Minutes

Perkins Long Service Club, 58th Annual General Meeting

Held on Tuesday 9th April 2019

At the Indoor Bowls Club Burton Street, Peterborough

Present:   7 PLSC Exec Committee Members

                 Plus 16 members

1. Safety Briefing

 The meeting opened at 7.31 pm by Adrian Talbot giving a safety briefing.

2.  Apologies for Absence:

Brian Law

David Foster

3.     Minutes of the 57th AGM

   The minutes were circulated and were accepted as read.

4. Matters arising from the 57th AGM

None

5. Membership Report (Beverley Spridgeon)

“This year Club membership is running at 465, versus 484 last year. During the year we have had 5 new members, 2 resignations and 16 deaths.   However, although we still continue to attract some new members, year on year we continue to see an overall decline in our membership – Adrian intends to talk to you about this issue later in this meeting.”

The full Membership Report is on the website. A minute’s silence was held in memory of those members who passed away since the last AGM.

“We have attracted 5 new members this year, compared to 8 new members last year, and they are:

Michael Rust

Stephen Gilbert

Peter Killingsworth

Steve Jacobs

Giancarlo Meneghini – Giancarlo used to run the Motori Perkins office in Como, Italy before it closed.   We are pleased to welcome Giancarlo into the Club, particularly as he plans to travel over from Italy for this year’s annual dinner in May.”

6.   President’s Report  (Adrian Talbot)

    Adrian welcomed all to the 2019 Perkins Long Service Club AGM and thanked everyone for taking the time to attend. Adrian will continue in his second year of Presidency. His full report is on the website.

7.   Treasurer’s Report (Martin Thompson)

   The accounts for the year ending 31st December 2018 were distributed and presented by Martin Thompson.

8.  Conservation Report (Garth Perry)

  Garth reported that the Conservation Group was coming to the end of another successful season of conservation, with the last session that season being on Thursday 18th April 2019. His full report is on the website.

9.  Webmaster’s Report (provided by David Foster and read by Beverley Spridgeon)

“This year’s report is much the same as last year, the Club´s website continues to enjoy a regular number of visitors, which peaks when a report goes live on a major event such as the Annual Dinner.” His full report is on the website.

10. Report on the 2018/2019 Events Programme  (Jill Afford)

2018

“I was a little disappointed with the number of people who went on our trips in 2018. We put a lot of time looking everything up, I worked with Brian Law.  

The January Warners holiday was very popular as always, but the numbers attending the late summer holiday in Folkestone were down.

Talking to a member of one of the companies we use to book holidays, I learnt other organisations were having the same challenge, all of their outings were undersold. ”

2019.

“We had a good start with the January Warners holiday again, but a very disappointing turn-out for our theatre visit to see the Band, which was all about the music of Take That.

It was a lovely story, a shame so few came along.

For the 2 rivers trip in May we have a good participation planned, so I am very pleased about that. We also have more people booked for the Isle of Wight late summer holiday, which is encouraging.

The other trips and visits are filling up, so let’s hope we are through the worst and 2019 will be a better year than 2018.”

11.  Election of Officers:

     11.1  Vice-President  - Garth Perry

     11.2  General Secretary – Beverley Spridgeon/Anna Errico

     11.3  Membership Secretary – Beverley Spridgeon/Anna Errico

11.4 Treasurer – Martin Thompson

11.5  Entertainment and Activity Group – Jill Afford

11.6  Webmaster – David Foster

11.7  Conservation Secretary – Garth Perry

All of the above positions were proposed and approved by the members.

12.  Election of Executive Committee

Nigel Burroughs and Bob Gregory Smith were proposed and seconded by the members to remain on the Executive Committee.

13.  Appointment of Auditor

It was proposed and seconded by the members that Laurence Dobney remain the Club’s Auditor.

14.  Proposed Change to  Membership Eligibility

Due to declining numbers in membership a motion was proposed by the Committee that the membership eligibility be reduced to 20 years from 25 years. This was proposed and seconded by the Committee, and approved unanimously.

15.  Any Other Business

Peter Knaggs offered a couple of suggestions for day trips ...... a visit to the Morgan car factory, and also a visit to Kilworth House in Leicestershire to attend one of the outdoor theatre events.

The meeting ended at 8.26pm and was followed by light buffet.

Issued by:  Beverley Spridgeon