Submitted by rick.jones on

Original forum:
- AGMs
Following the inevitable cancellation of the regular AGM, we have been working on alternative arrangements.
The most important thing is the formal election of officers to the committee, which will be done via this forum thread - see below.
We also intend to set up an online meeting which will enable all members with Internet access (using phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop) to participate. This will allow us to chat about all the other stuff we discuss at AGMs, and should be fun! We need to organise the technology first, but will announce a date and time for the meeting as soon as possible in another forum message. So keep an eye on those notifications of forum messages in your email!
So for now, we must deal with the election of officers. As usual, there is only one nomination for each position, but we need to have the members' approval of the appointments. Here are the nominations:
- Commodore: Simon Armitage
- Vice-commodore: John Pompei
- Secretary: Roly Simpson
- Treasurer: Rick Jones
- Editor: Quentin Sands
- Webmaster: Rick Jones
Dave Newton, who was elected as "additional committee member" in 2018, is standing down. He is still happy as always to offer his (impressive) technical skills for the benefit of members, but prefers not to be a member of the committee.
Please indicate your vote by replying to this thread. If you support all the nominations just state "in favour of all". If you disagree with any nomination, please state "against position" (e.g. if you object to me being treasurer state "against treasurer"). If this is the case you may, if you wish, explain your reasons.
To abide by the rules and the conditions for a quorum, we need a majority in favour from at least eleven votes to appoint the committee.
Please post your votes, and we look forward to seeing you at a live online meeting in the near future.
Also note that because these meeting forums are for members only, you will always need to login to the web site to view the content - as you have done to read this.Rick Jones (Treasurer), former 26X & 19 owner, Isle of Wight
36 Comments
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Submitted by chris.hawksworth on
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'89 Macgregor 26D: Getaway
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Submitted by keith.barton on
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And very appreciative of all the work you, the commuter members and Dave Newton have down over the past year.
thank you
Ann & Keith
Star 26M
In favour of all....with my
Submitted by david.claassen on
In favour of all....with my profound thanks and appreciation
David Claassen
"Logan's Run"
2006 26M
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John Richardson 'Sonny' 26M
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Bob Norrish
Sushi
In favour of all, and thanks
Submitted by david.bayliss on
In favour of all, and thanks for all you do!
David & Paula Bayliss (Marmite 26X)
In favour of all, with much
Submitted by robert.perrett on
In favour of all, with much appreciation.
Robert Perrett (Breezer 26M)
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Submitted by david.kirk on
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David Kirk
26X Glissando
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Submitted by ian.crosby on
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Also a big thanks to all the members whose information on the forums has been invaluable to us over the last 3 years
Aquila 26X 1914
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Submitted by jonathan.knight on
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Brilliant job.
Miriam and Jonathan
In favour of all. Well done
Submitted by patrick.saddler on
In favour of all. Well done everyone, keep safe.
Pat Saddler
GladNick 26M
Obviously I cannot vote for
Submitted by simon.armitage on
Obviously I cannot vote for myself but am totally in favour of the rest of my colleagues.
Simon Armitage
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Submitted by jos.pot on
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J Pot
As per Simon but I vote in
Submitted by john.pompei on
As per Simon but I vote in favour of the rst of those standing.
John
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Submitted by stephen.ayre on
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Stephen and Julia
Francesca
Macgregor 26x (2003)
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Duncan
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Submitted by martin-lena.bees on
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Thanks!
Martin & Lena
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Submitted by rod.wassell on
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Rod and Jill
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Submitted by mike.clarke on
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keep up the good work - its appreciated.
Mike & Dot Clarke - Tarka 26M
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Submitted by anneke.wallace on
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Thanks
Anneke
Roger that. In favour of all.
Submitted by roly.simpson on
Roger that. In favour of all.
Aye, aye to all appointments.
Submitted by quentin.sands on
Aye, aye to all appointments.
Quentin Sands (Editor)
1993 MacGregor 19, Margarita
In favour of all.
Submitted by stuart.mcwilliam on
In favour of all.
Many thanks, chaps.
Stu x
Thanks everyone, and for your
Submitted by rick.jones on
Thanks everyone, and for your confidence in the committee. Including my own vote, which I'm registering now as "in favour of all", we have 29 votes in favour and none against, so I declare all the nominees duly elected.
The real AGM was scheduled to take place tomorrow afternoon, and just in time we've decided to hold an online meeting using the very popular "Zoom" service tomorrow at 3pm. See the separate thread announcing the meeting, which contains all the joining details.
Rick Jones (Treasurer), former 26X & 19 owner, Isle of Wight
Thanks Rick for organising
Submitted by roly.simpson on
Thanks Rick for organising this . I hope a good number will be able to join in and have a fun and useful discussion . I shall plan to be on Aranah if my WIFI extends that far ! ,which Im not sure it does, bother.
Roly
Yes Thanks Rick.
Submitted by john.pompei on
Yes Thanks Rick.
Roly,
If your Wi-Fi doesn't reach the boat you may be able to "piggy back" your phone's personal hotspot.
See you tomorrow at 15:00
John
In favour of all
Submitted by marc.lodewyckx on
In favour of all
Marc Lodewyckx 26M Mateva
How are you getting past the
Submitted by miriam.knight on
How are you getting past the 40 minute duration for zoom Rick?
Miriam
"How are you getting past the
Submitted by rick.jones on
"How are you getting past the 40 minute duration for zoom?"
Simple - pay for a month's subscription! It's actually a lot less than we would have spent on the physical meeting.
Details of the meeting are in the forum post "Online AGM - part 2", and I've also sent a direct email to all members with the same info.
Rick Jones (Treasurer), former 26X & 19 owner, Isle of Wight
Submitted by dave.newton on
In the absence of any vote rigging bribes I'll support the Rotten Borough too
Dave.
(I think we should get rid of democracy. All in favour raise your hand!)
Dave Newton Sailbadthesinner
In Favour of all, With many
Submitted by peter.cullender on
In Favour of all, With many thanks.
peter cullender, Helena Rose. 26M.