AGM 2024 1 Agenda. Marlborough Dramatic Club
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN : You are cordially invited to attend the HUNDREDTH AND SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the club, which will be held in the Gwendolyn Lewis Room at SHENFIELD PARISH HALL, Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB, on Monday, 25th NOVEMBER 2024, at 8.00 p.m.
Please join us for a glass of wine and nibbles after the meeting.
AGENDA
1. To open the meeting at 8:00pm
2. Apologies for absence (10 members are a quorum for the meeting to go ahead, in accordance with rule 15)
3. To confirm and sign the minutes of last year’s A.G.M. held on 21 November 2023
4. To hear the Chairman’s report
5. To hear the Treasurer’s report, then receive and (if approved), adopt the Club’s Accounts
6. To elect those Club members who will serve on the committee and hold office until the next A.G.M., in accordance with rule 10 which states the Management of the Club is vested in the committee of a maximum of 12 members of the Club, which shall include Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer:
- a. To elect a Chairman and a Secretary, in accordance with rule 11.1, which states that the Chairman and Secretary retire annually, and are elected at a Committee Meeting preceding the A.G.M.
- b. To elect general committee members, (minimum six, maximum nine), in accordance with rules 11.2, which states that they retire annually, and are elected by ballot at the A.G.M., and 11.4 which states members must provide nominations for the ballot to the Secretary no later than (22 November 2024) (three days before the A.G.M.)
- c. To elect a Treasurer, in accordance with rules 11.3, which states they are elected by ballot at the A.G.M., and 11.4 which states members must provide nominations for the ballot to the Secretary no later than (22 November 2024) (three days before the A.G.M.)
7. AOB from committee members
8. AOB from any Club members
9. Close meeting
2024 Barn work - Clean & Tidy Days
The committee has managed to spend a few days down at the barn this spring and summer. The home of our scenery, furniture, props and costumes, as well as being a working space for building new sets, it has unfortunately been a bit unloved in recent years, since we lost chief barn boy Kevin Wright who had taken on responsibility for keeping it shipshape. So this year we made a concerted effort to get back in there and rectify this lack of attention in the hopes we'd make Kevin proud.
In addition, the barn has had some fairly major works on the walls and roof after various winterstorms in recent years led to holes and weather ingress to our stores. We thank the Petre family (our landlord) for their attention to these issues and we are very pleased with the new roof which will provide much improved protection to our stores. The debris and dust created by the removal of the old roof had to be cleared away from where it had accidentally fallen on our furniture, so we geared up with suits & masks, brooms, brushes and an industrial vacuum cleaner, kindly loaned to us by a friend of Karol's.
In addition, we are just about to get a new shed for storing costumes within the barn itself (more news about this is November 2024) so we have had to clear a space ready to receive this brand new shed.
Finally, we have been ensuring we have gathered together all the items we need for our Autumn 2024 production of 'Ten Times Table' (not forgetting the piano!) - find out more about the show and how to book by clicking here.
Here are a few photos from August 2024 at the barn:
Forensic cleaners (!) removing some of the protective covers we used to have over our furniture to protect it from the roof debris:
Sue Grandison, Steve Bearpark, Bill Wells, George Churchill
A skip arrives in which we can put some of the unwanted furniture, props and set:
A peek of the new metal roof now safely covering all our stores in the barn. Bill, Sue, Steve and Harry Morrison discussing what to tackle next:
You might just spot a set-piece that we aim to use in Spring 2025's production of The Ladykillers in this image:
Autumn 2024 Quiz Evening
Thank you to everyone who came to the Autumn 2024 Quiz night - we really appreciate your support at these events which help to raise money for the club that we put towards the cost of our next plays.
Thank you to Reg and Rita Wheeler for expertly hosting the quiz again for us and for running a fun 'Who wants to be a millionaire' game at the end. With a raffle too, the whole evening raised £242 for the club's coffers!
Here are a few photos of the evening, courtesy of Karol Patten.
ORIGINAL POST:
This Saturday! If you haven't yet let us know you will be coming, please call Harry on 07746 915348 to book your table. £10 a person.
Now a popular annual Autumnal event, our fund-raising quiz night, expertly hosted by Reg Wheeler, returns this September!
Saturday 21 September, 7 for 7:30pm start
Please bring your own drinks and nibbles.
Tickets are £10 per person. (Max eight per table please.)
Shenfield Parish Hall, (main room), 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB.
To book - please ring Harry on 07746 915348 by 14 September. (For how to pay for your tickets please check the payment section on our website.)
There will be a raffle to help raise funds to be put towards producing our next play.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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