Annual General Meeting

MINUTES OF THE A.G.M. HELD MONDAY 25/1/82.

Committee members present:

plus co-opted committee member Frank G8ZWT.

Including the committee there were 42 paid up members present.
Jack G5UM the President of the club took up his first formal duties as Chairman of the A.G.M. and opened the meeting at 8.10p. In G.M.T.

The Secretary read the minutes of the previous A.G.M. and these were proposed by Kevin G8MXW and seconded by Gary G4ILT as a true record of the proceedings.

Chairmans Report.

Bob outlined 198l in a form of dairy which started with the problems of the T.V.I. we experienced with the next door neighbour and the sale of the clubs FT10l. The month of April saw the start of the years lectures although sadly they did not continue for long and in May the club was shocked by the sad loss of Cliff G3PBC who it was stated would be sadly missed as he was one of the leading lights of our society. Out of this loss came the fantastic effort put into H. F. N.F.D. which must go down on record as a golden year Sadly this enthusiasm did not continue onto the V.H.F. N.F.D. and although a number of members put in allot of effort much of the activity was misplaced and resulted in many problems, the Chairman went on to say that we would have to look much more closely into the organisation of this contest before we entered the next one. October saw the major event of the year when L.R.S. took over the running of the Leicester Show out of this venture the club was better off by an FT 101 ZD FM Mk III and £l000 the major factor being that of the Bring and Buy stall (the first time this has been run) and the raffle held during the show Bob stated that now we had made a start the activity in fund raising must continue. The next point was the problems we encountered with the council with regard to the rental paid on the clubs premises. This of course was finally settled with no actual increase in the costs. Finally the Chairman mentioned that this was the year of the rumour and that this situation should never occur as the committee was there for everyones benefit and if someone has a question or problem then all he or she has to do is ask. No comments to the report were noted and the report was proposed by Tave G8OBP and seconded by Mick G4KKS.

Treasurers Report.

A balance sheet for the year was handed to all members and was then explained by Tony. The treasurer noted that the club requires £200 a year to cover the basic expenditure and that it was the sale of the clubs rig and AREX 81 that was responsible for the high assets carried forward into 82. It was noted that even with no further income the club could continue for a number of years. John G4EPA questioned the fact that we had paid for the stand at AREX and Tony answered that this was agreed if the stand made enough and it did Bob G4IHT asked if the accounts had ever been audited and the answer was no. Warren G3 questioned the amount spent on V.H.F. N.F.D. and Tony explained that this was due entirely to the cost of the portable tower used for the contest and the club had in fact learned a lesson from this episode. The report was proposed by Martin G4JYS and seconded by Kate G4JAI.

Election of Officers.

The three existing officers were all prepared to stand for a further term of office and there being no other nominations the meeting accepted the re-election of the existing officers. Chairman Bob G4MJZ, Treasurer Tony G4JDI, Secretary Paul G4MQS.

Election of Committee Members

A paper ballot of the following proposed members resulted thus:

So those elected were G4EPA, G3TQF, G4CVC G6DMR, G4JPO, G8LMW.

Any Other Buisiness.
Kevin G8MXV proposed that the constitution be amended to allow the censure of committee members found to be in breach of committee privilege and Dave G8OBP seconded this motion G4JYS Martin proposed an amendment to the proposal that the decision be made by a quorum, a vote was taken and the motion was defeated by a Majority. G8ZSE asked for a report on the 1982 AREX show and John G4EPA replied that the Granby Halls had been provisionally booked but no confirmation had been received and that Brenda and Bernie were awaiting the outcome of the ARRA meeting to see what was to happen to the ARRA show. Paul G4MQS proposed that if A.R.E. did not go ahead with their booking that the L.R.S. undertake to put on the show. Tony G8ZSE pointed out that if the show made a loss the membership would be responsible for debt and so G4EPA proposed an amendment that the committee look into the feasability of running the show and report back to a S.G.M. to be held at a later date. This amendment was carried by the majority. Tony G8ZSE asked if a newsletter could be put together in order to keep the membership better informed of events and then further proposed that committee meeting should take place on nights other than club nights so that committee members were available to speak to the membership G4MQS proposed that the committee be given the mandate to look into developing the present L.R.S. site and when the information has been gathered that the committee comeback to the membership for a decision. Michael G6DNN offered a donation to the club of £l00 and a vote of thanks was proposed by Bob G4MJZ and seconded by Tony G8ZSE

Kate G4JAI proposed a vote of thanks to last years committee and also to Melvyn for his hard work in keeping us supplied with tea and this was seconded by Tony G8ZSE.

Dave G8OBP proposed a vote of appreciation to Cliff G3PBC for all the hard work he has done for the club, Bob G4MJZ also mentioned that we

are initiating the Craythorne Trophy and proposed this be presented for the winner of a special multi leg contest the final details to be announced at a later date Bob G4MJZ proposed a vote of thanks to Jack G5UM and his wife for taking on the role of President and Chairing the A. G.M. Jack then said he would like to donate a copy of the book The World at their Fingertips as this contained the first known mention of L.R.S. The membership then thanked Jack in the usual manner.

It was then suggested that the committee look into the possibility of getting the clubs lapel badges remade and the committee agreed to do

The final point of the evening was the fact that we were to run a mini rally consisting of a junk sale bring and buy and trade stands on the 28/2/82 to be held at 91st Leicester Scouts Headquarters on the Uppingham Rd and that the equipment recently purchased by the club would be first offered to the membership on the next meeting

There being no other business the President Jack G5UM declared the meeting closed at 10.30p.m.