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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:
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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.
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Thank you to
Kate Laws for taking over the Chair role.
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Thanks to Hayley
Fawcett for standing as rep and acting as vice chair while Nicola
was on maternity leave.
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Five courses did
not run. Six courses offered. Need to promote NESTA again.
3.
Treasurer's Report:
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Thanks to
Lynne for doing treasury role and saving NESTA.
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Accounts not
signed off at end of year by accountant as accountant off sick.
Will go to accountants in May.
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08-09
membership= 146; this year there are 138 members –plus 18
received late and not yet processed.
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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).
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Agreed
non-practising members can attend courses at SALT rate. They can
access course details on NESTA web site.
4.
Memberships:
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Feedback
from treasurer: 138 members –plus 18 received late and not yet
processed.
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Need to put
applicants’ membership number on membership list so treasurer
can check if they are members when they apply for courses.
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Information
for reps: there is 09 at end of each membership number so
is easy to see which memberships are still current.
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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.
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Action:
some departments do not have NESTA reps: need to contact depts
and universities.
5.
Review of
Course costings:
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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:
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To now take
off £350 off cost of each course
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Remove £60
minimum price for courses and r/v later this year.
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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:
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Committee this
year:
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Chair: Kate
laws (to continue for one more year, then Nicola Head to stand
for chair next year)
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Vice Chair:
Welcome back Nicola Head, who has agreed to be vice chair this
year.
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Treasurer:
Lynne Watson
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Vice treasurer:
Rachael Leisk
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Secretary:
Laura Hailstone
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Vice Secretary:
Fiona Warriner
7. System of free places for reps and committee members:
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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.
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Committee member
may have one free place per two year stint on committee.
8.
Review of role descriptions:
Changes agreed:
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Marj (admin.support)
to send out application forms for NESTA membership each year.
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Vice treasurer to
process completed membership forms and send out membership cards.
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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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