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.

And the winners are….!

Well done to Kim and her two girls for smashing it with ‘Most Heads’ and ‘Largest Head’ for the amazing Sally Sunflower.

Hilary wins tallest sunflower, grown down at the local allotments.

Honourable mention to 5-year-old Sabrina who planted her sunflower at school, and succeeded in transplanting it and allowing it to thrive at home. Lots of extra buds promising many more blooms but sadly not quite in time.

We’ve loved seeing all the entries and amazing growing efforts.

Hoping we can save some of these seeds and share with others for growing next year.

(And saving some to feed the birds this winter too!)

Share your strawberries

Do you grow strawberries? Now’s the time to get those runners rooted to make new plants. See “Propagation” section towards the end of this article from the RHS.

Please consider sharing new plants with friends, neighbours and the Grow Community.

Advertise them locally, drop off at the stall at 71 Leyland Avenue, or join our plant share and swap events next year.

Let’s #growtogether

READY TO PICK – SUMMER FRUITS

Blackcurrants, summer-fruiting raspberries and strawberries are all now ready to pick from the beds at the Berners Drive community garden.

Pick those that look the ripest.

Wash before eating.

They can be stored in the fridge for a few days.

There’s also a second-flush of peas ready, as well as herbs and herbal teas.

The garden is located at the bottom of Berner’s Drive, St Albans. Next to the playarea.

Please walk or cycle there is possible.