The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Mount House Association, held in the Library at Mount House School at 11.00am on the 17th November 2007.

 

1. Apologies for absence: None was received. 9 Committee Members were present, Melanie Redman, the Website manager, and Neil Jory, Bursar of MHS, were also present.

2. The Minutes of the Special Meeting of Tuesday 5th December 2006:
Neil Jory read out these Minutes. Acceptance of the Minutes as a true record was proposed by Gavin Grier-Rees and seconded by Ian Kilpatrick. All agreed. The Chairman, Patrick Cashell, signed and dated a copy of the Minutes. There were no matters arising.

3. Appointment of the Committee for 2008: The Secretary said that neither Quintus Travis nor Christopher Cole sought re-election. The Chairman proposed that the Committee, together with two co-opted members, Nicky Toynton and Ellie Malcolm, be elected en bloc. This was agreed. The Committee: Patrick Cashell, Jon Elworthy, Chris Redman, Jon Banyard, Gavin Grier-Rees, Graham Bush, Ian Kilpatrick, Nicky Toynton, Ellie Malcolm.

4. Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer gave a resumé of the accounts for the year June 1st 2006 to 31st May 2007, which had been independently examined and confirmed as correct by Bill Lane. A copy of the Accounts is attached.

5. Independent Examiner of the Accounts: The Treasurer proposed that Bill Lane be asked to act as Independent Examiner of Accounts for the year 2008, this was agreed unanimously.

6. Chairman’s Report: The Chairman gave his report, during which he expressed his thanks to the Committee for their hard work. He expressed particular thanks to the Secretary, Jon Elworthy, the Treasurer, Chris Redman and the Web Site Manager Melanie Redman. He said how pleased he was with the progress made over a year, which had seen the Association recover from threatened closure to a position of strong growth and good momentum. The Chairman put forward a proposal that would allow all existing members, who have been paying an annual subscription for more than 20 years, to be granted Life membership. This was agreed and the Treasurer would confirm to which Members the automatic upgrade to Life Members applied. The Chairman expressed his concern about members who do not have access to a computer. He did not want them to be excluded from the new Association and, therefore, they should also receive the same mailings as those with e-mail facilities.

7. Election of Chairman for 2008: Patrick Cashell was proposed by Jon Elworthy to be Chairman for the next year. The proposal was seconded by Gavin Grier-Rees.

8. Any other business: There being no further business the Chairman closed the Meeting and thanked Neil Jory and the Headmaster for allowing the Meeting to be held in the School.