April 16th 2007 - annual general meeting minutes

All officers re-elected

Attendance

34 members

Apologies

Chris McGivering, Mark Erickson, Cllr Keith Taylor, Cllr Simon Williams

Minutes of the 2006 AGM

Minutes were received and accepted. There were no matters arising.

Adoption of reports

a) Chair - Peter Crowhurst; proposed by Jackie Fuller, seconded by Barry Leigh
b) Joint Secretaries - Sara Bragg and Mark Erickson; proposed by Gabrielle Villermet, seconded by Sarah Dunsmure
c) Treasurer- Margaret Daly; proposed by Sandy Crowhurst, seconded by Ruth Goodall

All reports were considered together and all were adopted.

Adoption of Coordinators' reports

a) Environment & Planning
b) Newsletter
c) Website
d) Theatre Group
e) Parents Network

All reports were considered together and all were adopted nem con. Adoption proposed by Kevin Daly, seconded by Bobbie Cheesman.

Adoption of reports from NLCA representatives on other groups

a) Brighton Society
b) Living Streets
c) City in Bloom
c) Community & Voluntary Sector Forum

All reports were considered together and all were adopted nem con. Adoption proposed by Roy Skam, seconded by Paley O'Connor.

Election of Officers

a) Chair - Peter Crowhurst; proposed by Barry Leigh, seconded by Sarah Dunsmure. Elected unanimously.
b) Secretary - Sara Bragg and Mark Erickson; proposed by Bobbie Cheesman, seconded by Sarah Dunsmure. Elected unanimously
c) Treasurer - Clifford Jaques; proposed by Sandy Crowhurst, seconded by Jackie Fuller. Elected unanimously.

Ratification of Coordinators, NLCA representatives on other groups and Street Reps for the coming year

As on back of Runner - proposed by Ruth Goodall, seconded by Kevin Daly. Ratified nem con.

Any other business

- Police: Ann Watson, new PC for area, introduced herself.

- The meeting recorded a vote of thanks to Cllr Sue Paskins for her work as Councillor, and to Margaret Daly for her four years as Treasurer

- Sara Bragg proposed Jackie Fuller as 'Person of the Year' for Sussex Heritage Trust Awards 2007, which the meeting warmly approved and endorsed.

Speaker

The meeting was then addressed by Jackie Marsh-Hobbs, who gave a very interesting talk with slides on the 'West Pier Story'.