3rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Tuesday 26th September 2023

To be held at:
Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre, Old Oak, Off Cottonmill Lane, AL1 2EF, St Albans 7-9pm

There will be a sharing buffet from 8pm

AGENDA

Welcome, apologies for absence and introduction (Kate Swindells, Chair)

1. Annual report (Kate Swindells, Chair)
2. Financial Report (Alison Shiperlee, Treasurer)
3. Resolutions to Constitution
4. Change of Financial Year
5. Election of Committee Members (Kate Swindells, Chair)
   a) Chair
   b) Treasurer
   c) Additional Committee member(s)
6. Election of Secretary (in-coming Committee)
7. Any Other Business (in-coming Chair)
   

Notices of Resolution

As required under Section 11 of Grow Community – Sopwell’s Constitution, the Committee hereby gives notice of intention to alter the Constitution. The resolutions to be raised at the AGM are as follows:

To change Section 6.10 from “Retiring Officers shall be eligible for re-election after a gap of at least one year.” to “Retiring Officers may be re-elected immediately after the end of their three year term.”

To change Section 8.7 from “Members shall elect at least 3 and not more than 7 Committee members to serve for the next year. They will retire at the next AGM but may stand for re-election.” to “Members shall elect at least 3 and not more than 12 Committee members to serve for the next year. They will retire at the next AGM but may stand for re-election.”
We will also be changing the dates of our Financial Year.

If you would like more information on the reasons behind these changes, please contact growsopwell@gmail.com.

If you would like to be considered for a committee member role, including officers (Chair, Treasurer, Secretary), please contact us to discuss this by Tuesday 19th September 2023.