HILL PLOTHOLDERS.
MINUTES OF THE 2009 AGM HELD ON
17TH NOVEMBER 2009.
1. The acting Chairman, Ted
Wright, declared the meeting open at 8.00pm.and welcomed those attending.
28 plotholders attended, together
with a number of spouses etc.
2. APOLOGIES.
A number of apologies for non-attendance were received
3. PREVIOUS MINUTES.
The minutes of the AGM held on
18th November 2008 were agreed.
4. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MINUTES.
None
5. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT. The
Chairman said he was pleased to hear that Ken Newcomb was apparently much better
than he had been for many months. He then thanked the Committee
members for their hard work throughout the year.
6. SECRETARY’S REPORT. The
Secretary said he was pleased to report that Hill won the Best Allotment Site competition.
He thanked everyone who had been involved in this.
He said that he was in
discussion with the Council regarding the state of repair of our fences
and concerns over the condition of a number of trees. He said he
was not particularly hopeful as the Council had very little money to
spend.
He said that our Allotment
Liaison officer (Eddie Campbell) has retired and would not be
replaced. This left one Allotment Officer to cover the whole of
Birmingham.
See full minutes for further
details.
7. TREASURER’S REPORT. The
Treasure reported another successful year. However, major expenditure on
hedges and notice boards left the Repairs Account with very little
money. See
full minutes for accounts and Treasurer's report.
The accounts were accepted unanimously
8. SHOW SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The Secretary said that the number of entrants in the Show had increased
again. In addition, a good profit had been achieved thanks mainly
to the work
by Alan Redfern in organising the raffle again and for the brewery
sponsorship.
He said he had decided to
resign as Show Secretary having done the job for 3 years. He wished
his successor well and said he would help out whenever he was needed. John Davies said he would be pleased to
take on the job.
The
Show is expected be held on 8th August 2010.
9. ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE.
Mike, Ted, John Davies &
John Badger were re-elected after having
served a 3 year term. Jodie said he no longer wished to serve due
to family & work commitments. Sheila Roberts (agreed before the
meeting) and Brian Allen were both nominated and unanimously elected to
join the committee.
Please see the committee
page for photographs.
10. PROPOSITIONS.
None
11. A.O.B.
Haydn discussed the new hanging
basket competition.
Reg Kearsley said he would be
giving a talk on preparing hanging baskets in April or May.
Bob Tyler donated 12 jars of organic
honey. Hazel donated a similar number of jars of Mock Lemon
Curd.
12.Award presentation.
Jason Hodges was announced as
the overall winner (Victor Ludorum).
The trophies and commemorative
award certificates were presented by the Chairman.
13. There being no further business the Chairman closed the meeting
at 9.40 p.m.
Following the meeting the attendees
enjoyed an excellent buffet provided by Denise Parry.
Last updated 14/12/2009