Hello all members

This is a pre-announcement for next year's AGM.

The last two AGMs have been held online using Zoom, and proved to be very successful, in particular in terms of the number of members who were able to attend. Even though we are now allowed to have physical meetings, we have decided to continue with the online format for the AGM so as to make it easy for as many members as possible to attend.

We have set the date for Saturday 12th February at 3 pm, a Zoom invitation will be circulated nearer the time. However, we would like to know if there are any items you would like put on the agenda for discussion.

We would also like any nominations for committee positions. All committee posts come up for re-election every year, and we are always keen for members who might like to help run the Association to get involved. The positions are Commodore, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor, current nominations respectively are Jonathan Knight, Roly Simpson, Rick Jones, and Quentin Sands.

If you would be interested in taking on one or these roles, or maybe shadowing the current holder with a view to more involvement in future, please contact one of the committee. Also do the same if there is anything you'd like put on the agenda.

We will send out a written notice of the AGM in early January, and our rules require that this notice includes a full agenda and all committee nominations, so please make sure to inform us of anything by New Year.

Social meeting

We also plan to have a physical meeting in the spring at an inland waterways venue, details yet to be decided. It will probably be soon after Easter, and will be primarily a social event based at a hotel, but with the option for members to bring and launch boats if they wish. We hope to have an interesting speaker to address the gathering too! We will present full details at the AGM at the latest.