Minutes of the 2017 House Group AGM

Minutes of the 2017 House Group AGM

Here are the minutes from the AGM meeting. The PDF version is here. The text of the minutes is below.

Please let me know if you see any errors or omissions in the minutes.

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The Ben Jonson House Group 

AGM 

19:00 on Wednesday 13th December 2017 

The residents meeting room (Lilac Room) 

Minutes of the meeting 

Opening and Welcome
We are a Recognised Tenants Association (RTA) under the Landlord and Tenant act 1988 (as amended). This is the AGM we’re obliged to have each year.
We have 118 members as at 13th Dec. To be quorate we need 15% of members present, which is 17 people. 19 residents attended so we were quorate. (More people turned up after the formal part of the AGM was finished. A total of 27 signed in by the end of the evening.)

Apologies/Absent (committee members only):

• Helen Hulson 
• John Dilger 
• Kevin Bond 

Minutes of the previous general meeting
http://bjhg-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/minutes-of-2016-house-group-agm.html
Acceptance of the minutes proposed by Fiona Lean and seconded by Wendy Spurry
The meeting accepted the previous minutes

Treasurer’s report The treasurer report was read from the house group rolling agenda and minutes. The only expenditure has been on Staff Christmas presents for 2016. Balance last reported was £1,483.90.

The meeting agreed to ask the house group to once again dispense Christmas Cheer to the staff who give such excellent support to residents throughout the year.

House Officer’s Report
Following the formal part of the AGM our house officer provided insights and details regarding the current matters on the house group committee rolling agenda. Any actions arising appear in the rolling agenda.

Election of the committee & seeking new committee members
The following committee members agreed to stand again:

• Helen Hulson 
• Fiona Lean 
• Wendy Spurry 
• John Murch 
• Dave King 
• Kevin Bond 
• Bruce Badger 

The following residents agreed to stand this year:

• Stephen Chapman 

The meeting accepted all those standing as committee members

Any Other Business
One Item: Thanks from the meeting to the committee. Gratefully received.
There was no other business for the formal part of the AGM.  The meeting was closed.