Dear Members
The 2016 St Ives Cycling Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 14 November, starting at 19:30 at The Dolphin Hotel, St Ives. A draft agenda is included below and will be confirmed two weeks before the meeting.
The main purpose of the Annual General Meeting is to ratify the club finances for 2015/16 and to elect club officers for the 2016/17 season. It is also a good opportunity to reflect on the preceding year, to discuss plans for the coming season and to raise any questions you may have about the club and its operation. If you have any additional items for the Any Other Business section of the agenda, please forward them to me by Sunday 23 October.
This year, most committee members have indicated that they are willing to stand for election again. Those standing down (with their 2016 positions in brackets)are:
Tom Caldwell (Chairman)
Carl Whitwell (Press Secretary)
Netty Thompson (Ordinary Member)
Dave Pope (TT Secretary/Coordinator)
Committee membership provides an opportunity for members to take a more active role in the club by joining its management team and is a great way of putting something back into our sport. The club Constitution requires that we elect a committee comprising of sixteen officers and I have listed these positions below. Where a position includes the name of the incumbent, that person has indicated that they are willing to stand again for the 2016/17 season. However, all sixteen positions are open for election.
1. Chairman
2. Honorary Secretary (Andy Wylde)
3. Honorary Treasurer (Alan Moules)
4. Club Runs Captain (Bob Cooper)
5. Road Race Team Captain (Jack Burgin)
6. Time Trial Secretary
7. Time Trial Coordinator
8. Mountain Bike Secretary (James Bamford)
9. Membership Secretary (Donna Hime)
10. Website Controller (Si Pauley)
11. Press Secretary
12. Club Kit Secretary (Chris Lawrence)
13. Sportive Secretary (Alec Rankin)
14. Go-Ride Coordinator (Mike Hoy)
15. Ordinary Member 1
16. Ordinary Member 2
If you would like to stand for election to the committee, or you would like to nominate a club mate for a election to a position (with their permission), please reply to me indicating which position you/they are interested in. All nominations must be received by me two weeks before the AGM and should include the names of a proposer and seconder. If you are unsure about what the roles entail, please feel free to contact me or another member of the committee. There is plenty of support available for those who would like to get involved but who might be worried that they don’t have enough experience to join the committee.
AGM – DRAFT AGENDA
1. Apologies for absence
2. Acceptance of Minutes from 2015
3. Opening comments from the Chairman and a review of the year – Tom Caldwell
4. Financial review and presentation of the accounts for Nov 2015 to Oct 2016 – Alan Moules
5. Reviews by Club Officers.
6. Election of Club Officers for 2016/17
7. Confirmation of events to be promoted by the club in 2017
8. Any Other Business
Best regards,
Andy Wylde
(Honorary Secretary)
