Agenda
Date: 5 February 2022
Venue: Zoom Online Meeting (to attend
you need to email your name, membership number and
postcode to
AGM@kentramblers.org.uk by 30 January so that we can
send you a link to join the meeting)
1. Welcome and Introduction –
Robert Campbell, Area Chairman
2. To approve Minutes of the 37th AGM
held on 6 February 2021 (see panel on left)
3. To receive the Annual Report
4. To receive and approve the Annual
Accounts and Treasurer’s Report for the year ended 30
September 2021
5. To consider the following motion:
“This AGM approves the submission of a motion to General
Council in broadly the following terms:
‘This General Council believes that the effectiveness of the
Ramblers is being significantly diminished by poor
communication, failure of meaningful consultation on
nationally driven initiatives and lack of openness in
debate on these initiatives.
It therefore calls upon the Board
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to bring about substantial improvements in these areas;
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to set up a process to ensure that all stakeholders,
including those in Areas and Groups, are given adequate
notice of planned initiatives and are fully and
meaningfully consulted before decisions are made and
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to draw up and publish measures for monitoring its success in
doing so and to share the results with Areas and
Groups.’
The Area Officers are authorised to make such amendments as
they deem desirable to render the motion more effective
or more likely to be passed by General Council, after
consulting Area Council as far as is reasonably
practicable.”
If the motion is approved it will be
submitted for consideration by General Council along
with a background note. A draft of that
background note can be viewed to give an indication
of why Area Council decided that such a motion should be
put to the AGM. The AGM is not being asked to vote
on the background note.
It would be helpful if any questions
about the motion are sent in advance of the AGM to
AGM@kentramblers.org.uk so that responses can be
prepared.
6. To elect the Honorary Officers and
other Members of the Area Council:
Honorary Officers
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Members
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Chairman
Vice Chairmen (2)
Secretary
Treasurer |
Representatives of individual
members (max 5)
Representatives of Affiliated
Clubs (max 5) |
Voting: Nominations for elections may
be sent to the Secretary until 29 January 2022.
Note: The Area Council consists of the
Honorary Officers and Members above, representatives
from each local Group (appointed by the local Group
Committee) and co-opted members including post holders
appointed by Area Council.
7. To appoint two delegates to the
Ramblers’ General Council on 9 April 2022 at the
Birmingham NEC
8. To appoint an Independent Examiner
9. Updates on current issues
a. "Public Rights
of Way Work with Connie Nolan
a. "Lost Ways"
Project with Colin Sefton
b. "Named Walks"
Project with Robert Peel
d. "Words of
Introduction" from the new Chairman
d. Competition
Winner
10. Date and place of 2022 AGM
11. Open Forum/Questions
12. Online quiz "Castles and Forts of Kent"
We aim to finish by 12:30 pm.
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