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Annual General Meeting
Minutes 20.05.09
      


 
Present: Fiona Warriner, Fiona Menger, Nicola Head, James Faraday, Jenny Hutchinson, Anna McKinney, Jill Bulmer, Laura Hailstone, Laura Murphy, Ruth Symes, Kate Laws                                

Apologies: Lynn Watson, Lindsey Thomas, Hayley Fawcett, Rachel Leisk, Jo Woodcock, Debbie Short, Caroline Wright, Marj Robinson                                                                                  

1. Minutes of last AGM: Accepted

2. Acting Chair’s report:

  • Thanks were given to all NESTA reps, especially Lynne and Fiona Menger. Thanks also to Gillian for all her work and to Marj for helping the new committee members.
  • Thank you to Kate Laws for taking over the Chair role.
  • Thanks to Hayley Fawcett for standing as rep and acting as vice chair while Nicola was on maternity leave.
  • Five courses did not run. Six courses offered. Need to promote NESTA again.
         

3. Treasurer's Report:

    • Thanks to Lynne for doing treasury role and saving NESTA.
    • Accounts not signed off at end of year by accountant as accountant off sick. Will go to accountants in May.
    • 08-09 membership= 146; this year there are 138 members –plus 18 received late and not yet processed.
    • Bank balance on 30.03.09 was £2603.47 (including incomings and outgoings for 2008-2009 but not membership incomes/course fees received).   Actual bank balance on 18.05.09 is £6148.47 (including membership course/course fees received).
    • Agreed non-practising members can attend courses at SALT rate. They can access course details on NESTA web site.

 

4. Memberships:

    • Feedback from treasurer: 138 members –plus 18 received late and not yet processed.
    • Need to put applicants’ membership number on membership list so treasurer can check if they are members when they apply for courses.
    • Information for reps: there is 09 at end of each membership number so is easy to see which memberships are still current.
    • Processing memberships is taking the treasurer a long time – have agreed it should be part of the vice-treasurer’s role from now on. Need a vice treasurer soon as Fiona Menger will be on maternity leave.
    • Action: some departments do not have NESTA reps: need to contact depts and universities.

 

5. Review of Course costings:

  • New course costings were agreed 2 years ago but not implemented until recently, and are now working well. Admin fee has been taken off course costings to reduce bank balance:  agreed today:
    • To now take off £350 off cost of  each course
    • Remove £60 minimum price for courses and r/v later this year.
    • To think about running some smaller courses for free, such as a free training session with Propeller (the company which makes REACT).

6. Committee/Elections: 

  • Committee this year:
    • Chair: Kate laws (to continue for one more year, then Nicola Head to stand for chair next year)
    • Vice Chair: Welcome back Nicola Head, who has agreed to be vice chair this year.
    • Treasurer: Lynne Watson
    • Vice treasurer: Rachael Leisk
    • Secretary: Laura Hailstone
    • Vice Secretary: Fiona Warriner

7. System of free places for reps and committee members:

  • If a rep/committee member would like a free place on a course, they need to discuss it at the rep meeting prior to the course to see if feasible. This then needs to be minuted.
  • Committee member may have one free place per two year stint on committee.

8. Review of role descriptions:

         Changes agreed:

  • Marj (admin.support) to send out application forms for NESTA membership each year.
  • Vice treasurer to process completed membership forms and send out membership cards.
  • Agreed to amend role descriptions at next reps meeting.

9. AOB: None

10. AGM will be held on Monday 7th June at 2.30 pm. followed by Reps meeting at 3.30 pm.

The venue, (I know you've all been waiting patiently to hear where it's going to be) is

Sunningdale School, Shaftoe Road, Sunderland, SR3 4HA.

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