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Annual General meeting of the Bedfordshire Section of the VMCC.
12th November 2009

Meeting Minutes

1) Chris Illman opened the meeting at 20.30, and thanked all present for attending. Apologies for absence had been received from John Brooker, Eddie Keightley and Peter Hall.

2) The minutes of the 2008 AGM were issued in March 2009 and can be viewed on the Section's website (www.vmccbeds.co.uk ). The minutes needed correction of spelling Brian Marsh to Bryan Marsh. Ron Fletcher proposed they be adopted, seconded by Brian Cornwell. The minutes, subject to the minor correction, were accepted unanimously. There being no matters arising the meeting moved to the Chairman's report.

3) Chris Illman presented his Chairman's report to the members.

4) The Secretary, Ivor Rhodes read his report on 2009's activities.

5) Bob Culver, Treasurer, circulated his financial report on the Section's performance over the past year. Income for the year was £710:30 with expenditure £715.83 meaning that the bank balance had dropped by £5.53. Bob pointed out we still had a bank balance of over £600 and there were monies from the Albert Brown account and the BBQ to be credited. Bryan Marsh moved that the statement be adopted; this was seconded by Will Curry. The financial report was accepted unanimously.

6) The Chairman then explained the need for a Section Constitution; a draft was then presented to the membership by the Secretary. Following a brief discussion Philip Hopkins proposed acceptance with Martin Brookman seconding. The Section's Constitution was passed with 1 abstention.

7) Chris Illman then moved on to the presentation of the Section Shield, this year awarded to David Watts.

8) The present Committee, with the exception of the Chairman and Secretary, were all prepared to continue in office. Brian Cornwell proposed they be re-elected for a further year; this was seconded by David Watts. Bob Culver, John Brooker, Martin Brookman, Nigel Coote, Will Curry, Chris Dawkins, Geoff Hoden, David Watts and Bryan Marsh were unanimously re elected for another year.

9) No nominations for Chairman have been received by the Secretary. The chairman stated that the committee had proposed Bryan Marsh and asked if there were any further nominations from the floor. There being none forthcoming Chris Illman proposed Bryan Marsh is offered the post, this was seconded by David Watts. Bryan indicated his willingness to accept and he was voted in unanimously. Chris immediately retired and handed the Chairmanship over to Bryan Marsh.

10) No nominations for Secretary having been received the Chairman asked if there were any from the floor. Brent Fielder offered to volunteer for the post, this offer was endorsed by Grant Kelly and seconded by Ivor Webb, Brent was elected to the post of Secretary unopposed.

Philip Hopkins proposed a vote of thanks to the retiring Chairman and Secretary for all their hard work, this was endorsed and demonstrated by an enthusiastic round of applause from the assembled members.

Under any other business the following issues were raised:-

11) Brian Cornwell renewed his plea for meetings to start on time, meet at 20:00 for a start at 20:30 with a target to conclude around 21:30. Bryan Marsh agreed to strive for prompt starts.

12) Geoff Hoden said that as we had a PA system available could we please use it? He had found it difficult to hear all the AGM discussions and felt a PA system would have helped. It was agreed the system would be available on all club nights.

13) Martin Brookman requested a vote of thanks to Chris Dawkins for making his house and facilities available for Committee meetings, this was done.

There being no further business the 2009 Annual General Meeting was closed at 21:25.

The 2009 Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer's reports will be posted on the Section's website.

Links:
Meeting Minutes
Chairman's Report
Secretary's Report
Treasurer's Report

Chairman's Report

As this is my last report as Chairman of this Section, I should like to pay tribute to those of you who have supported me, or perhaps more accurately, been generous enough to put up with me! Taking over the Chairmanship from Jeff Davies way back was sort of thrust upon me. I had no idea at the time that I would still be doing this some 15 years on! Personally, I have always had the conviction that our Section should not become so regimented or formal that it lost the appeal of what I think our Club is all about: that is doing what we do best, enjoying our Motorcycling in whatever format! During my tenancy as Chairman, the Section has been pretty successful in maintaining a large turnout at Club Nights, which is the envy of many other Sections. This is not necessarily because of my influence, but because of the immense support from other members. I am not going to single anyone out because to a greater or lesser degree, every one of you has played a part in our success.

As most of you know, I am finally packing up work early next year and my hope is to finally spend more time on some of my projects. Yes, I might yet get to come to Club Night on a Road Bike! I am looking forward to being able to attend Club Nights as a regular member without worrying about any of the formalities, technology problems and the like.

I therefore wish to ask of you all, just one thing, and that is to offer to my successor, (whoever that may be?) the same support as you have given to me. I am sure that the Section will prosper under new leadership.

It has been a privilege to serve as Section Chairman, but as they say, time for some new thinking!

Chris Illman
Section Chairman.

Links:
Meeting Minutes
Secretary's Report
Treasurer's Report

Secretary's Report

2009 was kick started by Don McKeand with a talk on his experiences riding - what else - but a Royal Enfield in Butan. February's event had to be rescheduled when a sudden snow fall made it very difficult for people to get to Shefford. I personally spent 30 minutes trying to get down Cranfield hill in one piece only to give up and return home. This is the first Bedfordshire Section event I have known to be cancelled.

March and April saw the return of two old favourites, the Intersection Quiz Night and our Fish and Chip Supper. May was a simple, minimum effort Noggin and Natter evening. June and July saw a full car park with the Ride Your Bike and Car Park Concourse evenings, this year saw the return of judging!

August was a Noggin and Natter evening. Your committee intends to avoid Noggins and Natters in 2010 so replacement ideas are sought from the membership.

September was Richard Browne give his cancelled February talk - Racing in the 60's with Bryan Marsh covering his around Britain experiences in October.

Tonight we have everyone's favourite the AGM.

Next month we will have our Christmas do with the return of the auction which was trialled last year.

There were five runs during the year starting with John Brooker organising the Spring Run, then Roger King's Arthur King Run followed by the Albert Brown Run. Don McKeand arranged another boundaries run for August whilst David Watts swapped spring for autumn this year organising the Autumn Gold Run. Throw in a couple of "Anti Social Runs" and I trust you agree we had a full and varied programme.

There is a draft programme in existence for 2010 but it contains many "holes" so I appeal to the general membership to come forward with fresh ideas and offers of talks.

It only remains for me to thank all our speakers and members for their contributions during the year.

Links:
Meeting Minutes
Chairman's Report
Treasurer's Report

Treasurer's Report

14th November 2007 to 12th November 2008

Notes:
* Cheshire Homes
** P.A. System

Balance for year: - £5.53

Petty cash brought forward: £96.81

Cash in bank: £438.68

Total section funds: £529.96

Links:
Meeting Minutes
Chairman's Report
Secretary's Report

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