AGM Wednesday 27th April

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Members are welcome to come to the AGM (in person for the first time in 3 years!) at the Woodbridge Community Hall, 6.30 pm

Agenda

  1. Apologies for absence

  2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 28/04//21 (on website)

  3. Matters arising

  4. Treasurer’s Report for the year ended 31st December 2021 (attached)

  5. Appointment of Examiner for the 2022 accounts

  6. Election of officers and members of the Committee:

  • Officers:

    • Honorary President – Robert Simper

    • Co-Chairs – Jane Haviland, Colin Nicholson

    • Vice-Chair- Liz Hattan

    • Treasurer – Moray MacPhail

    • Secretary – Caroline Peeke

  • There are no committee members standing for re-election and no

co-opted members standing for election

  1. Co-chairs’ report (see Spring edition of “The Deben” magazine)

  2. Approval of the draft revised constitution of the RDA (see below for

revised version and summary of changes)

The AGM will be followed by a talk from Andy Went of

Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust entitled

The State of our Rivers

Summary of Revisions to the RDA Constitution 

The RDA Constitution was last revised in 2011, thus the Committee has undertaken a review as stated at the AGM in 2021. The revised Constitution is presented on the RDA Website and we look forward to the Members approving it at the AGM on 27 April 2022. 

The key changes are as follows:

  • Updating and clarifying the aims, purpose and objectives of the Association

  • Streamlining the membership groups

  • Enabling rolling membership subscriptions 

  • Facilitating online subscription payments

  • Updating the Committee structure

  • Updating meeting arrangements to enable, amongst other things, remote meetings to take place.