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AGM2026b

D R A F T Minutes of the Meopham u3a 10th Annual General Meeting

St. John’s Church, Meopham on 8^th July 2025

1. Chair’s Welcome and Trustees’ Report

Mike Chantry thanked everyone for attending this meeting and presented the report on behalf of the Trustees.  Mike, as his last task in his role of chairman, thanked members of the committee for their support over the past year and gave special thanks to the committee members who have stepped down after serving three years, including himself,  as set out in the Constitution.  A copy of this report is not attached to these minutes but is available upon request to the Secretary.  Mike then announced the winner of the decorated chair competition as the Meopham Windmill Group and praised them for their hard work and the incredible job they are doing

2. Apologies for absence : 36apologies have been received by the Secretary

3. Minutes of the 9^th AGM in 2024were accepted as a true record of the proceedings. It was pointed out that in the Proposed John Thompson (550)and seconded by Paul Baylis (580)

4. Presentation of Annual Accounts and Treasurer’s Report for 2023-2024

The accounts had been circulated  prior to this meeting and were adopted as a true record of the finances of Meopham u3a.

Proposed: Lynda Bolton (784) and seconded by

5. Election of Trusteesthe following people were nominated to serve as trustees and were accepted unanimously by a show of hands. It was pointed out that in one draft of circulated minutes the list of names was omitted for which the secretary apologised.

Position /Nominee:    Membership Number	Proposed: Membership Number	Seconded:Number Membership
Chairman:                 John Peters        420	John Thompson            550	Richard Blythe                   632
Deputy Chair:          Richard Blythe    632	Carole Dickenson            101	John Peters                        420
Hon. Secretary:          Sue Zoghob         799	Sylvia Paternoster          660	Jill McDougal                     746
Hon. Treasurer:        Linda Hall             446	Penelope  Gamp             614	S. Walters                           290

1. Election of Non Officer Members

(A Minimum of 1 and a Maximum 8 of are permitted under our current constitution

Nominee: Membership Number	Proposed: Membership Number	Seconded:Membership Number
Roy Lingham                         222	Richard Blythe                  632	John Peters                      420
Pam Godden                         917	Mike Chantry                    387	John Peters                     420
Ann MacEwan                       410	Pauline Endersby              193	Jill Carey                         171
Linda Doyle                          326	Sue Zoghob                        799	Paul Hillman                    224
John David Thompson        550	Lea Dehaney                      241	Ruth Dehaney                  240
Carole Dickenson (Beacon) 101	David Denman                   354	Dawn Gilkes                    716

John Peters, in his role of Chair of the new committee took over the running of the meeting .  A copy of his speech is not attached but available on request to the secretary.

6. Appointment of Auditor

Tara Lawrence has agreed to continue in this role for the financial year 2025-26.

7. Any other business - The meeting was concluded with the presentation of tokens of thanks to the retiring committee members.

The 11^th Annual General Meeting is due to be held on the 14^th July 2026.