Minutes of AGM, 16/8/2003
EGM of The Crocodile Club, 16/08/2003 ------------------------------------- Present: Richard Fincher Charlotte Hinchliffe Phil Stewart Richard Vodden Dave Edwards 1st Dave Edwards 2nd Steve Little Robin Dalgliesh Alan Barnett Steve Gutteridge Dave Stanley Observing:Absent: John Henderson Apologies: Dave Burbage John Allen Meeting opened: 19:09 Agenda ------ 1. Minutes of the Last Meeting 2. Trustee's Report 3. Chair's Report 4. Elections 5. Any Other Business 1. Minutes ---------- 1. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 11/01/1997 were ratified. 2. Trustee's Report ------------------- 1. In the absence of John Henderson (Trustee), the report was delivered by Richard Fincher (Chair) 2. The Crocodile Club bank balance currently stands at £198. 3. The bank acount address details are currently incorrect, and need changing. 4. The current signatories for the account are: i) John Henderson (Trustee), absent ii) Tom Cunnington, trackable iii) Dave Burbage, available 5. Natwest decided we were a business and reclassified our account as such, however this has been rectified. 6. 7 new members joined at this EGM, and monies have been collected. 3. Chair's Report ----------------- 1. The EGM was required to set a date for the AGM. It was proposed that the date should be set as the 25/10/2003, which passed nem. con. 2. A number of committee positions required clarification. This is detailed further in the following section of these minutes. 3. The website is in need of some attention. After some discussion, it was decided that the job of maintaining and developing the website should be passed to the Secretary for the time being, to be reviewed at the AGM. 4. The Crocodile Club will be liasing with IC Radio to organise the Annual Dinner. 5. It is the opinion of the Chair that the Croc Club bar night should be revived. It was proposed that the next bar night should be held on 06/09/2003 at the World's End Distellery, Chelsea, in keeping with the previous tradition of holding bar nights on the 1st Saturday of each month. The proposal passed nem. con. 6. Member addresses: The database needs updating. There is also an IC Radio section on Friendsreunited, which should be investigated. 7. As a student radio alumni association, we should be aware of the existence of ASRA, the Association of Student Radio Alumni. There are no formal procedures for affiliation (read: just turn up and get drunk at events), however the Chair will make us known to the ASRA committee. 4. Elections ------------ 1. At the start of the AGM, the committee positions were occupied as follows: i) Chair: Richard Fincher ii) Trustee: John Henderson iii) Secretary: Vacant iv) Reggie Editor: Vacant v) Ordinary Members: Dave Stanley, Alan Barnett 2. Due to the prolonged absence of John Henderson, it was decided by those present that he should be considered resigned from his post. 3. All other existing committee members were present, and were reaffirmed in their positions until the AGM 4. For the post of Trustee, Charlotte Hinchliffe was nominated. Motion to accept the candidate was passed nem. con. The candidate was duly elected. 5. For the post of Secretary, Phil Stewart was nominated. Motion to accept the candidate was passed nem. con. The candidate was duly elected. 6. For the post of Reggie Editor, Dave Edwards II was nominated. Motion to accept the candidate was passed nem. con. The candidate was duly elected. 5. AOB ------ 1. Congratulations were extended to Richard for doing things and getting the club back on its feet. 2. The club was informed that IC Radio has applied for a Low Power AM license in the Wye campus of the college. 3. Some discussion followed concerning FM possibilities. Rich Vodden informed the club that such progress could not happen until the exact details of Access Radio under the new regulator Ofcom are known. 4. There was suggestion of the possiblity of Croc Club members doing shows on IC Radio. Discussion envisaged the idea of a regular Croc Club slot on IC Radio which could be presented by various members on a week-by-week basis. 5. It was noted that IC Radio will celebrate 25 years of AM broadcasting in December, as well as the 30th anniversary of Conception Day next January. To mark the occasion, Phil Stewart stated his intention to produce a radio documentary on the history of IC Radio, and will liase with members as appropriate to achieve this goal. 6. Members extended their thanks to Charlotte Hinchliffe in helping bring about the current interest and resurgence of the Croc Club. There was no further business. Meeting closed: 19:37 -- Taken: Phil Stewart, 20030816 Typed: Phil Stewart, Croc CLub Sec. 20030901 Passed: TBD Amendments made: