Transcript of Proceedings of the 175TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN CURLING CLUB Held at Dewar’s Centre, Glover Street, Perth PH2 0TH on Saturday 15th June 2013 Present on the Podium: President William Duncan (Bank of Scotland, Perth & District) Chairman of the Board Willie Nicoll (Bank of Scotland, Fife) Chief Executive Officer Bruce Crawford (Abbotsford Curling Soc) AGENDA OF BUSINESS a) Welcome Remarks b) In Memoriam c) Apologies d) Letter from the Royal Patron e) President’s Report f) Approval of the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting on 9th June 2012 g) Annual Report of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club h) Submission of the Annual Accounts appropriately certified i) Appointment of the Independent Financial Examiner j) Fixing of entrance fees and annual subscriptions and any levies k) Election of President l) Election of Vice-President m) Election of Directors n) Appointment of a Chaplain o) Authorisation of the publication of the Annual p) Fixing of the place and date of the next Annual General Meeting q) Presentation of Trophies a. World Curling Federation Commemorative Banners b. Special Presentation c. Sir Richard Waldie Griffith Trophy d. 100 Year Medal (Club) e. 50 Year Medals f. Young Curler of the Year g. Grassroots Coach of the Year h. Ice Diamond Award i. Team of the Year r) Any other competent business a. Public Liability Insurance s) Address by incoming President RECORDED ATTENDANCE Past Presidents: Kenneth D Scott (Blairgowrie), Patrick Edington (Boswall), Andrew Stevenson (Cawdor House), Andrew Hepburn (Corstorphine), John Smith (Cummertrees), Matt Brown (Cumnock & District), Gifford Rickard (Denny Incl. Denny LP), Bill Marshall (Dumbarton), Robbie Scott (Dunkeld), Jim Murdoch (Galleon), William Muirhead (Glenfarg), Roy Sinclair (Highland), Alistair McCabe (Kennoway), Chuck Hay MBE (Kilgraston & Moncreiff), Derek P Anderson (Kinross), Charles Binnie (Panmure), Tommy Hinnigan (St Boswells) Board: Cathy Maclean (Aberlady), Willie Nicoll (Bank of Scotland, Fife), William Duncan (Bank of Scotland, Perth & District), Graham McWiggan (Beechnuts), Trevor Dodds (Oxenfoord), Kay Gibb (Northern Lights), Robert Kelly (Reform) Areas Standing Committee: Albert Middler (AWW), Peter Fraser (Belmaduthy), John Smith (Cummertrees), Alan Durno (Fochabers), Anne Donald (Fothringham), Clive Thomson (Glasgow Academicals), Alan Sloan (Glasgow XX), John Good (Haddington), Ian Parkinson (Heart of the Highlands), Bob Smith (Inverkeithing), Frank White (Kilgraston & Moncreiff), Gordon Gilchrist (Lesmahagow), Brian McArtney (Letham Grange), Joseph Barry (Livingston), Colin Moreland (Methven), Harry Dodds (St Boswells), Alan Muirhead (Stratheden), Neil Calvert (West Linton) Staff: Brad Askew (Assistant Performance Development Coach), Bruce Crawford (CEO), Lynne MacKenzie (National Coaching Officer), Judith McFarlane (Development Manager – Club & Juniors), Stuart McLean (Marketing Officer), Sheila Swan (Development Manager – Adult & Disability), Suzy Wakefield (Office Manager) Individuals Members (in alphabetical order by club): Andrew Messenger (Abdie), Keith Rose (Abdie), Paul Cromey (Abdie), Robert