| Frinton Residents' Association |
| | MINUTES of the 49th Annual General Meeting held in St Mary's |
| | Church Hall, Old Road, Frinton, on 30 April 2011 at 10.00 am |
| Present: The President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, Assistant Secretary |
| and six other Committee members, forty-five Association members, and nine guests/speakers. |
| | 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| | The Chairman welcomed FRA members, Councillors, guests, speakers, and representatives of the police. |
| | 2 | APOLOGIES |
| | Apologies had been received from Committee members Chris Perry, Pat Batley and Ivan Jacklin, FRA |
| | Members Roy & Jane Caddick, Councillor Harry Shearing, Brian and Jan McLellan, Jenny & Bob Gilkes, |
| | invited guests Councillor Mick Page and Beverley Gould (ECC), Douglas Carswell MP, Katarina Simpson (EJ |
| | Taylor & Sons) and the Town Clerk of Frinton & Walton Town Council. |
| | 3 | MINUTES |
| | The Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on 24 April 2010 were taken as read and approved. |
| | 4 | MATTERS ARISING |
| | There were no matters arising. |
| | 5 | ACCOUNTS |
| | The Treasurer reviewed the Accounts. He stated that the FRA continued to be in very good financial health |
| | with subscriptions up by £300 on last year and a rise in income from fund raising activities which was mainly |
| | from sponsorship of the Newsletter. However, interest was only £6.24 due to the current economic climate, |
| | and funds in the Prime Account had been switched to the Community Account with the intention of using |
| | Internet Banking and investing £10,000 in a Business Reserve Account this year. He pointed out that costs |
| | of printing the Newsletter were almost at break-even, with the difference of £600 being the cost of delivery. He |
| | also explained that increases in administration costs were due to general increases in printing and postage |
| | costs, the fact that it had been discovered that the FRA owned the notice board outside the Co-op and it had |
| | cost £500 to be repaired, and £200 in prize money had been given to those who had designed the last two |
| | front covers of the Newsletter. Finally, he stated that donations had included £206 to the RNLI and £210 to |
| | Frinton in Bloom. |
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| | As no-one had any questions, it was unanimously agreed that the Accounts for the year to 31 December |
| | 2010 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 2011. |
| | 7 | ELECTION OF OFFICERS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| | The Chairman expressed appreciation for the hard work the Treasurer (Don Whyte) had undertaken over |
| | recent years, and DW stated that it had been a privilege to serve as Treasurer. She then stated that in |
| | addition to DW, the President (Len Brooks) would not be standing for re-election; she wanted to thank him in |
| | public for the tremendous service he had given to the FRA over a period of 18 years, and pointed out that the |
| | Committee would be recognising this at a future date. She announced that Gillian Sanford had agreed to |
| | stand for election as President, and since the publication of the Newsletter, Geoff Harris (a previously |
| | co-opted Committee members) had volunteered to undertake the role of Treasurer. |
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| | The Chairman then asked the nominees for the roles of Officers and Committee members to stand as their |
| | names were read out, followed by names of proposers and seconders. The following were then duly elected - |
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| | Officers: Gillian Sanford (President), Geoff Harris (Treasurer), Jeanette Phillips (Honorary Secretary) and June |
| | Stearn (Assistant Secretary/Membership Secretary). |
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| | Committee Members: Pat Batley, Charles Harrison, Colin Knights, Peter Leaman, Caroline Blackler, |
| | Catriona Miller, Patricia Marino, and previously co-opted Committee Member, Helen Balisson. |
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