Dear All,
The AGM is next Tuesday at 6.30pm.
The relevant papers are below:
Galloway Woodturners
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 13 October 2015, 6.30pm
Agenda
1 Members Present
- Apologies for absence
3 Minutes of Previous Meeting (Attached)
- Matters Arising
5 Officer’s Reports to Members (Attached)
Chair
Treasurer
6 Election of Committee
. Officers – Chair, Secretary, Treasurer
Ordinary Committee Members
- Any Other Business
Chair Report 2015
Club meetings during the calendar year will have covered a wide range of topics :-
Balls
Bandsaw set up and maintenance with Record Power
Chucks, jaws and their uses
Robert Sorby demo and sale
Abrasives
Workholding ideas and gadgets
Pole lathe
Simple colouring
Toy car
Box with an inlaid lid
We have also presented demos by three professional turners – Sue Harker, Joe Laird and Philip Greenwood. A planned return visit by Nikos Siragas had to be cancelled due to a family illness.
The Club Champion competition continues with a variable level of support from Members. The introduction of a separate section for New Turners has not been met with enthusiasm, last month there was just one entry.
We have continued to run the ‘Introduction to Woodturning’ course. We ran a ‘Better Bowls’ workshop aimed at our intermediate members which met with a lukewarm response, but the ‘How to turn a bowl’ refresher course was fully booked, with a waiting list as well.
In April we ran a successful auction of woodturning and woodworking tools and equipment.
The Club has been out and about at the Kirkcudbright Country Fair and the Wigtown Show. The ‘Watch, Try and Buy’ day on the Spring Fling weekend was not well attended, but the few people that did come seemed to enjoy it. We probably need to re-think the timing of any similar event next year.
For the first time we presented a major show and sale over an extended period – in the Studio at the Kirkcudbright Tollbooth. As previously reported to members, we sold nearly £1,000 worth of members work over the two and a half week run.
The Committee is proposing that the Subscription for the next Club year remains at £25 per year and is now due. Subs have been held at this level for a number of years, and the committee have agreed that next year the Subscription will rise to £30. Income from subs only pays about half of the Workshop costs so we need to generate other income from raffles, shop sales, courses, sale of members work etc. to remain solvent.
As announced at last month’s Club meeting, I am stepping down from Chair and Committee. My sincere thanks go to all those who have served on the Committee during my tenure and I wish the Club continued success in the future.
Phil Howard
October 2015
AGM Accounts can be found by following this link:
https://gallowaywoodturners.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GW-Accounts-2014-2015.pdf
GALLOWAY WOODTURNERS
MINUTES of the AGM 2014, held at the Workshop, Abercrombie Rd., Castle Douglas, on Tues 9th Oct 2014.
Present: David Boncey, John Brown, Rolf Buwert, Elwin Campbell, Bobby Carson, Ken Coates, John Colbeck, Susan Colley, Robin Colquhoun, Richard Durling, Peter Fitzgerald, Robin Gibson, Chic Hampton, Eric Henderson, Phil Howard (Chairman), Bryan Jardine, Phil Jones (Treasurer), James Kerr, Eric McCowan, Nigel Musk, Andrew Ratnam, Les Reeves, Ian Robertson, David Simpson, Judith Simpson (Minute Taker), Ian Spencer, Reg Thirlwall, John Twiname
Apologies: Roger Cutler (Secretary), John Boughton
Minutes of the previous meeting: Adopted
Matters arising: Nothing raised.
Chairman’s report: Attached.
Treasurer’s report: Attached.
The Treasurer asked that members let him know if there was anything they would like ordered for the shop.
He reminded members how to create a new post on the website. Click on “Post,” click on “Add New,” give your post a title, add content, and click “Post.” To reply to a post, just click “Reply.”
He would like help maintaining the membership list and with the website.
Election of Committee: Officers and existing committee members were re-elected unopposed.
A further committee member was sought, but no one came forward immediately. (Addendum…Jake Twiname later volunteered and was co-opted onto the committee).
Roger Cutler (Secretary) indicated that he would be working away for significant periods over the coming year and he requested that someone offer to take the minutes at committee meetings when he was unable to be there. Elwin Campbell volunteered to do this.
Judith Simpson was willing to take over the membership list.
Susan Colley offered to help in some manner, but would not be available until after March 2015.
There were no volunteers for helping with audio-visuals, nor with teas and coffee, nor with manning the shop. (Addendum…Peter Fitzgerald and Andrew Ratnam later came forward to help run the shop).
AOCB: Jake Twiname proposed a vote of thanks to the committee members for all their efforts over the past year, which met with general approval.
Judith Simpson, Minute Taker, deputising for Roger Cutler