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Minutes of the 17th
AGM
Held at Burleigh Court Loughborough
Saturday 18th
June 2010.
The meeting was opened by
our Chairman Jim Husband at 1135 hrs; the Chairman
welcomed the members and introduced the committee.
The Chairman then read
out the list of departed members and the Act of
Remembrance was read out by Gerry Kane to the lowering of
the Langeleben standard by bearer John Plaskitt.
First to speak was the
Secretary who gave the apologies of those members who for
various reasons could not attend. The minutes of the 2009
AGM which had previously been published and distributed
were deemed to be a true record of the meeting, proposed
by Paul Croxson, seconded by Tom Perkin and accepted
unanimously by the floor.
The Chairman then
introduced our Assistant Secretary John Richardson who
read out messages from our President Major General Peter
Baldwin and also the Bürgermeister of Königslutter Herr
Ottomar Lippelt.
The Chairman introduced
our treasurer Gerry Kane who gave a detailed account of
the association’s income and expenditure, which while
showing a healthy balance was slightly diminished because
of the unexpected costs incurred over the commemorative
stone weekend.
Gerry advised the floor
that he would be collecting monies at the end of the
meeting for the cost of the evening buffet. The acceptance
of the accounts proposed by Rod Goddard and seconded by
Dave Thomas was again unanimous.
Secretaries Report:
See separate account below.
Election of officers:
All the committee members agreed to serve for the
following year and were unanimously returned.
Any other business:
Member Steve Vaughan thanked members for the generous
donations received in sponsoring him for his 100 mile
charity walk in aid of the MacMillan nurses that he
participated in last July. (Over £1000 collected.)
Member Jud Charlesworth
queried the lateness of this year’s reunion; the Secretary
explained that was fully booked for the usual May bank
holiday weekend and also for the two weekends following.
Member Paul Croxson
proposed that for future reunions we could perhaps extend
an invitation to local members who could not otherwise
afford the time or expense to attend the full reunion but
would like to pop in just for the AGM or for a drink and a
chat with fellow members. The Secretary replied that this
would not be a problem as the hotel was open to non
residents and all members would be advised accordingly for
the next reunion in 2012.
2011 : It was
agreed that we should return to the Königshof Hotel in
Königslutter, ideally to coincide with the town
Schützenfest; we are hoping that Schützengilde can agree
to revert to the end of May/early June timetable.
Assistant Secretary JR will keep us informed on the
arrangements.
Dave Thomas informed the
meeting that he was looking into the possibility of hiring
a coach in the UK for making the five day return trip to
Germany an economical proposition for our members. He has
received quotes that dependant on interest could bring
costs down immeasurably. He is still looking into the
logistics and would keep us informed.
The meeting closed at
1250 hrs.
Secretary’s Report:
Because of the clash with
the Dannenberg reunion a few members have had to miss out
being with us this year and offer their apologies...
Tom Neal, (who misses his
first ever Langeleben reunion). Ray Armstrong, Denis Weir,
Steve Jarvis & Steve Yates.
Others who for various
reasons could not make it and offer their apologies are
Neil Mapp, Jim Coglan, Colin Knapman, John Ralphs, Ted
Vert, Bill Lloyd, Bob Ridley John Gant, Dave Liddell and
our esteemed newsletter Editor Marlene Brooks, who as some
of you may know is recovering from major surgery.
Never-the-less Marlene has asked me to remind you all that
we need lots of photos and articles from you for our next
issue of the “Listening Post”.
I welcome you all to our
17th AGM and reunion. We were a little
concerned that this year’s reunion would seem somewhat of
an anticlimax after last years gathering in Königslutter,
(how do we follow that), but we need not have worried as
we have some 94 members and guests with us this weekend
which is a very encouraging turnout.
I would especially like
to welcome the newer members and those of you that are
attending your first reunion, may it be the first of many.
I have not yet heard any complaints regarding the
accommodation and assume that you all find the rooms to
your satisfaction.
It has been another good
year for recruitment, 14 new members have joined us since
the last AGM in , and brings our live membership in total,
to 420.
Sales of the DVD of last
year’s memorial reunion have been slightly disappointing,
(75 only sold so far) and we have yet to recover the
production costs, I have brought plenty of copies with me
and they are available to all at £5 per copy.
Any raffle prizes that
you are generously donating should be given to our
Chairman Jim Husband sometime this afternoon.
I hope that you all enjoy
the weekend, especially this evening’s function.
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