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Buckden Local History Society
 
43rd Annual General Meeting

 
5 June 2024
 
Item 1.  Apologies for Absence
-    Apologies were received from Angie Bruce, Chris Wright, Francis Farmer, John and Wendy Thelwall.


Item 2.  Minutes of the Previous Meeting
-    The Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted unanimously.  


Item 3.  Matters Arising
-    The Committee would continue to look for a lectern that could be stored in the Village Hall.
-    A raffle was to be held as a way of increasing funds with the prizes drawn after the AGM.


Item 4.  Chairman’s Report
-    The Chairman thanked members for their support over the year and said membership numbers were very encouraging.  
 
Item 5.  Secretary’s Report
-    The Secretary hoped everyone was pleased with the talks last year, using local speakers where possible.

-    A new programme for 2024/25 had been completed and would be available ASAP from the library.  A copy could be downloaded from the BLHS website when the new programme is loaded.

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Item 6.  Treasurer’s Report
-    The Treasurer, Eric Nash, had been in hospital with a serious illness.   According to Eric’s interim statement issued on 23 April, the period 6 September 2023 - 3 April 2024, the Society made a surplus of £136.40.  


Item 7.  Election of Committee Members

-    On the balance of probabilities it was assumed that Eric would not be continuing as Treasurer.  Nicky Gibbs volunteered to be the new Treasurer, pending a decision on Eric.  There were no other changes to the committee.

-    It was unanimously agreed that the committee would be composed as follows :

-    Chairman/Secretary - Richard Storey, Deputy Chairman - Barry Jobling, Interim Treasurer - Nicky Gibbs, Members - Les Button, Clive Thompson.
-    Secretary’s Note.  Following the meeting it was confirmed that Eric was retiring as Treasurer on health grounds and that Nicky was the new Treasurer.    


Item 8.  Summer Visit
-    Nicky outlined the plan for visiting the Manor House, Hemingford Grey on 3 July. 


Item 9.  Any other Business
-    There was no other business.  


 
Richard Storey
Chairman/Secretary
12 August 2024

Attached:
Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 July 2024.

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