SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
OF
GEMINI PAST CONSORTS ASSOCIATION
HELD VIA ZOOM
ON
TUESDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2021 AT 6PM
1) WELCOME
The Chairman, Laura Denholm, welcomed everyone to the meeting
2) MINUTES OF THE LAST AGM - 19th November 2020
After a minor amendment to include “2020” on 6th line, the Minutes were approved as a true record
3) CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
The Chairman, Laura, then gave her report which included thanks to the whole Committee and in particular Martha Towler for her work as Secretary before standing down due to other commitments, Julia Grundy for taking over as Secretary and Mira Joshi for her work on the website, she then thanked the Events Committee for their work in organising both past and future events. The Chairman also mentioned that if anyone would like to get involved in anything to contact her and the easiest way is via the website. The Chairman informed members that the Committee will review the Association’s privacy policy on a regular basis in association with the mail service which we use, Mailchimp.
4) TREASURER’S REPORT
Treasurer Fabian French submitted his report and informed members that the Accounts for the year to 30th September 2021 were on the website. Fabian summarised the accounts and explained that the current balance available to the Association was £1200.37 which he felt was a reasonable level of reserves at this time. Fabian confirmed subscriptions for 2021-22 would remain at £30 and that a request for payment of this amount would be sent out shortly. Currently there are 47 paid up members and it is hoped that as more events are organised, more Consorts would join Gemini.
The Chairman thanked Fabian for all his work both on the Accounts and generally throughout the year.
5) ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Chairman then proposed the re-election of Committee members as per the constitution which provides that one third of Committee Members, who are elected for three years, will put themselves forward for re-election each year.
The Chairman therefore proposed that Julia Grundy be re-elected as a Committee member. The proposal was approved and Julia Grundy was re-elected.
Secondly the Chairman proposed that Jayne Bradly-Russell be re-elected as a Committee member. The proposal was approved and Jayne Bradly-Russell was re-elected.
Finally, the Chairman proposed that Judy Cardnell be re-elected as a Committee member. The proposal was approved and Judy Cardnell was re-elected.
The Chairman then said that Wendy Catford had agreed to join the Committee and asked if there were any objections to this and as there were none, Wendy was duly elected and welcomed to the Committee
The Committee will therefore be:
Chairman - Laura Denholm - Shipwrights
Treasurer - Fabian French - Builders Merchants
Secretary - Julia Grundy - Framework Knitters
Members - Judy Cardnell - Chartered Accountants
Jayne Bradly Russell - Leather sellers
Mira Joshi - Fuellers
Judy Kean - Curriers
Sara Cooke - Plaisterers
Wendy Catford - Water Conservators
6) EVENTS
Susan Keane gave a resume of events that had taken place since the last AGM including a Virtual Live Tour of Venice, a visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden and a lunch at the Cavalry & Guards Club in London. She informed members that the Events Committee were working on a programme for 2022 and it is hoped to arrange a visit in March to the Central School of Ballet to watch a rehearsal that the students will perform before leaving the College to enter the world of dance/ballet/musical theatre etc. Susan then mentioned she would be stepping down from her position on the Events Committee in the Spring of 2022. The Chairman thanked Susan and the whole Events Committee for their work over the past year.
7) MEMBERSHIP
The Chairman then took the opportunity to say a few words about the current membership of Gemini - although we have 87 names on the mailing list and about 80% of those open the emails when they are received, we only have 47 paid up members - hopefully with more physical events able to take place, more Consorts will pay their subscriptions when the Renewal Invitation goes out later this year.
8) ANY OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business other than Liz Cragg thanked the Committee for their work over the last twelve months.
The Chairman then thanked everyone for attending the AGM and explained that they would now be taken to different “break out” rooms for informal chat.
The date of the next AGM is to be confirmed
The meeting closed at 6.30pm and the “break out” rooms opened.
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