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Chapel Camera Club
Minutes of Annual General Meeting held at The Golf Club, Chapel en le Frith
22 April 2015 at 8pm
1. Apologies
Margaret Davison, Charles Cook, Sue Harris, IanAtkin, Derrick Holmes, Ros Holmes, , Ismail El Haddad, Norma Wade, Howard Bristol, Shay McPeake, John Pope, Steve Gait, David Holme, John Evans, Joel Evans, Vic Brown, Henry Nuttall
Present
30 members as per attendance sheet(filed in Secretary’s folder)
(But it was noted that several members present had not signed the sheet)
Keith Gordon(KG) chaired the meeting
2. Minutes of the last AGM
The minutes had been emailed to all members with email. Others received the minutes by hand/ post. The floor was asked for comments on the 2014 minutes.
The minutes were agreed - proposed by Malcolm Blackburn, seconded by James Chapman
3. Matters Arising
KG called for any matters arising
There were no matters arising
4. Chairman’s Report
Keith Gordon(KG) presented his report (*copy to be attached to these minutes)
There was a round of applause
5. 30th Anniversary Exhibition Report
Lynn McP gave an overview of the Exhibition and the associated events (*copy to be attached to these minutes)
6. Treasurers Report
Accounts were presented (copy available from Treasurer upon request) and members were invited to comment. There were no comments.
KG explained that the committee had agreed not to increase the subscriptions or the door fees
Proposed Derek Alsop seconded by Terry O’Malley
CG then explained that the Club was looking at increasing its reserves in case of future expenses
There were also a number of mount and backing boards in stock.
6. Election of Officers
There were no nominations from members
KG read out the committee’s nominations for and the following officers were proposed on mass by Nick Chalkley and seconded byJames Chapman. A show of hands and all agreed.
CHAIR / LYNNE MCPEAKEVICE-CHAIR / KEITH GORDON
SECRETARY / SUE MURDOCH
TREASURER / CHERYL GREENWOOD
PROGRAMME-SEC / HELENA JONES
INTER CLUB COMP-SEC / STEVE LINDSAY-BLAGG
COMPETITION-SEC / JANETTE HINDLE
NEW MEMBERS-SEC / SUE HUGHES
COMMITTEE MEMBER / BRIAN BRISTOL
COMMITTEE MEMBER / DAVID HOLME
Non committee posts
L &CPU REP / SUE MURDOCH
WELFARE OFFICER / SUE HUGHES
SELECTION CHAIRMAN / TONY PIOLI
WEBMASTER / PETE ROBERTS
7. Propositions
A message had been sent to all members calling for any nominations. There were no propositions put forward by members
Derek asked if he could say some words regarding the 30th Anniversary of the Club;
He was very proud that the club was now 30years old and it said it had brought him a great deal of pleasure over the years especially the recent Exhibition. He went on to thank everyone who helped organise the events. He summed up by saying a big thank you to all for the 30 years of Chapel Camera Club.
Keith thanked Malcolm for his service on the committee and for allowing the committee to meet at his house. He also thanked Jennifer for her hospitality and provision of tea, coffee and biscuits.
The formal part of the AGM was closed at 8.40pm and the AOB was carried on as informal.
9. AOB
Derek raised the issue of print sizes stating that he had been unable to see several prints in any detail as he thought them to be too small. There was some discussion regarding the matter but there did not appear to be a great deal of support for any increase in the minimum size to 10in x 12in as it would restrict members’ choices for artistic presentation.
It was agreed, however, that the matter would be discussed at committee.
KG said that the Club in the past had tried digital presentation alongside the prints but it had not proved too successful for a number of reasons and had become an onerous task to deliver.
Nick Chalkley suggested using a digital camera tethered to the laptop – to show a live view of the prints. This is done at some other clubs, including the L&CPU annual competitions and is quite successful.
It was agreed that the matter would be discussed at committee.
Nick Chalkley also asked if there could be a competition judged by the members on the night rather than judges. It is unlikely that this could be fitted into next season.
It was agreed that the matter would be discussed at committee.
Tony Pioli requested that a selection committee be set up again as he had been selecting images mainly on his own for a few seasons now and it was hard work. He did not wish to continue with it alone. He was very happy with the club’s recent win over Wigan 10 (which also including Chapel having the highest scoring image) and felt he would like to go out on a high.
KG explained that Mike Fleet had dropped out of his role of Inter-Club Sec for family/work reasons. He also thanked TP for all his hard work.
It was agreed that it was a good idea that the selection committee be resurrected and that the committee would look into it in time for the new season.
KG thanked the members for attending and reminded then that there were details regarding the summer events programme being circulated and he hoped many members would attend
The informal section of the Meeting closed at about 9.00pm