Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 21^st October 2015

1.Welcome from the chair & review of the year

Fiona Barry (FB) welcomed those present to the AGM and summarised the activities and successes of the club over the past 12months.Thanks to all volunteers and coaches who help run the club

2.Apologies for Absence received prior to the meeting from

Mike Alter

Ruth Edwards

Colin Smith

Kathy Morton

Ian Bell

Mark Benson

Paul Harwood

Jeanette Bond

Sam Preston

3.Minutes of the previous AGM – Click here

Proposed as a true record by Dom Buckley and seconded by Chris Fletcher.

Signed as a true record by the Chair FB

3a. Matters arising - none

4.Treasurers report Sam Godsell Online Year End Accounts – Click here

Keith Steer (KS) gave a summary report of the club’s financial position. End of year balance reflects 2 years of Liverpool triathlon income. Income from pool sessions lower than in previous years. KS answered queries from the floor.

5.Brief reports from each discipline (2 minutes each) (Sea kayaking video – Brian Green, White Water Italy – Joe Sheppard)

Sea kayaking summary presented by Pete Thomas (PT) on behalf of Brian Green

Coaching summary presented by Dave Reynolds on behalf of Ian Bell. Including a request for volunteers

Juniors summary presented by Chris Murphy, with thanks to the volunteers who help with running all the sessions.

White Water summary presented by Roy McHale

Canoe Polo – no rep present KS summarized current teams (5) including ladies and junior teams

Open boats summary report read out by Frankie Annan(FA) on behalf of Mike Alter and Ruth Edwards

Slalom summary presented by Michal Giezgala

Freestyle summary – no reps present

Surf summary presented by Karl Tattum, another very active and successful year.

Stand up Paddleboard summary no reps present

Safety cover report presented by John Worswick (JW) with special mention to the 40 volunteers who turned up to support the Liverpool Tri which provides significant funds to the club.

6. Members motions –

Proposal 1 - To introduce two new club members onto the Stewardship group without specific responsibility to increase the amount of representation from all members & sectors of the club. Proposed Ian Bell, Seconded by Dave Reynolds.

Motion passed by those present at the AGM

7. Election of Officers – Proposed list of those willing to stand for 2015-16

Chair – Fiona Barry;

Secretary – Frankie Annan

Treasurer - Sam Godsell;

Membership Secretary & Volunteers – Keith Steer;

Welfare Officers - Frankie Annan & Jeanette Bond,

Publicity – Pete Thomas;

Social Events – Fiona Barry& Jeanette Bond;

Grants- Nicky Corbett Junior / Youth Coordinator – Chris Murphy;

Notice boards - Peter Massey; Kingsway pool on Thursday Fiona Barry; Kingsway pool on Monday Stuart Toulson & John Cooke;

Special thanks going to those who are now moving on: Joanne Fisher - Social Events,

Dom Buckley – Safeguarding,

Brian Green – Sea Kayaking,

Carl Leungsangnam - Assistant Coach;

Charles Andersen, Don Brooks, Mike Hughes, John Worswick & Tony Doyle – Equipment.

Mark Young - White Water,

Paul Harwood - Surf

“Discipline Representatives” to advise members / act as a point of contact:

Coaching Coordinator – Dave Reynolds,

Technical Coaching Advisor – Ian Bell;

Polo –Scott Gibson, Sea – Peter Thomas;

White Water –Joe Sheppard & Roy McHale;

Freestyle Sam Preston & Kieran Sinnott;

Open Boat – Mike Alter & Ruth Edwards; Kayak Safety Cover – John Worswick;

Slalom – Michal Giezgala;

Racing – Colin Smith;

Surf – Brian Green and Karl Tattum

SOT - Vacant;

SUP - Paul Harwood

Equipment Officers – John Pegram (Docks); Steve Bond (Broadgreen); Dave Brown (Halewood); (Kingsway) Dominic Fahey

Proposed by Steve Gille and seconded by Dom Buckley

KS asked for those interested in filling vacant positions including the 2 new stewardship positions to contact him after the meeting.

8. Paddler of the Year / Young paddler of the Year / Volunteer of the Year / Swimmer of the Year Award – Awards presented by Fiona Barry, summary of all the nominees available on the club website.

Paddler of the Year - Nathan Edwards

Young Paddler of the Year – Luke Durband

Volunteer of the Year – John Fay

Swimmer of the Year – Pete Thomas

8:45 to 9:30pm - Club expedition to Slovenia presentation
(The best photos and World Premiere of - Slovenian paddling movie 2015 by “Never again Productions”

Date and time of next meeting: To be confirmed proposed second Monday of October 2016