{"id":888,"date":"2024-06-22T08:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T08:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bewholmepc.org\/?page_id=888"},"modified":"2024-06-22T08:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T08:13:37","slug":"minutes-of-the-agm-held-on-18th-july-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bewholmepc.org\/index.php\/minutes-of-the-agm-held-on-18th-july-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes of the AGM held on 18th July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:http:\/\/bewholmepc.org\/b1be5ba2-e5b0-4937-abff-602e163c7bf0\" alt=\"pastedGraphic.png\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ANNUAL&nbsp; GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF BEWHOLME RECREATION ASSOCIATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On Tuesday&nbsp; the&nbsp; 18<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>&nbsp; July&nbsp; 2023 at 7.30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Held&nbsp; in&nbsp; St&nbsp; John&nbsp; the&nbsp; Baptist&nbsp; Church&nbsp; Bewholme.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ATTENDANCE:<\/strong> B Aylott,&nbsp; L Bettison,&nbsp; G Burn, L Butler,&nbsp; A Duke, S Duke, T&nbsp; Elliot, S Hammond, I Hornby,&nbsp; P Hornby,&nbsp; &nbsp; E Mawer, Revd.&nbsp; D Messer (Vicar), C Medlock,&nbsp; E Mawer, &nbsp; J Robinson, G Staples&nbsp; L Trender, P Trender. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp; absence&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Retiring&nbsp; Chairman&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; agreed&nbsp; that&nbsp; Sue Duke&nbsp; would&nbsp; preside&nbsp; over&nbsp; the&nbsp; meeting and&nbsp; Lesley&nbsp; Butler&nbsp; would&nbsp; take&nbsp; notes&nbsp; for&nbsp; minutes. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APOLOGIES:<\/strong> A Rhodes (BRA Chairman) J&nbsp; Slingsby (BRA Treasurer) L Slingsby (BRA Vice-Chairwoman) and Bewholme&nbsp; Parish&nbsp; Residents&nbsp; S Yates, S Green, V Neilson &amp; N&nbsp; Aylott.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs&nbsp; S Duke&nbsp; read&nbsp; out a&nbsp; letter&nbsp; from Mr&nbsp; A&nbsp; Rhodes (Retiring&nbsp; Chairman) explaining his&nbsp; thoughts and&nbsp; feelings etc which&nbsp; have led&nbsp; to&nbsp; his&nbsp; resignation&nbsp; after 8&nbsp; years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp; was&nbsp; agreed&nbsp; unanimously that&nbsp; letters of&nbsp; thanks&nbsp; be&nbsp; sent&nbsp; to A Rhodes, J Slingsby &amp; L Slingsby for&nbsp; their&nbsp; hard work and&nbsp; generosity whilst on&nbsp; the&nbsp; committee.&nbsp; It&nbsp; was&nbsp; noted&nbsp; that&nbsp; members&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; committee&nbsp; had&nbsp; used&nbsp; their own&nbsp; money&nbsp; either&nbsp; as&nbsp; donations&nbsp; or&nbsp; as&nbsp; a&nbsp; loan&nbsp; whilst&nbsp; issues&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; bank&nbsp; account&nbsp; were&nbsp; resolved. In&nbsp; particular&nbsp; thanks&nbsp; were&nbsp; due&nbsp; to&nbsp; J &amp; L Slingsby&nbsp; who&nbsp; had&nbsp; covered&nbsp; the&nbsp; insurance temporarily.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp; was&nbsp; clarified&nbsp; that&nbsp; according&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; Deed&nbsp; of&nbsp; Trust&nbsp; the &nbsp; AGM &nbsp; could be held&nbsp; with out&nbsp; any&nbsp; members&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; committee&nbsp; present.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Issues&nbsp; Arising&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hedges&nbsp; Need&nbsp; Cutting: Tom&nbsp; Elliott&nbsp; offered to&nbsp; do&nbsp; this.&nbsp; Graham&nbsp; Staples&nbsp; asked&nbsp; for&nbsp; clarity on&nbsp; the&nbsp; height&nbsp; the&nbsp; hedge&nbsp; required&nbsp; for&nbsp; security&nbsp; and&nbsp; safety&nbsp; before the&nbsp; hedge is&nbsp; cut. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintenance&nbsp; of&nbsp; tables,&nbsp; fencing etc.&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; assessed&nbsp; and&nbsp; sorted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Situation&nbsp; with&nbsp; regard&nbsp; to&nbsp; grass cutting ( clippings&nbsp; and&nbsp; length)&nbsp; to&nbsp; be clarified&nbsp; and&nbsp; sorted&nbsp; as&nbsp; required .