›› Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting
Minutes of the 2007 Annual General Meeting
The Board of the Community Mutual has reviewed the following draft minutes
and will recommend them for the approval of the CM membership at the next
Annual General Meeting. They are published in the meantime as the CM Boards
record of the AGM but subject to any amendment and approval at that time.
AFCB COMMUNITY MUTUAL LIMITED
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting
Held on Thursday 17 May 2007
Held at the Cherry Tree at the Fitness First Stadium, Bournemouth BH7 7AF
Present: Board members, Rob Trent (Chairman), Ernie Battey, Derek Borthwick,
David Musker, Stuart Read, Dave Stone, Derek Timoney and Brian Troake.
1. Apologies – Debbie Harris, Steve Harris and John Souter.
2. Chairman’s welcome and introductions – The chairman welcomed all members
to the meeting giving a brief summary of the events of the past few months,
the opening of the Inn off the Bar, the doubling of the number of Junior Cherries,
the continued success of the In2Win Lottery, the start of the Fans’ Council
and the much improved relationship with the Football Club.
He thanked Dave Stone for his efforts as a main board member and as a CM board
member and John Souter for his efforts as minute secretary to the CM – both
have stood down. The main challenges facing the CM are to establish an identity
and raise funds to make a further investment in AFCB. A membership fee will
need to be charged.
The chairman also announced the date of next year’s AGM as being 25 April
2008 with members’ meetings in September, December and March. Newsletters
would be published in August, November and February.
3. Approval of minutes of the AGM held on 17 March 2006 – the minutes, which
had been posted on the CM website, were taken as read and they were approved
unanimously.
4. Approval of the accounts for the year ended 6 December 2006 – Stuart Read
presented the accounts explaining the origin of the income and expenditure
for the year that gave rise to a surplus of £39,746. He also explained that
without a membership fee the society’s costs would not be covered. He stated
that during the year the Society had purchased a further 8,279 shares in the
football club. Proposed by R Tomlin, seconded by C Barratt the accounts were
approved unanimously.
5. Appointment of Auditors – Proposed by D Borthwick, seconded by D Timoney,
the reappointment of Alan W Simons and Co was unanimously approved. The decision
at the SGM held on 14 March to substitute an Accountant’s Report for the Audit
has had to be deferred until a later date.
6. Election of two members to the board – there being two nominations to fill
three vacancies (Derek Borthwick having served three years has to stand down
and be re-elected) Derek Borthwick and Paul Frank were duly elected.
7. Questions and answers / discussion
• There was a discussion on the pros and cons of more social activity and,
whilst problems were identified, the general feeling was favourable.
• A change of name was considered vital to the future with something like
‘Supporters Trust’ finding favour.
• A suggestion was made about making better use of media outlets for aiding
communication – Daily Echo and the radio stations.
• The Fans Council was raised and the description was given of different groups
getting together, exchanging ideas with a common theme of raising money for
AFCB.
• The idea of a ‘Fun Day’ received unanimous support.
• Ernie Battey and David Musker gave a summary of their involvement on the
main AFCB board."
The Board of the Community Mutual has reviewed the following
draft minutes and will recommend them for the approval of the CM membership
at the next Annual General Meeting. They are published in the meantime as
the CM Boards record of the AGM but subject to any amendment and approval
at that time.
AFCB COMMUNITY MUTUAL LIMITED
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting
Held on Friday 17 March 2006
Held at the Cherry Tree at the Fitness First Stadium, Bournemouth BH7 7AF
Present: Board members Derek Borthwick (Chairman), Wayne Ford, Debbie Harris,
Steve Harris, David Musker, Stuart Read, Dave Stone and Paul Williams (for
part) and approximately 90 CM members
1. Apologies – David Dicker, John Souter and Rob Trent
2. Chairman’s welcome and introductions – The chairman welcomed all members
to the meeting giving a brief summary of the events of the past few months,
highlighting a number of initiatives that have been started or given new life
and gave particular thanks to Stuart Read for his work as treasurer and John
Souter for his work as minute secretary. By way of introduction to the members
he asked each candidate standing for election later in the meeting to stand
up and be noticed. (Messrs Manning and Trent were not at the meeting).
3. Approval of minutes of the AGM held on 9 June 2005 – the minutes, which
had been posted on the CM website, were taken as read. Proposed by B Troke,
seconded by G Hope they were approved unanimously.
