The printed copies of the June edition of the 009 News were put in the post in Leeds this morning (Thursday), so I hope they will get to you fairly soon.
As I mentioned in another post, exceptionally, it contains the reports and papers for the Annual General Meeting. Please do have a look and ask any questions you have by post or email to the Secretary, Rob Rossington. Also please look at the voting slip, fill it in and then cut it out, copy it or scan it and again post or email to Rob, by 20th June. I don't believe any of the votes are contentious, but we do need a certain number of votes to be cast for the AGM to be valid and this then allows us to continue smoothly with the business of the Society.
We still plan to hold an EGM where members can hold the Committee to account in person. This will happen when we feel confident it can be done effectively within government guidelines, as they develop, and when we can attach it to another narrow gauge event (open day, specialist show, etc.)
Best wishes, Julian
We (the committee) held the AGM last Saturday under the prevailing strange circumstances. Thank you to everybody who took the trouble to vote - we easily met our quorum requirement and I am glad to say that all resolutions passed by large majorities, so, for example, Society directors were elected/re-elected and we are not faced with a constitutional crisis! No questions were submitted hence the meeting was closed in record time. The results of the vote on each resolution will be published in the News and on the website.
We remain committed to giving members their chance to question the committee in person as soon as we are able to organise a suitable venue attached to a suitable event. As I hope you understand we are no nearer being able to give you a date for this at the moment.
Thanks again for your support, Julian
Thanks for the update Julian, if the meeting passed so quickly, perhaps that is a pointer to how future AGM's should be held!
Sorry for the delay in replying to the email you sent me 2 days ago, I'm currently bogged down with the usual crises and will respond to you soonest.
Mick
Thanks for the update Julian. Glad that you got the "turnout" that you needed. If people are willing to give up their time to work for the good of the Society (that's the rest of us!) then the least we can do is vote them in!
Frank