St Michaels Village
Community Group 
www.stmichaelsvillage.com
Minutes of the A.G.M.and General meetings held at the Crown Public House on Wednesday 20th January 2010 which commenced at 8.15pm
Present:
Ken Mulholland - Chair., Andrew Bennett - Secretary, Colin Gould - Treasurer, Martin James, Ian Foreman, Lorna Mulholland, , Gladys Barnes, Sandra Sutters, Bev Goldsmith,  Rob Solly and Michael Dewdney.

A. G. M.

1.  Apologies for Absence had been received from Brenda Walker, Mr. and Mrs. B Ladbury, James Entwistle, Mick Jennings, Dave Anstiss, Lindy Gould  and Beverley Killan.

2.  Election of officers for the year 2010. 
As is customary, the outgoing secretary conducted the AGM proceedings and requested nominations for Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. This resulted in the following:

Chairman. AB proposed KM who was willing to stand once more. This was seconded by CG. There being no other candidates KM was unanimously reinstated.

Secretary. RS proposed BG which was seconded by GB. BG was also unanimously voted in.

Treasurer. MD proposed AB and this was seconded by SS. Again there being no other candidates AB was unanimously voted in.

3. Presentation of accounts 2009. The outgoing treasurer reported a bank balance at end of year of £1599.99. Key financial highlights from Christmas were:

•	Lights switch on costs. £806.32
•	Lights switch on income £592.10
•	Other December costs £77.85
•	2009 calender sales are not yet finalized but early indications show a loss on this project. 

The incoming Treasurer will complete a full yearly income & expenditure statement for 2009 which will be counter checked & audited by RS and MD prior to presentation at the next meeting.                  

General Meeting

1. Dawbourne Woods.  Nothing  had been heard about this matter.  KM to follow up with Doctor Raymond Crawford.

2. Website.  This is now in need of updating. KM had been contacted by a new local support group for carers seeking the groups help to advertise their existence. Additionally the site had been visited by a lady in Australia wishing to make contact with the local church.  KM is dealing will the updates and responding to website contacts and queries.

3. New ownership of Crown. CG reported that the new pub owners are keen to support the village community group and are happy for our meetings to continue to be held there. However, whilst refurbishments are under way the meetings may be a “tight squeeze” so we might need to consider interim arrangements. The owners are also happy for the village Xmas tree to be stored in the pub garage.

4.Future meetings. Future meeting will alternate between Tuesdays and Thursdays to accommodate everyone and will now start at 7pm.

5. Farewells. KM wished Colin and Lindy best wishes on behalf of everyone and thanked them for their support since the Groups inception.

6. Fun Day. It was felt that discussions and planning for this years event should be left until April

7. Future Expenditure. A discussion took place around what we should be spending future proceeds on. Suggestions to be put forward at the next meeting.

8. Sandra’s Fundraising event. This is taking place on 17th April at the Tenterden Club.  Money raised will be split between the community group and a local charity, yet to be decided

9. AOB.
•	Ideas are needed for future events to be held.
•	AB suggested we sell St. Michaels Christmas cards this year rather than calendars. Cost to be looked into.
•	RS thanked AB for all his work as secretary.
•	Colin thanked everyone for all their support and good wishes during his and Lindy’s time at the Crown, and invited everyone to the pub for drinks on Saturday evening.

10. Next meeting.  Thursday 18th February – The Crown 7pm

The meeting closed at 9.30pm.