January meeting

This meeting was our A.G.M. and although it doesn't usually take long, it has to take preference over everything else.
We proceeded to go down the Agenda quite nicely and a few decisions were made. Voting for the three officers went as follows:-
Secretary.... Proposed J. Allott, by M.J. Allott; seconded by S. Whitehead and voted by the members present. A yes vote was cast.
Treasurer... Proposed S. Whitehead by R. Sparrow, seconded by S. Parratt-Halbert and voted by the members present. A yes vote was cast.
Chairperson... Proposed M. J. Allott by S. Whitehead, seconded by L. Bowers and voted by the members present. A yes vote was cast.
The voting concluded with no changes in the offers being made for the coming year.
Also decided were the fees for the coming year and are as follows:-
Full Membership ....        £15.00
Half Year Membership     £10.00
Visitor fees                    £  3.00
It was also agreed that a "sub" of £1.00p to be payable for each visit made for members. This is to help stop the decline in the funds. Voted by the members present.
Our annual "exhibition" is to take place in Thorne Memorial Park during the summer festival on the 28th July 2012.  Voted by the members present.
A discussion also took place regarding the programme for the coming year and a programme was decided upon by all the members present.
Some of the new members took the opportunity to fill in the questionnaire form which asks which subjects members would like to learn, are already "good" at, or are not interested in. The results were very interesting.
The meeting ran for much longer than normal, but was very productive and should lead us into an interesting year.
Paper bead making was undertaken during the remaining time and the meeting closed at 5pm.
The February meeting will take place on the 18th, at our usual meeting place and time. We will be furthering the paper bead making.