership (now 381) and indicated how pleased the
committee where in seeing so many new members in
attendance. He re-iterated the importance of travel
insurance for members travelling to the German
reunions, in view of the lesson learnt by the Phil
Osborne tragedy.
Treasurer’s 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 the now healthy
state of our bank balance.
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
introduced our guest from Königslutter Horst Funke who
gave an amusing speech and then presented the
Secretary with a plaque depicting the Kaiserdom in
Königslutter.
Reunion 2003: It
was decided that our next reunion, the 10th,
be held in Königslutter next year to coincide with
the local Shutzenfest and will be sometime in May.
(Exact date to be confirmed later). All members
agreed that the venue for our 50th anniversary
reunion, the Hotel Königshof was exceptional, and
that we should try to negotiate for a similar
deal.
The meeting closed at
1325hrs.
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