Club AGM 2022

Finally got around to voting...not happy with the button that allows you to vote in favour (if you are happy with that) of everything...in my opinion this makes for an 'easy' option against actually reading the CV's and motions on the agenda..

Yes, the email from 29 September said 2 emails would be sent, on 7 and 18 October. I hadn't thought about it last week as we were in France, trying to get hold of diesel to get back to the Tunnel  until I saw this thread about the AGM.

In terms of submitting a question…..be aware you have a very limited number of words allowed, so needs considering carefully. Hard to get much in without it sounding very blunt. 

I watched the AGM today.

Questions for those who also watched/attended.

The finance chappie spent some time talking about Laybye User Groups. I assume it was some sort of joke??  What was it's purpose?

Can anyone tell me how they make decisions on eg the elections incorporating all the proxy votes? The results were what I expected, but the Chair seemed to imply there was no opposition but some of the proxy votes were definitely "oppose" votes.

I didn't watch it but maybe the layby users wasn't a joke? There have been a few posts/threads about using them so as not to arrive before 1pm, and I think that the club did say find somewhere to park up if you were going to arrive early?

Perhaps the club is mapping these out near to some/all sites? Sounds a bit proactive but who knows?

I didn't get the lay by user group thing either. I thought it was quite embarrasing, to be honest.

The chairman did say that all votes had been counted, so he knew the result already. He's required to throw it out to the floor in case anyone has attended with the purpose of protesting, which clearly they hadn't.

I didn't really know what to expect, but it all seemed a bit hammy,

The information given was worth it though, and the club seems to be in good health

Was there any acceptance of the horrendous launch of new booking system?

It his is usual attempt at joking as was his steam fare attendance

Nick Lomas said launch didn’t go as expected. Nearest we got to an apology. But it is all going to be fine.

The Chair gave CLs a good write up, lots of potential new ones in the pipeline. But then Nick Lomas didn’t make any reference, as far as I remember, about not being able to easily find the info you need about individual CLs.

interestingly, given their concerns about increased costs, there was no mention of the rumoured trialing of electricity metereing. Maybe it will just happen?!

Oh, 2022 will be a good year but 2023 will be a bad year.

HJA said:- Oh, 2022 will be a good year but 2023 will be a bad year.

Did they qualify that in anyway? From what was said about people using the new booking system it seems as if it's all going swimmingly but to suggest that 2023 could be difficult seems to suggest the opposite? We all know that everyone's financial expectations for 2023 is not likely to be positive but I am just trying to work out if the downturn in 2023 is due to members personal circumstances or the new booking system?

David