Dorchester and District AGM Summary
4th July 2022 at Holy Trinity Parish Centre
Welcome: Alan Hopwood chaired the meeting, welcomed everyone to the AGM and went through the agenda. There were 65 members in the hall and 22 members on Zoom. Apologies were received from Peter Scaife (committee member) and 4 members. The minutes of the 2021 AGM had been published on the website and sent to all members without an email addresses by post and to all other members via email. These were accepted as a true record.
Annual Report: Read out by Alan Hopwood (Chairman). The main points were: We have gradually returned to a more normal operation after the difficult Covid period. FMMs had resumed in the Hall with a Zoom facility. The groups, nearly 60, were being added to and most were meeting face-to-face. Our membership has returned to a healthy level of over 730. Two Committee Members, Chris Knight and Pauline Wooltorton, had resigned for personal reasons and Les Mould stepped back from his Secretary role. The Committee had invited Margaret Pearce to be the second President to replace Robert Christian, who had stepped down due to ill health. The Chairman concluded by thanking all the GLs for keeping their groups alive and thriving, all the volunteers for their sterling contribution at the FMM in a variety of roles, and the Committee, all of whom were very important to the success of the Dorchester and District u3a. This was unanimously accepted.
Treasurer’s Report: Read out by Nick Priddle (Treasurer) - While our previous financial year was hugely distorted by lockdowns, we have returned to more normal levels of revenue and expenditure. Our accounts are in a healthy condition. The deficit of just under £4K on the Annual Accounts had been planned. Overall income was 7.5% higher owing to Newsletter advertising and advanced payments. He urged members to Gift Aid their subscriptions, which a third already did. Venue hire is again our most significant cost and we will need to be wary of inflationary pressures. Our capital expenditure was to purchase a new laptop to better support our hybrid/Zoom First Monday Meetings and a cabinet to ease our equipment storage. The annual subscription will remain at £15, the same level for 14 years. With only a few events, the Excursions & Social Account is balanced this year, with Income and Expenditure matching. This was unanimously accepted.
Election of Officers: Margaret Pearce (Hon. President) conducted the vote for the Officers and Committee. As all the existing Committee were happy to stand again and there were no new proposals, the vote was taken en-bloc and was carried.
There being no other business, the AGM finished at 10.50 am.
The full text of the AGM minutes can be read here.
Annual Report: Read out by Alan Hopwood (Chairman). The main points were: We have gradually returned to a more normal operation after the difficult Covid period. FMMs had resumed in the Hall with a Zoom facility. The groups, nearly 60, were being added to and most were meeting face-to-face. Our membership has returned to a healthy level of over 730. Two Committee Members, Chris Knight and Pauline Wooltorton, had resigned for personal reasons and Les Mould stepped back from his Secretary role. The Committee had invited Margaret Pearce to be the second President to replace Robert Christian, who had stepped down due to ill health. The Chairman concluded by thanking all the GLs for keeping their groups alive and thriving, all the volunteers for their sterling contribution at the FMM in a variety of roles, and the Committee, all of whom were very important to the success of the Dorchester and District u3a. This was unanimously accepted.
Treasurer’s Report: Read out by Nick Priddle (Treasurer) - While our previous financial year was hugely distorted by lockdowns, we have returned to more normal levels of revenue and expenditure. Our accounts are in a healthy condition. The deficit of just under £4K on the Annual Accounts had been planned. Overall income was 7.5% higher owing to Newsletter advertising and advanced payments. He urged members to Gift Aid their subscriptions, which a third already did. Venue hire is again our most significant cost and we will need to be wary of inflationary pressures. Our capital expenditure was to purchase a new laptop to better support our hybrid/Zoom First Monday Meetings and a cabinet to ease our equipment storage. The annual subscription will remain at £15, the same level for 14 years. With only a few events, the Excursions & Social Account is balanced this year, with Income and Expenditure matching. This was unanimously accepted.
Election of Officers: Margaret Pearce (Hon. President) conducted the vote for the Officers and Committee. As all the existing Committee were happy to stand again and there were no new proposals, the vote was taken en-bloc and was carried.
There being no other business, the AGM finished at 10.50 am.
The full text of the AGM minutes can be read here.