North Wakefield Radio Club

Annual General Meeting

Held on 8th February 2007

John G4RCG opened the meeting at 8.20pm with apologies received for absence from Graham G3CPS.

The minutes from the last A.G.M. were accepted by the membership.

Chairman's Report

John G4RCG made the following comments:

• The club is still going strongly, however we have not run as many courses this year and this normally generates quite a few new members.   The main reason for not running as many courses is that there are still only a small number of tutors which inevitably leads to tensions in their private lives due to absence whilst teaching.   Anyone who could help with the teaching would be most welcome, indeed encouraged.
• The advanced licence course run by Gerald G3SDY is not being run this year as there are no students wishing to do the course.
• With respect to contests we have done very well this year, especially in Field Day and also in the Club Calls where we came second.   Next year should be even better now that we have the superb new SteppIR HF beam up and running.

Secretary's Report

Dave G4IAU made the following statements:

• We need to try and address the problem of meeting content and Dave asked all members for their input in filling up the club calendar, this would enable the Publicity Manager to get events publicised in RadCom.

Treasurer's Report

Andy G6AJS outlined the following items:

• We have had quite an expensive year having spent more than our income, but a considerable amount of it was money from the grants the previous year.  
• Andy G6AJS then gave actual financial figures - see committee for information
• The auditors for next year are to be Steve M0OLD and Jackie M3JTO.

At this point John G4RCG told the meeting that the profit from the weekly raffles is mainly due to our junior members and they were applauded for their valiant efforts.

Items placed on the agenda by members in advance

• John G4RCG said that as Andy G6AJS had said our expenses in the form of rent and insurance are bound to go up this coming year and as our subscriptions just about cover our rent at the club we ought to think about raising the subscriptions.   Jim G3YDL proposed an increase of £5 putting the rate at £20 per year.   Some members thought this may be slightly too much so John G4RCG proposed an increase of £2.50.   Jim's proposal was seconded by Mike M0LMO and John's proposal was seconded by Terry M0JQK.   The vote was taken and £17.50 level got 6 votes with the £20 level getting 24 votes.   The subscriptions for the coming year were therefore set at £20.
• Much discussion then took place regarding concessionary membership payment and it was pointed out that there was no intention of embarrassing any member over this issue and that this was catered for adequately in our existing constitution.   It was decided to include a small “tick” box on the sheets we fill in prior to renewing membership, to be ticked when a member feels that they should be considered for a concessionary rate.
• John G4RCG then suggested that we discuss a family membership aimed at easing the financial load when several members of a family are licensed and also members of the club.   Again much discussion took place with the final outcome being a £5 per adult reduction, making the family membership £30 per year this was carried with a vote of 32.

The old committee was then disbanded.

The election of the new committee followed, with the new uncontested members being:

Chairman	John G4RCG
Vice Chairman	John G0EVT
Contest Manager	Charles M0OXO
Publicity Officer	Nigel M0NJW
Special Events Manager	Jim G3YDL
QSL Manager	Charles M0OXO
Shack Manager	Terry M0JQK

Two posts were contended and all candidates stood and introduced themselves outlining
their ideas and why they should be elected, then voting took place:

Membership Officer	Andrew M0HFX - 2 votes
	Steve M0JTI - 18 votes
	Julie M0JBW - 15 votes
	There were 2 abstentions

Steve M0JTI was duly elected as Membership Officer.

Ordinary Members ( X 3 )	Barry M0NOK - 20 votes
	Jahn 2E0JAA - 5 votes
	Richard M0RBG - 19 votes
	Brian G4OOC – 13 votes
	Mike M0LMO – 15 votes
	Andrew M0HFX – 19 votes

Barry M0NOK, Richard M0RBG and Andrew M0HFX were duly elected as the three Ordinary Members.

Any other business

The first meeting for the new committee was set for 6th March 2007 7.45 pm for an 8.00pm start

The meeting ended at 9.20pm.