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Fiona Shenfield reported
on membership numbers
for the society, which whilst
increasing well, it was noted
that some membership
renewals were slow in
some cases and could be
costing the society money
if not managed. Whilst the
society did not want to lose any members Trustees agreed that the current time span for renewing membership before it is cut off should be reduced to 60 days maximum.
Ian Stocks gave a report on the website, zoom talks and face book all of which are working well at present. Trustees agreed with Ian creating a commercial “Partners” page on the website to enhance our relationship with our partners and provide them with improved visibility. Ian also asked that Branches and DAs let him know of any areas of interest that they would like to see on the website.
Raymond Higgins went through his
and a suggested capitation fee for 2021 of £4. This was agreed in full by the trustees. Ian Stocks reported on behalf of Linda
Stocks (Scottish Branch Treasurer) and the Scottish Branch to say a big thank you to Jean Forrester for the way the 2020-year end accounts were professionally handled and in such a timely manner.
The next full scheduled meeting of the Trustees is planned for July 3rd when
the awards committee will also meet. As advised in the Spring SV Magazine, it was re-confirmed that nominations for awards through the society’s protocol should be received by end of May. At time of writing, the Trustees agreed that they would decide nearer the time if the July meeting will be in person at Crewe or via zoom.
News from the Trustees
April 2021
MARK HALL BEM FNVS NATIONAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Sandra Hall opened the Zoom meeting and thanked everyone for attending the meeting, including our president Medwyn Williams, along with Raymond Higgins who was invited to the meeting by the Trustees.
The first item on the agenda was to approve more of the society’s, merchandise as part of an ongoing project to standardise and improve the image of our society. A4 folders for new members were agreed along with Certificates for the National Show judges and Fellowships, and finally a new judge’s lapel badge, which
will be sent to all current
qualified judges free of
charge and a new NVS lapel
badge, which will be made
available to purchase.
paper entitled “understanding the members requirements” which he had circulated before the meeting, this was well received by trustees who requested that Raymond be co-opted to move some of these ideas forward with the help of trustees. We look forward to hearing more on this later in the year.
Ian Simpson had circulated a report prior to the meeting and updated the Trustees that a further 8 leaflets had been produced and released on the website to date, 2 had
It was noted that some membership renewals were slow in some cases and could be costing the society money if not managed
just been completed and
of the remaining 9, 7 were
in progress and 2 required owners. Ian advised that he anticipated the 20 leaflets would be completed by the end of May and thanked those who had contributed to the contents.
Gareth Cameron informed the Trustees that our seed company partners have been in-undated with orders and have been extremely busy which made setting up calls
more difficult.
He reported that DT Brown would be
providing each NVS member with a free packet of lettuce seed for our July edition of Simply Vegetables which is very generous support.
Gareth asked if Branches could let him know of any vegetable, they would like to have sponsored at their Branch Show i.e., that could be a potential seed supply from DT Brown for next year.
Jean Forrester had circulated her treasurers report with balance sheet prior to the meeting. It showed an analysis of planned costs which provided transparency
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