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp; was&nbsp; clarified&nbsp; that&nbsp; BRA&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; charity ( but&nbsp; is&nbsp; not&nbsp; \u2018registered\u2019 due&nbsp; to&nbsp; income&nbsp; being&nbsp; below&nbsp; the&nbsp; required&nbsp; threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revd. D&nbsp; Messer&nbsp; asked&nbsp; for a&nbsp; summary&nbsp; of&nbsp; what&nbsp; the&nbsp; playing&nbsp; field is&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; used&nbsp; for&nbsp; and&nbsp; intentions&nbsp; for&nbsp; use.&nbsp; He&nbsp; also&nbsp; offered&nbsp; to&nbsp; do&nbsp; a&nbsp; walk&nbsp; around&nbsp; for&nbsp; risk&nbsp; assessment&nbsp; and&nbsp; insurance&nbsp; purposes&nbsp; with&nbsp; new&nbsp; committee&nbsp; members. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp; section&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Deed&nbsp; of&nbsp; Trust&nbsp; was&nbsp; read&nbsp; which&nbsp; states&nbsp; The&nbsp; Charity &nbsp; is&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; purpose of&nbsp; a&nbsp; playing&nbsp; field&nbsp; and&nbsp; if&nbsp; constructed&nbsp; a village&nbsp; hall&nbsp; for&nbsp; various&nbsp; leisure&nbsp; activities&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; benefit&nbsp; of&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; inhabitants&nbsp; of&nbsp; Bewholme&nbsp; Parish. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp; well&nbsp; as the&nbsp; current&nbsp; football&nbsp; field&nbsp; and&nbsp; open&nbsp; space&nbsp; suggestions&nbsp; were&nbsp; made&nbsp; by&nbsp; people&nbsp; present including : Allotments, Village Garden &amp; Sports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An&nbsp; email&nbsp; from&nbsp; a&nbsp; resident&nbsp; was&nbsp; read&nbsp; out&nbsp; suggesting&nbsp; the&nbsp; possibility&nbsp; of&nbsp; dog&nbsp; owners&nbsp; using&nbsp; the&nbsp; field under&nbsp; certain&nbsp; conditions.&nbsp; The&nbsp; resident&nbsp; raised this&nbsp; issue&nbsp; of&nbsp; rural&nbsp; isolation&nbsp; and&nbsp; mental&nbsp; health. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; need to&nbsp; elect&nbsp; a&nbsp; completely&nbsp; new&nbsp; committee&nbsp; these uses&nbsp; had&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; deferred&nbsp; for &nbsp; future&nbsp; decision. Revd. D Messer&nbsp; volunteered&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; committee&nbsp; but&nbsp; not&nbsp; the&nbsp; chairperson&nbsp; before&nbsp; he&nbsp; had&nbsp; to&nbsp; leave&nbsp; the&nbsp; meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deed&nbsp; of&nbsp; Trust&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copies of&nbsp; the Deed&nbsp; of&nbsp; Trust&nbsp; were&nbsp; given&nbsp; to&nbsp; those present who&nbsp; wanted&nbsp; them. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&nbsp; was&nbsp; agreed&nbsp; that&nbsp; regular &nbsp; notices of accounts, updates&nbsp; and&nbsp; minutes&nbsp; would&nbsp; be&nbsp; posted&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; notice&nbsp; board. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget Update&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From&nbsp; Information&nbsp; in&nbsp; a&nbsp; bank&nbsp; statement&nbsp; given&nbsp; by&nbsp; Mr&nbsp; A&nbsp; Rhodes&nbsp; there is \u00a3 4558.95 in&nbsp; the&nbsp; bank&nbsp; account&nbsp; the&nbsp; only&nbsp; withdrawal&nbsp; being&nbsp; \u00a3309&nbsp; for&nbsp; insurance in&nbsp; October&nbsp; 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp; Parish&nbsp; Council&nbsp; continue&nbsp; to&nbsp; pay&nbsp; East Riding&nbsp; Council&nbsp; to&nbsp; arrange&nbsp; the&nbsp; grass&nbsp; cutting. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Co-option\/Election of&nbsp; new&nbsp; members&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B Alyott proposed Sue&nbsp; Duke&nbsp; for&nbsp; Chairperson seconded&nbsp; by&nbsp; L&nbsp; Butler&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom&nbsp; Elliott, Lesley&nbsp; Butler, Andy&nbsp; Duke, Sally Hammond&nbsp; were&nbsp; proposed&nbsp; and&nbsp; it&nbsp; was&nbsp; agreed&nbsp; they&nbsp; should&nbsp; serve&nbsp; as&nbsp; the elected&nbsp; members&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; committee.&nbsp; ( Revd.&nbsp; D.&nbsp; Messer&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; co-opted).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next Annual&nbsp; General&nbsp; Meeting&nbsp; to&nbsp; take&nbsp; place as&nbsp; advertised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp; meeting&nbsp; closed&nbsp; 8.45 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNUAL&nbsp; GENERAL MEETING (AGM) OF BEWHOLME RECREATION ASSOCIATION On Tuesday&nbsp; the&nbsp; 18th&nbsp; July&nbsp; 2023 at 7.30pm Held&nbsp; in&nbsp; St&nbsp; John&nbsp; the&nbsp; Baptist&nbsp; Church&nbsp; Bewholme. 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