AGM minutes
MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Parts 1
and 2)
held On-line
via ZOOM on Saturday, 24th April 2021 at 11 am (Part 1) and 12 noon
(Part 2)
Attendees on-line: Roland Finch, Hon. Chairman; Elizabeth Finch,
Hon. Treasurer/Membership Secretary; Jan Lawson, Minutes Secretary/Assistant
Membership Secretary; Lorraine Hunter, Social Events Secretary; Susan Ketelaar; Frank and Gwenneth
Morgan-Grant; Eileen Elliot; Douglas Smith; Edward Toll; Mike Nevin; Caroline
and Tim Cliffe; Morris Muter; Phil
Thirkell; Abbot Geoffrey Scott (Patron)
PART 1 commenced at 11am
1.
Welcome
The Chairman welcomed everyone to this
year’s AGM via Zoom and thanked members for attending in these unusual
circumstances.
2. Apologies for Absence
Apologies
were received and accepted from: John & Elizabeth Nicholls; Sheila Lonie;
John & Madeline Bell; Pam Malkin; Jean Rowntree; Freddie Everatt; Freddie
Bremble; Elizabeth Balfour-Kinnear; Jennifer McNish; Jim & Ann Wardle.
3. Minutes
of the AGM held on 11 May 2019
The Minutes were unanimously accepted as a true record.
4.
Matters Arising
There
were no specific matters raised.
5. Treasurer’s
Report was unanimously
agreed.
The
Treasurer reported that the accounts submitted are from January 2019 to date.
If members have any questions with regard to the accounting they are asked to
contact the Treasurer direct.
Members will
see that the Society has a shortfall due to the enforced inactivity at the moment.
However, we can hope for better times ahead.
6.
Membership
Secretary’s Report
Membership
– currently we have 93 paid up members, mostly local but with many from
Scotland, south of England and abroad. We are still getting new members via
Facebook (we have 800+ followers!) and our own website.
7.
Appointment
of Officers and Committee
New
Officers were appointed: Francis Morgan-Grant, Events & Programming
Secretary; Gwenneth Morgan Grant, Committee Member. Existing Committee members agreed to stand
for re-election. These appointments were
proposed by Tim Cliffe, seconded by Susan Ketelaar and unanimously agreed.
8.
Any Other Business
· The chairman advised that Hon. President John
Nicholls passed on his best wishes to all and apologised for being unable to be
active in the Society at the present time.
· Eileen Elliott asked who would be responsible
for the material published by the Society ie. Do we have any insurance on book
articles we publish? etc. Roland Finch advised that the Society has no
insurance as such.
o
Mike Nevin
advised that the 1745 Association is set up as a “Company limited by Guarantee”
covering Scottish Charitable Organisations.
o
Susan Ketelaar
said that there was usually a disclaimer in books/articles stating that the
author took full responsibility.
Mike Nevin then advised the group that
he was not joining us for Part 2 of the meeting. Part 1 of the AGM ended at
11.45am.
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PART 2 commenced at 12 noon
Welcome back from the Chairman
1.
2021
Events Programme
Elizabeth Finch went through what we still have planned for 2021.
· Jen Scott’s talk on 15th May 2021 will be delivered as a Zoom meeting.
(It was pointed out that any Zoom session is
limited to 45 minutes unless we pay.)
· Venues in Hexham were being considered for
future events as Dilston is unlikely to be opening soon.
· Our Society Dinner will be held at Slaley Hall
on Saturday 26th June 2021
[subsequently postponed until 9 July] The benefits over previous
years will be warmer/ lighter nights and this would be a purely social event.
There will be the opportunity for staying overnight for those interested.
· The Dilston
summer social event on 14th
August 2021 is not yet confirmed – we are still hopeful that it may be
possible but if not we could have lunch/tea elsewhere.
· The “Rising in Northumberland” commemoration
lunch planned for 6th October
2021 has been booked at the Langley
Castle Hotel. Since our normal February lunch there had to cancelled, we
will also take the opportunity to place flowers at the Derwentwater Cross.