Lister (Abdie), Barbara Baird (Abdie Ladies), Duncan Cameron (Abercairney), Norman Bruce (Aberdeen), Andrew Gordon (Aberdour), Elizabeth Smith (Aberdour), Helen Gordon (Aberdour), Jim Brydie (Aberdour), Jill Mackay (Airleywight Ladies), Claire Hamilton (Applegarth & Sibbaldie), D. George Macarthur (Ardclach), Archibald Shedden (Ardrossan Castle), Margaret Shedden (Ardrossan Castle), Lauren Gray (Balfron), Elaine Crichton (Balruddery), Irene Doogan (Balruddery), Douglas Sands (Bank of Scotland Edinburgh), Elinor Ritchie (Bank of Scotland Fife), Margo Nicoll (Bank of Scotland Fife), Wendy Smith (Bank of Scotland Fife), James Milton (Bank of Scotland Highland), George Delgaty (Bank of Scotland Perth & District), J.C. Burns (Bank of Scotland Perth & District), Stuart D Smith (Bank of Scotland Perth & District), Margaret Robertson (Bathgate), Brenda Macintyre (Belmaduthy), Christine Cheape (Blair Atholl), Elizabeth Scott (Blairgowrie), James Mcintyre (Boswall), Robert McKenzie (Braehead Virtual) Aileen Neilson (Braehead Wheelchair), Michael McCreadie (Braehead Wheelchair), Brian Hibbert (Breadalbane Glendochart), Chrissie Fenton (Breadalbane Killin), Colin Mcrae (Breadalbane Killin), Colin Stirling (Broomhall), P Ritchie Stewart (Buchan), John Steel (Cambo), Mark Turnbull (Cambo), Sandra Turnbull (Cambo), Ann Turnbull (Cambo Ladies), Grace Brown (Cambo Ladies), Christine Stewart (Carmunnock & Rutherglen), Hugh Stewart (Carmunnock & Rutherglen), Robin Shand (Carmunnock & Rutherglen), Hammy McMillan Jnr (Castle Kennedy), Robert Walker (Coldstream & Hirsel), John Dignan (Corstorphine), L Calder Benzies (Corstorphine), Douglas Walls (Crawford Priory), Fiona Hardie (Crocketford), Lennox Lindsay (Crossmyloof), Ranald Findlay (Crossmyloof), Yvonne Chalmers (Crossmyloof), Russell Wyllie (Cumnock & District), Sheila M Watson (Cumnock & District), Andrew Barr (Currie & Balerno), Katie Wood (Currie & Balerno), Ann McLanaghan (Dalgety Bay), Karen Gibb (Dalgety Bay), Michael Hudspeth (Dalgety Bay), Kate Caithness (Dalhousie Ladies), Susan Skene (Dalhousie Ladies), Alex Duncan (Denny Incl. Denny LP), Raye Rickard (Denny Incl Denny LP), Jeanette C.W. Kerr (Dollar Ladies), Elspeth Burton (Doune), Norman Cathcart (Drystanes), Robin Turner (Drystanes), Albert Rae (Dunfermline), Jim Stevenson (Dunfermline), Lynne Stevenson (Dunfermline Ladies), Trisha Petrie (Dunfermline Ladies), Eve Muirhead (Dunkeld), Kathleen Scott (Dunkeld), Thomas Muirhead (Dunkeld), Elizabeth Cullen (Earlston), Jim Cullen (Earlston), William Byers (Earlston), Agnes Strang (East Kilbride & Haremyres), David Affleck (East Linton), Jennifer Bain (Edinburgh Ladies), Michael Ferguson (Edzell), Margaret Steel (Falkirk Ladies 1960), David Jones (Fife Flare), David S. Cameron (Findo Gask), David Kilgour (Fochabers), Mike Watt (Fochabers), Susan Durno (Fochabers), John Cameron (Fordoun), Betty Montgomery (Forest Hills Trossachs), Ian Mackin (Forest Hills Trossachs), Graham Lindsay (Forret), Jackson Robb (Forteviot), Morag Wellman (Fossoway Ladies), Cameron Martin (Foulden), Sheena Murdoch (Galleon), Jim Boswell (Galston Haymouth), Liz Boswell (Galston Haymouth), Euan Lawrence (Gangrels), Judy Mackenzie (Glasgow Ladies), Kirsty