The British Fuchsia Society M6 to ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To Lakes & th Premier Inn GARGRAVE Saturday April 11 2014 A65 The 77th Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held at Gargrave Village

To M1 Hall, West Street, Gargrave BD23 3RD commencing at 2.00 p.m.

M6 North A65 The Society will be the guest of the District Fuchsia & Geranium Society and all members are welcome.

Paul Munro—Hon Secretary, PO Box 8177, Reading Berks RG6 9PH A59 Tickled A59 Trout Hotel A59 AGENDA M6 J31 The Bull Inn A629 Via A59 Whalley 1. Address of welcome. Clitheroe 2. Reply by the President of the Society. Gisburn To , Approx 25 miles Keighley 3. To receive apologies. A56 M62/M1 PRESTON ELSLACK To Colne 4. To approve the minutes of the 2014 Annual General Meeting. M6 South and M65 5. Matters arising from the minutes of the last meeting. 6. Correspondence. Gargrave Centre and AGM Venue 7. 2014 Committee report. 8. Proposed Constitutional Changes 9. Treasurers Report 10. Editors Report Comfort Break 11. Sub committee reports. 12 Special Interest Group reports 13. Election of Officer. Treasurer 14. Declaration of Committee Members. 15 Announcement of New BFS President 16. Acceptance by new BFS President 17. BFS Awards and Badges. 18. Appointment of Auditor. 19. AOB 20. Closing of the Meeting

If members have any items for ‘Any Other Business’ would they please advise myself, the Secretary, on the day so that any related subjects may be grouped together.

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS

To arrive at Gargrave Village Hall, West Street, Gargrave. BD23 3RD Originators of Motion. The A65 runs from the Lake District to Skipton. If travelling from These motions have been Proposed by Rick Stevens and the South via the M6 exit at Junction 31 (Tickled Trout) signed for Seconded by Geoff Oke Skipton A59. Travel along the A59 until you reach the roundabout signed for Skipton (Little Chef) Travel Lodge. Here take a left turn onto the A65 for Gargrave. After approximately 3 miles you will Motions for 2015AGM. see The Old Swan Inn – here make a right turn, after approx. 600 yards you will come to a small ‘T’ junction. turn left and you should be in front of Gargrave Village Hall on West Street.

Reduction in the overall size of the BFS Committee. There is car parking space at the village hall, with a couple of free local car parks. Gargrave Village Hall can be found just off the With the diminishing membership it is believed that now is the correct A65. time to review the number of committee members. We currently have 12 committee members and 5 officers for a membership database of If travelling from the M1 you will need to head for Leeds – If you approx. 1,200 members. I propose that we reduce the size of the com- follow the Airport signs you will eventually see signs for Skipton. mittee to 9 and leave the 5 officers as is by the 2018 AGM. This will require a change to paragraph 7 & 10 of the constitution. Once at Skipton you need to head for the A65 road signed the Lakes.

Funding of Special Interest Group meetings

It is proposed that The BFS stop the funding for all SIG meetings. This will require a change to 41.10 on page 12 of the constitution.