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BERKSHIRE AUTOMOBILE
CLUB
The nineteenth Annual General Meeting was held on May
10th, 1924 at the Great Western Hotel, Reading at 11:30.
Present: Major Portal in the Chair, Capt. Vallange, Mr Handley, Mr
Llewellyn, Mr à Court, Mr A.D. Selkirk, Dr. Secretan, Col.
Waithman.
1. The Chairman read the notice calling the Meeting. The Minutes were
read, confirmed and signed.
2. The Report was taken as read.
3. The Chairman spoke on the passed year which he stated had been a
satisfactory one. The Members would regret with him that Mr. Shrapnell
Smith owing to pressure of wok had felt obliged to resign his position
of Hon. Treasurer, but had kindly agreed to be the Hon. Auditor. The
Hon. Secretary had now become Hon. Treasurer as well. He proposed a
Vote of Thanks to Mr Shrapnell Smith for all his work on behalf of the
Club since its foundation, which was carried unanimously.
4. The Chairman then noted the chief items in the accounts and stated
there was a Balance of £24-6-9. The accounts were then passed,
having been proposed by Mr � Court and seconded by Capt. Vallange.
5. The Hon. Treasurer's Budget for 1925 was as follows:- Receipts and
Subscriptions £90. Entrance fees £5-5-5. Interest on
Investments £10, Henley Regatta £70, Sale of Badges
£5-5-0. The chief item of expenses being, Henley Regatta which
would cost about £90. The expected balance on the year being
£11-11-0 the arrangements for Henley Regatta were agreed
to, & details left to the Hon. Secretary. The Budget was
passed being proposed by Capt. Vallange & seconded by Mr. Secretan.
6. Re Legal Liabilities:- The Committee decided that the Legal
Liabilities should in future be borne by the Club instead of by the
Hon. Solicitors as per resolution passed by the Committee of February
2nd, 1921, paragraph 9, "That the Club should pay any Legal Defense in
Court of First Instance, as before in Great Britain."
7. The proposal that a Sinking Fund of £8 per annum should be
started to meet any Legal Defense cases, was not carried. The
Chairman's casting vote being against it.
8. Re-Revision of Rules:- The resolution passed by the Committee of May
12th, 1923, "That any lady candidate for membership whose husband is
not a member shall in future pay £1-1-0 a year instead of 10/6"
was confirmed.
The resolution proposed by Mr. à Court in writing that Rule 17
Paragraph 1: should read:- "The Annual subscription for ladies shall be
one guinea, but ladies elected prior to the 1st of June 1921 shall
continue to pay half a guinea, & no entrance fee shall be payable
by any lady." was seconded by Capt. Vallange and agreed to.
9. The Meeting confirmed the appointment of Miss Noble as Hon.
Treasurer, and Mr Shrapnell-Smith as Hon. Auditor.
10. The Chairman then left the Chair and his re-election was proposed
by Capt. Secretan & seconded by Col. Waithman and carried
unanimously.
11. The re-election of the Committee on Bloc was proposed by Col.
Waithman and carried.
12. The Meeting passed a hearty vote of thanks to Major Portal for his
work during the passed year & for presiding at the meeting to-day.
[E.R.Portal, Chairman]
[May 16th, 1925]
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