· The talk by Dr Craig Appleby – “A Land Ripe
for Rebellion” (postponed from 2020) has been rearranged for 13th November 2021 – venue
to be arranged.
· Our Christmas Lunch is still planned for 4th December 2021 at the Robin
Hood Inn, East Wallhouses, NE18 0LL
2. Suggestions
for 2022 (when
we will be back to normal - hopefully).
Suggestions
from the “ZOOM floor” were invited.
· Possibly looking more deeply into “Medieval
Durham”.
· Members who had listened to the talk given by
patron Peter Pininski via Zoom for The 1745 Association on 17th
April recommended requesting a repeat or similar talk for The Fifteen via Zoom.
· Morris Muter suggested a re-run in 2022 of the
Skye trip for more people and Frank Grant replied that this was possible if
enough people wanted it.
· Frank
also mentioned the possibility of a re-enactment event (Nick Wilkes) at
Dilston.
Elizabeth replied that it was unlikely to be
allowed at Dilston and Frank suggested that the “Scout Camp“ field would be
ideal as this was the original site used and would be open to the public. It
was agreed that this needed exploring.
· Regarding the proposed Skye visit, Eileen
Elliott and Susan Ketelaar said that a coach would probably be preferred by
most. Elizabeth Finch pointed out that
we may not have sufficient numbers to fill a coach but Frank said he would be
willing to look into a 2022 event again.
· Elizabeth Finch raised the possibility of
having more “joint” events with the 1745 Association and possibly greater
involvement from now on with our “non-NE” members. Mike Nevin had said he would
let us have the Zoom links for the monthly 1745 talks if we were interested.
· Susan Ketelaar advised that a Dilston walk
lead by a local group could be available if
anyone was interested.
3. Close
There
being no further business, the Chairman warmly thanked members for attending
and Part 2 of the on-line meeting was brought to a close at 12.40pm
Jan
Lawson, Secretary; Roland Finch, Chairman
MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
held at Dilston Chapel on Saturday, 11th May 2019 at 11 am
Present: Roland Finch, Hon. Chairman; Elizabeth Finch,
Hon. Treasurer/Membership Secretary; Jan Lawson, Minutes Secretary/Assistant
Membership Secretary; Lorraine Hunter, Social Events Secretary; Susan Ketelaar, Commitee Member; Pam Malkin;
Douglas Smith; Edward Toll; John Bell; Pat & Radcliffe Hare; Freddie
Everatt; Jean Rowntree; Jennifer McNish; Frank Grant; Gwenneth Watson; Vikki
Broadhead; Elizabeth Balfour-Kennear; Alfred Frederick Bremble; Bernard &
Afsah Snaith; Anne Noble & Bill Noble; Eileen Elliot; Margaret Watson.
Welcome
The Chairman welcomed everyone to this
year’s AGM, apologised for any delay and thanked members for attending. He
additionally conveyed thanks from Freddie Everatt for the cards, letters and
funeral attendances in memory of his wife Ruth Everatt.
1.
Apologies for Absence
Apologies
were received and accepted from: John & Elizabeth Nicholls; Maurice Milne; Patricia
MacInnes; Madeleine Quince; Peter & Carol Fletcher; Nic Adams; Charles Adams;
Graham Bashford; Ed Clarke; Vera Mallon; Christine Belcher; Margaret Warren; Sheila
& George Lonie; Madeleine Bell; Ann Connah.
2.
Minutes of the AGM held 28 April 2018
at Dilston
The Minutes were unanimously adopted as a true record – proposed
by Susan Ketelaar and seconded by Eileen Elliot.
3.
Matters
Arising
· The ongoing subject of castle maintenance was
raised as water ingress was causing problems with the flooring. Attendees were
interested to know where Cambian stood on this. John Bell said that chicken
wire would be a good idea in the castle to deter pigeons.
· The other ongoing problem – namely maintenance
and/or restoration of the Derwentwater Cross – was raised. Elizabeth Finch had
met up with Jane Torday- Bates (no longer a 1715 member) with no resolution to
the problem. Elizabeth said she would make enquiries about a possible
restoration cost.