The first formal meeting of the Directors of the Company Limited by Guarantee was held on 14th October 2011.
A Management Committee was established, the membership being the same as that of the former Core Group of the Partnership before the company was registered. It is intended that the membership of the Management Committee would change from time to time.
It was agreed that initially no Membership Fees would be charged for either Individual Members or for organisations that joined the Partnership. Membership application forms will be available at the volunteers’ Meeting on 27th October.
The Treasurer reported that the setting up of the Account with NatWest Bank was going through and it was agreed that all six Directors should be signatories, any two of which needed to sign a valid cheque. The Partnership’s accounting period will be 1st April to 31st March.
The Partnership will need Public Liability Insurance and quotations are being sought.
At this stage, it was felt that there was no need for a formal fund-raising committee but there was a need to find for someone with fund-raising experience to be on the Management Committee.
There was also a need for a Hon General Secretary and for someone to build a website and keep it maintained. One of the Directors volunteered to act as Press and Publicity officer for the time being.
The Annual General Meeting will be held on 18th April 2012 in the HDC Council Chamber, starting at 7:30pm.
NCF: revised 28.1.12
