Full AGM details

The MOA committee would like to invite all members to attend our Annual General Meeting which is to be held on 9^th March at 3 to 5 pm, on-line via Zoom. The link for this will be announced in due course.

The decision to go for a virtual AGM once again was influenced by our recent survey that indicated that 25% of our membership would find it too difficult to travel to a face-to-face event and also by the broad inclusivity of membership attendance that we have noted in the last few Zoom AGMs.

Please don’t be put off by a business sounding name, our AGM is run as much as a sharing event as it is to complete any formal admin, and provides openness and inclusivity. So we'd love to see as many faces as possible, if even only for a part of the meeting. We realise that the timing won't suit everyone but hopefully is OK for most.

AGENDA

• WELCOME and brief introductions
• REVIEW of minutes from 2023 - see AGMs (also for report of accounts)
• MATTERS arising
• REPORTS from the Committee… Membership / Money / Events of the last year / any other news
• ELECTION of officers… see below
• VOLUNTEERS and assistance
• FUTURE EVENTS… The Big Mac 2024 / Spring and Autumn events and any others / look ahead to 2025
• OTHER BUSINESS

OFFICERS

The Commodore will stand down, and the current Vice Commodore, Liz Healey, is nominated to take over.

All other existing committee members have agreed to stand again, so the proposals are:

• COMMODORE… Liz Healey
• SECRETARY… Roly Simpson
• TREASURER… Rick Jones
• EDITOR… Quentin Sands

This leaves the Vice Commodore position vacant, we are looking for volunteers and nominations! The Vice Commodore will normally take over the role of Commodore in two year's time.

The Commodore and VC posts are not onerous but are a chance for anyone in the Membership to guide and steer “our MOA ship” in line with popular thought, both moderating and inspiring.

Our survey has also revealed that there are a significant few that are keen to lend a hand in the running of our Association, so to this end we will be asking for volunteers to assist in various specific areas, e.g. Web site, Publicity, Event management, etc.

Lastly, WE NEED YOUR IDEAS!

We would like to hear suggestions for changes in the way we do things and especially for any future boating events, as well as a venue for the 2025 Big Mac.

Please post any ideas here on the forum, ideally at least two weeks before the AGM to give us all time to think about them or toss them around in the forum.

We look forward to meeting you online!