Minutes of Annual General Meeting

20^th January 2009

The Pavilion Suit

 

Apologies: Brian Hamblett, Brian Woolley, Geoff Appleton, Tony Martin, Jonathan Cousins, Des Boots, Bob Lumb,  Ken Morgan and Ed McCabe (WCB).

48 members were present at the AGM

Opening By the President:

The AGM was opened at 7.45pm by Alan Oakman. In his opening address, Alan announced that was stepping down as President after 34 years. He thanked all members and various committees he has worked with and wished the Association success in all their future plans and progress. Alan suggested that John Jameson was the most suitable candidate to take on the post of President and nominated him for the office. The motion was seconded by Brian Goodall and the meeting duly elected John by a unanimous vote into the post of President.

At this point John Jameson took over a chair of the meeting. John thanked the outgoing President on behalf of all members and acknowledged his services and contribution with pleasant memories of the last 34 years. John proposed that Alan should become the first ever Vice President of the Association, and this was agreed unanimously by a vote of the members present. At the same time, it was announced that the Committee had recommended that life membership be awarded to Alan, which was also unanimously carried by vote.

The minutes of the 2008 Annual General Meeting were distributed. There were no matters arising.

Constitutional Amendment:

The copies of amended constitution as recommended by the Committee for adoption had been circulated to the members with the AGM Notice.

Two further amendments to the proposed constitution had been received from members:

 

1.       By Brian Woolley: to delete the last 8 words of paragraph 2a such that will read '…to promote the best possible standards of cricket umpiring and scoring.'

 

2.      By John Jameson: to move the final sentence of the final paragraph of section 4 and add it to the end of the penultimate paragraph of section 4.

 

The membership voted on the new constitution, to include the amendments noted above, which was carried by a unanimous vote.

Motion to Form Regional Branches: 

Brian Hamblett, as the outgoing Chairman, along with the Committee had been working for some time to merge with the Coventry Association. The meeting was informed that the former Coventry Cricket Umpires Association had voted to dissolve in 8 January 2009, with a recommendation that the former members should join the Association. The meeting acknowledged that a number of the former members of the Coventry Association were present as guests of the Association at the Annual General Meeting.

The Committee asked the membership to empower the Committee to undertake whatever administrative tasks were necessary to create branches of the Association in Coventry and Birmingham, reflecting the provisions of the new Constitution.

The motion was proposed by Colin McKenzie and seconded by Cliff Jones, and carried by majority vote in favour.

Reports:

The Chairman’s report was presented and proposed for acceptance by Mark Gumbley, seconded by Don Williams, The meeting unanimously voted to accept the report.

In addition to his report, Brian Hamblett awarded the 2009 Barnard Brompton shield to David Ludlow for his services to the Association.

The Secretary’s report was presented and proposed for acceptance by Trevor Cotton, seconded by John Bates. The meeting unanimously voted to accept the report.

Treasurer report was presented and proposed for acceptance by Bob Batten, seconded by Ken Sill. The meeting unanimously voted to accept the report.

Subscription:

It was recommended by the Committee that there will be no change in the membership fee. The meeting unanimously voted to accept the Committee's recommendation, and therefore the following subscription structure will stay intact for 2009.

Members not actively umpiring £5.00

Members not in employment £10.00

Members in employment £ 15.00

All members joining from Coventry will pay only £5 for this year only.

Election of Officers:

The following were purposed and seconded by members for election of Officers/Committee of Association:

Chairman                     Mark Gumbley was proposed by Brian Hamblett, seconded by Ghazan Awan

Secretary                     Ghazan Awan was proposed by Roy Froggatt, seconded by Colin McKenzie

Treasurer                     David Paxton was proposed by John Nash, seconded by John Bates

Training Officer          John Jameson was proposed by Mark Gumbley, seconded by David Ludlow

Appointments Officer David Ludlow was proposed by Brian Goodall seconded by Roy Froggatt

Scorer’s Rep                Colin McKenzie was proposed by Keith Little; seconded by Trevor Cotton

Welfare Officer           Brian Goodall was proposed by G Awan; seconded by Colin McKenzie

Other members            John Nash and Brian Hamblett proposed by Ken Horden seconded by C Jones

No other nominations had been received and all the officers were elected unopposed by a unanimous vote of all members present.

Independent Examiners:

Jonathan Cousins and Don Williams were proposed by Denis Kelly, seconded by Tom Gray and were elected unopposed by a unanimous vote of all members present.

 

Any other business:

The committee had recommended life membership for the following:

Brian Hamblett

Roy Froggatt

Tom Gamble

Charlie Platts

The motion was proposed by John Nash, seconded by Don Williams, and passed by way of a unanimous vote of those members present.

Bank Signatories: David Paxton, David Ludlow and Brian Goodall were recommended as the designated signatories. The meeting voted unanimously in favour.

Jim Parkes raised an issue about umpire’s sin bin. There was a short discussion about how the game will change with the introduction of red and yellow cards, and generally the majority of the members present were against the idea, and the Association would not support such changes.

There was an announcement regarding volunteer umpires for the South Birmingham District youth tournament, and it was suggested that all interested should contact David Ludlow after the meeting.

The chair thanked all members for attending, and also requested to Committee members to stay behind for a short briefing.

The Annual General Meeting was closed at 8.55pm