| | Frinton Residents' Association |
| | MINUTES of the 48th Annual General Meeting held in St Mary's |
| | Church Hall, Old Road, Frinton, on 24 April 2010 at 10:00 AM |
| Present: The President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, Assistant Secretary and |
| six other Committee members, fourteen guests/speakers including Councillors, Parliamentary Candidates, the Press |
| and a Police Sergeant, together with fifty-nine Association members and five non-members |
| | 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| | The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting, in particular the members, together with political party |
| | representatives, Councillors, guests, speakers, representatives of the press and the police. |
| | 2 | APOLOGIES |
| | Apologies had been received from Councillor David Lines, Committee member Chris Perry, Member Roy |
| | Caddick and representatives of the surgery at Caradoc. |
| | 3 | MINUTES |
| | The Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on 25 April 2009 were taken as read and approved. |
| | 4 | MATTERS ARISING |
| | It was noted that all matters arising from the previous AGM had been covered at the Half-Yearly Meeting in |
| | October 2009. |
| | 5 | ACCOUNTS |
| | The Treasurer reviewed the Accounts, explained that subscriptions were down by 9%, income from fund |
| | raising was mainly from sponsorship of Newsletter, and that the main item of expenditure was the cost of |
| | printing and delivery of the Newsletter; the difference between the last two items mainly representing the |
| | shortfall of £800 between Income and Expenditure this year. However, he felt that the quality of the |
| | Newsletter justified the expense involved, and the reduction in sponsorship was to be expected in the present |
| | economic climate. |
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| | As no-one had any questions, it was unanimously agreed that the Accounts for the year to 31 December |
| | 2009 be approved. |
| | 6 | APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR |
| | It was also unanimously agreed that the current Auditor, Mr R W Smith, be appointed for the year to 31 |
| | December 2010. |
| | 7 | ELECTION OF OFFICERS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| | The Chairman thanked all the Officers and Committee members for the hard work they had done during the |
| | past year, and explained that sadly, after over 20 years' service to the FRA in the roles of Chairman, Vice |
| | Chairman, Committee member and FRA representative for Health, Chamber of Commerce, Neighbourhood |
| | Action Panel and Frinton in Bloom, Gillian Sanford would be standing down from the Committee. A basket of |
| | flowers was presented, and GS expressed her appreciation and regret at no longer being able to serve on the |
| | Committee because of other commitments. She stated that she would continue to be a member of the |
| | Association as it was important that the FRA had as many members as possible so that they could make a |
| | more forceful case on behalf of residents. She encouraged all those present to go out and try and recruit |
| | more members. |
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| | The Chairman then explained that the remainder of the current Committee members had been proposed and |
| | seconded, and asked for agreement that they be re-elected en bloc. She then asked all the Committee |
| | members to stand up as their names were read out and the following were unanimously elected: Chris Perry, |
| | Pat Batley, Charles Harrison, Colin Knights, Peter Leaman, Ivan Jacklin, Caroline Blackler, Patricia Marino, |
| | Len Brooks, Don Whyte, Jeanette Phillips, June Stearn, and previously co-opted Committee Member, |
| | Catriona Miller. |
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| | The Chairman then explained that as stated in the Constitution, the roles of Chairman and Vice Chairman |
| | would be decided at the first Committee meeting after the AGM, but that the following Officers needed to be |
| | elected at each AGM. Officers were propsed, seconded and duly elected as follows: Len Brooks (President), |
| | Don Whyte (Treasurer), Jeanette Phillips (Honorary Secretary) and June Stearn (Assistant |
| | Secretary/Membership Secretary). |
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