4. Approval of the accounts for the year ended 6 December 2005 – Stuart Read
presented the accounts explaining the origin of the income and expenditure
for the year that gave rise to a surplus of £21,581. He also explained that
without a membership fee the society’s costs would not be covered. He stated
that during the year the Society had purchased a further 16,086 shares in
the football club plus the two golden shares. A question from the floor about
the doubling of the audit fee was answered with the response that the previous
auditors had charged a reduced fee and had explained that it could not continue
to do so. The change of auditor had achieved a fee considerably lower than
the previous incumbent’s quote. Proposed by D Timoney, seconded by E Battey
the accounts were approved unanimously.
5. Appointment of Auditors – Proposed by B Boddy, seconded by Mr Smith, the
appointment of Alan W Simons and Co was unanimously approved.
6. Election of nine members to the Board – Ballot forms were completed by
the members present and together with postal votes received by the appointed
time were held over night before counting on Saturday 18 March. Results were:
Debbie Harris – 157 votes
Steve Harris - 153
Dave Stone - 151
David Musker - 133
Brian Troke - 120
Derek Timoney - 119
Ernie Battey - 118
Rob Trent - 111
Stuart Walker - 88
Gayle Hope - 82
Paul Williams - 73
Keith Brewer - 67
Chris Manning - 58
Mark Coles – 54
The nine above the line were elected.
7. Questions and answers
• To a question about the supporters social club the chairman explained that
current quotes for the work are too high and that total estimated costs are
£60,000 more than the gift that has been received from Mike Balfour.
• The chairman gave a plug for the lottery and Utility Warehouse and had support
from the floor for the latter from a satisfied customer. He also gave details
about the CM website at www.afcbcm.org
• The members were asked about an acceptable level of annual membership fee;
the general feel was for £10 per year. A suggestion was made of life membership
of £50 for the over 70s.
• To a question about the co-opted members period of office, the answer was
given that the period is three years. Stuart Read has stood down pending the
election and the new board’s wishes, whereas Norman Hayward remains having
served less than one year.
• To a suggestion of more regular member meetings there was general support
for quarterly meetings.
• Wayne Ford gave an update on the newly formed Safety Forum.
• Dave Stone gave an update on the Pension Scheme plan to buy back the stadium
– at the moment it is on hold.
›› Notice of the 2006 Annual General Meeting
AFC BOURNEMOUTH COMMUNITY MUTUAL LIMITED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the above Society will be held at the Cherry Tree, Fitness First Stadium, Bournemouth BH7 7AF at 7:45pm on Friday 17 March 2006.
1 Chairman’s welcome and introductions
2 Apologies
3 To approve the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on the 9th
June 2005
4 To receive the Report of the Directors and the Audited Accounts for the
year ended 6 December 2005. Click
Here To See The Report
5 To re-appoint Alan W Simons and Co as auditors and authorise the members
of the Board to fix their remuneration.
6 To elect nine members to the Board.
7 To discuss any matters accepted as ordinary business of an Annual General
Meeting .Please click here to see the proposed minutes.
Dated 3 March 2006.
By Order of the Board
David Musker
Company Secretary
Registered Office: 1123 Christchurch Road, Boscombe East, Bournemouth BH7 6BQ
Notes:
1. The accounts will be made available on the CM website prior to
the meeting and copies will also be available at the meeting.
3. The election under item 3 will be by ballot at the meeting; for those
members unable to attend the meeting voting will be by postal ballot. A
ballot form can be obtained by writing to the Company Secretary at the Registered
Office, by email to afcbcm@afcb.co.uk , or by phoning John Souter on 01202
723157 during office hours.
A secret ballot for the election to the board of the CM will be held
CM members aged 16 or over on 17 March 2006 will be eligible to vote.
CM members attending the AGM are requested to bring with them some form
of identification and their CM membership number which is shown on the address
label of this correspondence.
CM members who are unable to attend will be able to vote by post and applications
for a postal voting form should be made in one of the following ways:-
Email afcbcm@afcb.co.uk
Telephone 01202 723157 during office hours and speak to John Souter, or,
Write to:- The Co. Secretary, AFCBCM, 1123 Christchurch Road, Boscombe
East, Bournemouth BH7 6BQ. If applying by post please bear in mind the possibility
of delays in the post system, options 1 and 2 above will be quicker.
AFC Bournemouth Supporters Trust