Annual General Meeting

The key points from the Hampshire Area Annual General Meeting, held on Saturday 10th February 2007 in Fareham, are as follows:

The meeting was attended by about 55 members, with Des Coles, a member of the RA Board of Trustees, and Duncan Shiell, Director of Strategy at Ordnance Survey, Southampton, as guests.

The annual report was unanimously accepted, as were the annual accounts. In future, the reports will be circulated ahead of the AGM.

Chairman George Williams announced that he will be standing down next year.

Angela Potts, from the Meon group, was elected Treasurer, and Gordon Parsons, also from Meon, was appointed Auditor.

David Nichols, from the Portsmouth group, was elected Membership Secretary. All other members were elected en bloc.

Angela Potts and Clive Frankham agreed to attend General Council at Reading as Area delegates, with Penny Farncombe attending in her capacity as Area Coordinator for the GC2008 at Winchester. Colin Hudman, Brenda Parker and George Williams also offered to attend as visitors.

Strict deadlines are to be enforced regarding the timetable for publishing group programmes. Any groups not meeting the deadlines will have to distribute their programmes themselves, at extra cost.

Our next AGM will be hosted by the Southampton group on Saturday 9th February at Nursling and Rownhams Village Hall.

Ordnance Survey