| | Frinton Residents' Association |
| | MINUTES of the 47th Annual General Meeting held in St Mary's |
| | Church Hall, Old Road, Frinton, on 25 April 2009 at 10:00 am |
| Present: The President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, Assistant Secretary |
| and six other Committee members, eleven guests including Councillors, a Parliamentary Candidate, the Press and |
| a Police Sergeant, together with fifty-nine Association members and nine non-members |
| | 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| | Patricia Marino thanked everyone for attending. After introducing herself as the newly elected Chairman, she |
| | paid tribute to the past Chairman, Brian McLellan, for all the help he had given to the Association in |
| | recognition of which he had recently been presented with engraved wine glasses. She explained that the hall |
| | would have to be vacated by 11.45 am as a wedding reception was taking place there that afternoon. |
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| | She then pointed out that although the Residents' Association was an apolitical organisation, representatives |
| | of all political parties had been invited to attend to listen to discussion on items on the Agenda, to answer |
| | questions and be made aware of issues affecting residents. Those present were thanked for giving up their |
| | valuable time to attend that morning. She introduced the FRA Officers on the platform and thanked them for |
| | their assistance. |
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| | The Chairman then explained her wish to increase membership numbers stating that although there were a |
| | good number of residents in membership, the more members the more credibility the FRA would have as an |
| | organisation and we would like to say that we are speaking on behalf of the majority of residents of Frinton. |
| | Finance was not what it was all about although it was never known when an issue might come up where funds |
| | were needed. |
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| | One suggestion was to identify a person who would act as a link member for each street/avenue/ apartment |
| | block. That person would then keep in touch with the people in their area, welcome newcomers and |
| | encourage them to join the FRA. Anyone with a concern could raise this with the link member who would |
| | give advice and/or contact the FRA Committee. The link member would not necessarily have to be a |
| | Committee member. Anyone who would like to be a link member was asked to contact the FRA. |
| | 2 | APOLOGIES |
| | Apologies had been received from Ray West, Linda Ellis, John Barter, Caroline Blackler, Gladys Rouse, |
| | Douglas Carswell MP, Mrs Humphrey, Roy Caddick and Councillor Iris Johnson. |
| | 3 | MINUTES |
| | It was agreed that the Minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on 26 April 2008 be approved. |
| | However, one member abstained from voting because he believed that an issue he had raised at the previous |
| | AGM had not been minuted This was discussed later (see item 8). |
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| | Secretary's Note: It was subsequently found that the issue had been raised at the previous Half-Yearly |
| | Meeting (not at the previous AGM) and did appear in the Minutes of that meeting. After the meeting, the |
| | Chairman visited the member with the relevant Minutes in order to clarify the situation. |
| | 4 | ACCOUNTS |
| | The Treasurer reviewed the Accounts for the year to 31 December 2008. As no-one had any questions, it was |
| | unanimously agreed that the Accounts be approved. |
| | 5 | APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR |
| | It was unanimously agreed that the current Auditor, Mr R W Smith, be appointed for the year to 31 December |
| | 2009. |
| | 6 | ELECTION OF OFFICERS & COMMITTEE MEMBERS |
| | The Chairman pointed out that in accordance with the Constitution, the election of Chairman and Vice |
| | Chairman would take place at the first Committee meeting after the AGM. She then read out the details of |
| | those standing for re-election. |
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| | The following Officers and Committee members having been proposed and seconded (as shown on the |
| | attached) were unanimously elected: Len Brooks (President), Don Whyte (Honorary Treasurer), Jeanette |
| | Phillips (Honorary Secretary), June Stearn (Assistant Secretary), together with Committee Members Chris |
| | Perry, Pat Batley, Charles Harrison, Colin Knights, Peter Leaman, Ivan Jacklin, Caroline Blackler, Patricia |
| | Marino and Gillian Sanford. |
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