The AGM matters were completed in 45 minutes:
- Apologies for absence (Ally Hardy, Anne Yates, Charlie Spiller, Denise Clark)
- Approval of the minutes of the 2016 AGM
- Chairman's Report (Daniel Black)
- Treasurer's Report (Daniel Black)
- Election of committee for 2017-18 (Adrian Potts, Ally Hardy, Daniel Black, Denise Clark, Matt Smethurst, Sue Bonner, Tim O'Donnell and Tricia Taylor)
- AOB
Long Service Awards
Five members earned long service awards in 2016-17:
Hazel Pryor (30 years)
Adrian Potts (25 years)
Gordon Irons (15 years)
Denise Clark (10 years)
Neil Bonner (5 years)
Certificates/gifts will be presented to Hazel, Adrian and Gordon when received from NT HQ.
After the meeting the Chairman presented Neil with his 5-year pin:
50-hour cards
At the end of the evening Matt handed out 50-hour cards to some of the 18 members who had earned them in 2016-17. Seven of us had worked more than 100 hours!
Adrian Potts (215 hours)
Andy Hill (131 hours)
Christine Hill (159 hours)
Matt Smethurst (114 hours)
Neil Bonner (143 hours)
Sue Bonner (122 hours)
Tim O'Donnell (152 hours)
After a break for tea, coffee and cake/biscuits we had two presentations:
Jen Birch spoke about the major developments in progress at Quarry Bank to turn it into a holistic cohesive whole. The focus of QB will shift from just the mill and Apprentice House to in addition Hannah Greg's house, Styal village, the Upper Garden and woods. Jen illustrated her talk with PowerPoint slides shown using a laptop/projector/screen combo. That worked fantastically!
Vicky then spoke about all the work the rangers plus volunteer groups have done around the estate in the past year including work at Bank House Farm.
The evening ended with a showing of Matt's superb 'Manchester National Trust Volunteers, 1986-2016' slideshow that first aired at our 30th birthday party last June. Bravo!
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