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DRAFT Minutes of the Rickmansworth Sailing Club
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AGM held Sunday 17 November 2019
in the Clubhouse

Present: Martin Smethers (Commodore and Chair), Jonathan Carter (Vice Commodore), Paul Johnson (Hon. Sec.),
John Thomson (Rear Commodore and Hon. Treasurer), Caroline Webb (Hon. Sailing Sec.) and Sue Davies
(Hon. Membership Sec.)

Committee
Members: Steve Forrester, Paul Hills, Peter Sutton and Ian Turffrey

Members: 16 members as per the attendance sheet.

Apologies: John Ashton, Russell Cobb, Janis Dowling, Martyn and Jane Hawkins, David Hurst, Vanessa Lawrence,
Alan Richards, Caroline Smethers, Neil Underwood and James Vaughan.

The Commodore welcomed everyone to the AGM and opened the meeting.
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1. Adoption of the minutes of the AGM held on 18 November 2018 was proposed by Ian Turffrey, seconded by
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Liam Dowling agreed by all. Adoption of the minutes of the EGM held on 8 September 2019 was proposed by
Angus Cameron, seconded by Ed Pryor agreed by all.
2. The Committee Report for 2018/2019 had been circulated to all members before the meeting. The Commodore
read out the summary. Adoption of the report was proposed by David Matthews, seconded by Peter Axford and
agreed by all.

3. The Commodore thanked the Hon. Treasurer for preparing the accounts at a difficult time. An income and spend
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account with notes, for the financial year to 30 September 2019 was presented by the Hon. Treasurer.
3.1. The Hon. Treasurer highlighted the following points:
3.1.1. The recorded training income of just over £3k and spend on training of nearly £1k which do not
appear to reflect the actual training activity in the year.
3.1.2. Spend on repairs and maintenance had been broken down to show separately: R&M, fuel and
building projects.

3.1.3. Expenditure on rates was minus £776 as a rebate received exceeded payments made.
3.1.4. There was a healthy surplus of £8,003 for the year.
There were no questions. Adoption of the accounts, subject to approval by the Club Accountant, was proposed
by Peter Axford, seconded by Nigel Heeler and agreed by the meeting.
4. Election of Officers and Committee:

4.1. The Committee proposal that Jonathan Carter be elected Commodore was seconded by Peter Axford,
there being no other nominations Jonathan Carter was duly elected. At this point Martin handed the
chair to Jonathan. Jonathan thanked Martin for everything he had done for the Club and thanked his
wife Sue, for all her work and support. The Commodore presented Martin and Sue with a glass vase
engraved “To Martin and Sue, with many thanks, from Rickmansworth Sailing Club”.
4.2. The Committee proposal that Martyn Hawkins be elected Vice Commodore was seconded by Angus
Cameron, there being no other nominations, Martyn Hawkins was duly elected.
4.3. The Committee proposal that Chris Milner be elected Hon. Secretary was seconded by Ian Turffrey,
there being no other nominations, Chris Milner was duly elected.
4.4. The Committee proposal that Peter Sutton be elected Hon. Treasurer was seconded by Steve Forester,
there being no other nominations, Peter Sutton was duly elected.
4.5. The Committee proposal that Caroline Smethers be elected to the Committee was seconded by Nigel
Heeler and the Committee proposal that Ed Pryor be elected to the Committee was seconded by Ian
Turffrey. Both elected.