The first meeting of the above - known as the FM&GP for
short - in my year took place at the Guildhall on Wednesday. Chaired by the
Master, the Committee is made up of the Wardens, Treasurer, Deputy Master and
the Clerk with up to three Court Assistants. I have also invited the PR Manager
and the Webmaster to be regular members. Of the above we need a minimum of six
to be quorate.
In opening the meeting, I welcomed two new members of the
Committee namely Christine Duthie and Graham Howells, both newly appointed
Court Assistants. I also reminded attendees that this Committee is perhaps the
pre-eminent Committee of the Company and deals with (obviously!) all matters of
Finance, Membership and General Purposes together with all matters of charity
NOT dealt with by the Water Conservation Trust. Full minutes are kept and any
recommendation or action are taken to the full Court for approval, the next
being the Michaelmas Court on 11 September.
There was a full agenda and I am pleased that a lively and
stimulating discussions took place over all the key topic areas. Amongst other
matters we received a final set of accounts for the Company for the year
2017-18 and noted a small surplus. These accounts will now go forward to the
Court for final sign-off.
Also reported was latest membership statistics and we were
pleased to note a number of new members, many of whom will be welcomed at the
Michaelmas Court. We did however note a small number of resignations.
Other matters were discussed and some longer-term strategic issues
were tabled and action plans drawn up. I was very pleased with the levels of
engagement and energy around the table and I very much look forward to working
with colleagues for the furtherance of the Company in the months ahead. Thank
you all.
The Committee meeting was rounded off by a lunch courtesy of
the Guildhall catering team and our thanks goes to the Clerk for organising
this. Our next meeting will be on 14 November 2018.
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