Walsall
Supporters Society: AGM Minutes
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at the
Saddlers Club 26th March
2007
Meeting commenced at 8.00 pm
Officers present: P. Giess; N.Ravenscroft; D. Roe: R.
Thomas
At 8.00 pm the meeting was declared closed due to a
lack of quoracy and re-opened at 8.01pm at the boards discretion.
1. Apologies received from R. Hall and P. Sturgess
2. Minutes of the last AGM - Accepted as a true and
accurate record.
3. Matters arising
A membership mail shot with
pre-printed details was not attempted but all members have been contacted to
renew membership.
After consideration a
balloon race was not considered practical for last years Ian Roper testimonial.
R.Hall has written to Nigel
Bond on behalf of the trust but has not received a reply.
4. Secretaries report (given by D.Roe on behalf of P.
Sturgess)
Membership numbers are
currently standing at 97.
No specific membership
recruitment drives are planned for the immediate future
The prediction league has
run again this year with between 20-30 entries.
5. Treasurers report.
D. Roe issued the accounts to
the membership along with his financial report.
Turnover has risen over the
year due to the introduction of the prediction league and increased membership
fees. A number of life memberships were taken out following the publicity after
last years AGM.
Despite increased
expenditure over the year the Society bank balance remains positive at £726.00
6. Election of Officers
Two officers were up for
re-election P. Giess and D. Roe
D.R. nominated c
P.G. nominated by R. Thomas
and seconded by N. Ravenscroft
7. Appointment of auditors
It was proposed that the
auditors be retained for next year.
Proposed by D. Roe and
seconded by N. Ravenscroft
A.O.B.
It was noted that a formal
meeting to discuss the Societies questions for the club AGM was not held last
year. It was proposed that such a meeting would be very beneficial for the next
AGM. All members present agreed to arrange a meeting in November at a date to
be decided.
It was noted that recent
communication with supporters direct has indicated that following conversion to
IPS the CLG would be automatically de-registered. There is no longer any
requirement to submit paperwork to Companies House and the existing form and
cheque raised for this would be destroyed Action P.G.
R.Thomas suggested that the
Trust should now write to Mike Lloyd to request purchase of his shares. Action
P.G.
It was noted that two
officers are planning to emigrate in the next 12 months. It was agreed that
even if they were not immediately replaced the Society would continue to hold
its shares and ask questions at the club AGM as a minimum activity for the
coming year.
The meeting closed at 8.45
pm