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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

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