<p> MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE QUEEN’S OWN HIGHLANDERS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATING THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS) HELD IN THE SEAFORTH CLUB NAIRN ON FRIDAY 17 th JULY 2009</p><p>1 ACTION Present BY Major General P Grant Peterkin President Major General J Hopkinson Vice President Brigadier N J Ridley OBE Chairman & Trustee Lieutenant Colonel C E Gilmour MBE DL Trustee Lieutenant Colonel I J Murray DL Trustee Major A F Blincow MBE Association Treasurer & Treasurer Highland Branch Mr D E Loftus Association Secretary, Trustee & Secretary Southern Branch Mr P Finlayson Trustee & Chairman Highland Branch</p><p>Major G Burns Association Pipe Band Mr D Carruthers Secretary Edinburgh Mr W Gardner Secretary Aberdeen & North East Branch Major G Givens Chairman Edinburgh Branch Major R Haugh Chairman Aberdeen Branch Captain T Lewis Chairman Northern Ireland Branch Mr G R MacDonald MBE Secretary Caithness Branch Mr G Monaghan Chairman Strathclyde Branch Mr D M Oag Caithness Branch Mr A Paterson Chairman Caithness Branch Lt Col R Towns Highland Branch Pipe Major A A Venters Association Pipe Band</p><p>Welcome The Chairman extended a welcome to all present and thanked them for attending the Meeting. Apologies Lieutenant Colonel G S Johnston OBE TD DL Trustee Colonel A S Duncan Chairman Southern Branch Mr W Gunn MBE Caithness Branch Major J C MacLellan Chairman Western Isles Branch Mr D MacLeod Secretary Western Isles Branch Mr D Terron Secretary Highland Branch</p><p>Obituaries The Chairman asked everyone to stand in memory of those who had died in the last year and whose names had been notified to the Association. Mr W Aitchison Mrs J R Baillie Mr J A Bateson WO2 R Hardie Mr I Kerr Lt Col D A W Lochhead WO2 (BSM) K M J MacSween Colonel W G McHardy Mrs W G McHardy WO2 (ORQMS) J Murray Major J H Nason Mr G Peters Mr R Petrie Mrs I S Ridley Mr P Snell Mrs J Squair PM T Stockdale</p><p>387 Minutes of the Previous Meeting</p><p>It was proposed, Lt Col R Towns, and seconded, Mr P Finlayson, that the minutes of the previous meeting on 18th July 2008 be accepted as a true record of the proceedings. This was agreed by all present.</p><p>388 Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting 2 (i) Newsletter: the Chairman expressed concern that the reporting and writing of obituaries was not working. In the case of the death of a former officer RHQ were accessing information from records but in the case of O/R’s it was reliant upon a person who knew the deceased to write an obituary. It was felt that it was not necessary to always have an obituary but in lieu of that should 3</p>