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Here follows the annual report from the Committee, for members to review and discuss in the run up to voting. … Continue reading “AGM”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1588"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1588\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2017 ANNUAL REPORT\r\n\r\nApologies for the delay in progressing the mechanics of the AGM, it\u2019s been a busy\r\ntime of year for everybody.\r\n\r\nHere follows the annual report from the Committee, for members to review and discuss\r\nin the run up to voting. To help with the administrative processes of the AGM it\r\nwould be appreciated if members could converse in segregated threads for the various\r\ntopics arising, and with appropriate subject headings.\r\n\r\nDiscussion can continue until 12:00 noon on Weds 20th December, after which a formal\r\nAGM agenda will be drafted. This will be circulated in the first week of the New\r\nYear and voting will be open until 12:00 noon on Sat 20th January. \r\n\r\n1) Membership Secretary\u2019s report - Brian Holt\r\n\r\nMembership is down by six compared with last year and stands at 132. Four members\r\nhave advised non-renewal after giving up their boating. Would any members not\r\nrenewing please let me know to save me chasing up in the New Year.\r\n\r\nThe new website was set up including a \u201cmembers only\u201d forum and there have been some\r\nconfusions about the access arrangements. To clarify this I will be including the\r\nsign-on details on members\u2019 2018 membership cards.\r\n\r\nI still have flags and stickers for sale and, if purchased with the membership\r\nrenewal, saves on postage. Full details on the website at\r\nhttp:\/\/www.cutweb.org.uk\/new\/index.php\/merchandise\/<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe Treasurer and myself both appreciate speedy renewals as it much reduces our\r\nworkload when we can process them in large batches.\r\n\r\n2) Treasurer\u2019s report \u2013 Graham Keens\r\n\r\nFollowing the trend of recent years the club operated with a surplus. Funds\r\nincreased by \u00a3466.65 and the cash balance is now \u00a34,133.35. A link to the full\r\naccounts will be provided shortly.\r\n\r\nThe 2017 Annual Rally at The Blue Lias unintentionally generated a profit of \u00a374\r\nfollowing the re-format without the professional entertainment. This sum will be\r\nheld over as a float to the next Club rally\/event. An additional sum of \u00a3211.20\r\ngenerated from the raffle, auction and book sale was paid over to Breast Cancer UK,\r\nthe charity selected at the event.\r\n\r\n3) 2018 Club rally\/events\r\n\r\nWe have no candidate for Rally Organiser, if someone is prepared to stand please\r\nannounce yourself on this list, or privately to any of the Committee.\r\n\r\nPlease use this AGM period to make any suggestions or observations concerning future\r\nrally\/events. The Committee encourages discussion here and at any time on the\r\ngeneral list but proposes in future to decouple the rally\/event discussions from the\r\nformal AGM business.\r\n\r\nThe Committee holds the view that any such social events should be self-financing,\r\nalthough that does not rule out the option of a special grant of financial support\r\ntowards a Club event, at the discretion of the elected Committee. \r\n\r\n4) Election of Officers\/Committee\r\n\r\nSheila Goodland is not seeking re-election as Secretary.\r\n\r\nJulian Tether and Brian Holt continue in the second year of their current terms as\r\nCommodore and Membership Secretary respectively. \r\n\r\nThe following members have been proposed (P) and seconded (S) to serve on the\r\nCommittee, in specific roles where stated.\r\n\r\nRe-elect\r\n\r\nGraham Keens: Treasurer P: S Heaven S: S Witwicki\r\n\r\nElect\r\n\r\nLinda Gifford-Hull: Secretary P: G Peckett S: B Holt\r\n\r\nRe-elect en bloc\r\n\r\nGlen Peckett P: B Holt S: C Evans\r\n\r\nConnie Evans P: G Peckett S: G Keens\r\n\r\nSteve Heaven P: J Tether S: B Holt \r\n\r\n5) CIBC Website\r\n\r\nOur thanks to Steve Heaven for a super effort designing and re-launching our\r\nwebsite, acknowledging also the sterling work by Connie Evans sustaining the\r\noriginal site for so many years.\r\n\r\nPlease visit www.cutweb.org and let\u2019s have any feedback. The teething problems with\r\nthe forum are regretted and are being addressed as mentioned in the Membership\r\nSecretary\u2019s notes above.\r\n\r\n6) Communication by club forum platform instead of Yahoo Groups\r\n\r\nThis is a knotty subject and has been the subject of Committee debate. We apologise\r\nfor not making any comments or announcements through the year. Yahoo is far from\r\nperfect but the Committee is generally of the view that the members have expressed a\r\npreference for a continuation of the \u201cpush\u201d email communication channel.\r\n\r\nOur own website forum is not intended to replace either or both options, but it does\r\nallow members to share photos within the confines of the Club and other facilities\r\nwhich have not yet been fully explored.\r\n\r\nThe Committee invites those members who were enthusiastic about the benefits of the\r\nforum platform to restate their case\/suggestions, for further objective assessment\r\noutside the scope of the AGM.\r\n\r\nAbove all the Committee believes that the majority of members are satisfied with the\r\npresent arrangement and does not have the resource to cope with dual or multi\r\nchannel operations.\r\n\r\n7) Club cash balance\r\n\r\nClearly the Club has operated with an increasing surplus for several years. That is\r\na healthy condition and does not cause the Committee great concern.\r\n\r\nHowever there is a proposal for members\u2019 consideration. It is proposed for the\r\nmembership year 2019 (the year after next) that there will be a free subscription to\r\nall members RENEWING from membership in 2018. This ties in with the celebration of\r\nthe Club's 20th anniversary.\r\n\r\nNew members joining in 2019 will be required to pay the normal joining fee and\r\nsubscription. \r\n\r\n8) Charitable donations\r\n\r\nThere has been some debate on this and the Committee have reviewed the various\r\ncomments made by members. The view held is that the ONLY charitable donations made\r\nby the Club, in the normal course of business, should be the distribution of funds\r\nraised by auctions, raffles etc at any rally or social event, assuming they are\r\nsurplus to the running costs of the event. \r\n\r\nThe Club is not established for charitable purposes and the Committee do not feel\r\nthat they should be burdened with charitable dilemmas. \r\n\r\n \r\nWe look forward to the comments and discussions over the next 10 days.\r\n\r\nCIBC Committee \r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n