30 members including Officers and 8 visitors Total 38 (signed in).
No apologies were received. Meeting opened at 20.03 hours.
The Minutes of the 2004 Annual General Meeting were read by the Chairman and agreed as accurate. Proposed by: John Trowbridge Seconded by: Chris .Christie
There were none.
The Chairman's written report distributed at the meeting. She also added that she wished to again thank the Committee for their hard work throughout the past year that left her with very little to do with added special thanks to John Brown for arranging yet another excellent talk program and to Ian Claxton for his work as Secretary and for introducing the newsletter.
The Treasurer presented the audit of the accounts to the meeting and these were accepted. Th Society's funds were in good shape as membership and attendances were up, and the refreshment contributions also showed an increase all of which meant that membership could be kept at its low figure as it had for many years. Proposed by Mr C. Christie Seconded by: Dave Freeman.
Ian Claxton reported that the introduction of the newsletter had been well received and asked for short article and snippets from members if they had any to contribute. The Aviation day at Bransgore in March was judged a success with a table manned by himself and John Brown receiving a lot of attention, the success of which was evident with some new faces at the meeting. He also asked for a volunteer to join the Committee as an Assistant Secretary, to cover when he couldn't attend Committee meetings and with a view to taking on the role in future as and when circumstances meant that he had to stand down.
John Brown reported that he was delighted that this years talks had seen attendances increase and then went on to outline the programme for the coming season which now looks like this:
He was also planning a visit during the summer to CTC Aviation Group at Southampton and asked for any members interested to let him know preferred dates etc.
Ron Palm suggested EAL Simulators at Hum may also make a good place for a visit. He was asked to pursue the matter.
The entire Committee was up for re-election. All had agreed to stand again and had been nominated. There were no other nominations so an en bloc vote was asked for and agreed which was duly carried. The Chairman then asked if any other members would like to join the Committee. Ron Palm said he would and was duly elected. There were no takers for the newly created Assistant Secretary post, which remains vacant.
Date of the Next AGM to be held at the Druitt hall on May 3rd 2006. Meeting closed at 20.23 hours. The AGM was completed in 20 minutes.