Letton (Glasgow Ladies), Margaret Gibb (Glasgow Ladies), Margaret McWiggan (Glasgow Ladies), David Miller (Glenfarg), Annette Bennie (Glenfarg Ladies), Maria Tait (Glenfarg Ladies), Sean Murray (Gogar Park), Jennifer Dodds (Gogar Park YC), Helen Mathieson (Greenlaw), Robert Mathieson (Greenlaw), Isobel Waddell (Hamilton & Thornyhill), Jim Waddell (Hamilton & Thornyhill), Kyle Waddell (Hamilton & Thornyhill), W. Ronnie Dunachie (Helensburgh), Irene Stevenson (Hercules Ladies), Ian Dyer (Holywood), Anna Sloan (Hutton), Phil Barton (Inverkeithing), Robert Tait (Inverkeithing), Nanette McCabe (Kennoway), David Ramsay (Kinfauns), Anne Porter (Kinross Ladies), Joyce White (Kinross Ladies), Alistair Lindsay (Lammermuir), William Creevy (Largo), Wilma Wilson (Largo), James Stewart (Lesmahagow), Robin Campbell (Lesmahagow), Johan Steele (Lesmahagow Ladies), Claire Milne (Letham Grange), Jane McArtney (Letham Grange), George McNeill (Linlithgow), Maggie Barry (Livingston), Hannah Fleming (Lochmaben Castle), Susan Fleming (Lochmaben Castle), James Scougall (Lundie & Auchterhouse), William Arnot (Lundin & Montrave), Cath McIntosh (Lynedoch Ladies), Liz Fraser (Lynedoch Ladies), Shelagh Fulton (Lynedoch Ladies), Allan Wallace (Markinch), B. Ward (Markinch), Valerie Lindsay (Maxwell Ladies), Alan Russell (Mid Calder), Alex R Forrest (Millport), Stewart Combe (Muthill), Alan Stanfield (Nairn), Bill Holland (New Abbey), David Henderson (New Abbey), Frances Henderson (New Abbey), Alan Wilson (Oatridge), Ian Keron (Oatridge), George Kerr (Old Fellows), Jane Drysdale (Orwell Ladies), George Gibb (Partick), Roger Scott (Peebles), Christine Brown (Penicuik), David Carr (Penicuik), Walter Brown (Penicuik), William Scott (Penninghame), Alison Drummond (Pitlochry Ladies), Vicki Adams (Portpatrick), Mary Anne McWIlliam (Portpatrick), Harry Mitchell (Raith & Abbotshall), Jan Howard (Reform), Rhona Martin (Reform), Robert Cowan (Reform), Margaret Cathcart (Rolling Stones), James Porter (Rothes), John Paul (Rothes), Ronnie Wilson (Rothes), Elizabeth Cameron (Schiehallion Ladies), Thomas J Edmunds (Scottish Universities), Stewart Sutherland (Skelmorlie), Cameron Smith (St Martins), Kyle Smith (St Martins), Lynda Blackwood (Stra`ven Ladies) Margaret Archer (Stra`ven Ladies) Ian Archer (Strathaven Golf), Muriel Holroyd (Strathendrick), Marion Fraser (Strathkinness), James Dixon (Swinton), David B Smith (Symington), Andrew Kerr (Troon Portland), Janette Kennedy (Tullymet), Roy Neilson (University of Dundee), Tom Kirk (University of Dundee), Malcolm Patrick (Watsonian), Doreen Calvert (West Linton). In attendance: Cate Brewster (British Curling) a) Welcome Remarks WILLIAM DUNCAN (PRESIDENT): Sister and brother curlers, Kate Caithness OBE, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 175th Annual General Meeting of The Royal Caledonian Curling Club. As a matter of housekeeping I have to tell you that there are exits marked on the side of the marquee which will lead you to the outside doors. Toilets are of course at the foyer just where you came in and firstly can I ask that mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. b) In Memoriam WILLIAM DUNCAN (PRESIDENT): Can I ask