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Third Annual General Meeting
The third Annual General Meeting of Members was held at
the G.W.Hotel,
Reading on Saturday, 20th April, 1907.
The attendance included Messrs Portal (Chairman) à Court,
Alston, Baxendale, Bourke, De la Salle, Paterson, Ouvry, Hopkins
Walters, Joy, Secretan, Hawkins, Hanbury, Waldron, Jessop, Coath,
S.Harrison, R.Harrison, Potter, Dodd (Hon.Sol?) Shrapnell Smith
(Hon.Treas.) and Waring (Hon.Sec.)
1. The notice convening the Meeting was read by the Hon.Sec. Notice
appended.
2. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 19th May, 1906,
were read, approved and signed.
3. Letters of apology, including one from the President, for inability
to attend were read.
4. It was agreed that the Report and Accounts as circulated to Members
should be taken as read. Their adoption moved by the Chairman, seconded
by Mr De la Salle, was carried unanimously. Copy of Report attached
opposite.
5. At the request of the Chairman, the Hon.Sec. read the nominations
that had been received for election to the Committee, and the number
not being in excess of the number of vacancies, the Chairman formally
declared that Mr Dodd, Mr R.Harrison and Dr Joy were duly elected
Members of the Committee.
6. Consideration of motions, of which notice had been given in
accordance with Rule 25.
(a) Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by dr Hopkins Walters, and
carried unanimously:-
"That ladies be admitted
members of the Club."
(b) Proposed by Dr.Hopkins Walters, seconded by Mr S.Harrison:-
That consequent ot the assing of the previous motion, to
alter Rule 18,
as follows:- After the words "The Annual Subscription" to insert "for
Gentlemen," and after the sentence ending with the words "one given,"
to insert a new sentence reading "The Annual Subscription for ladies
shall be half that for gentlemen, except in the case of ladies who
belong to the family of a gentleman member, i.e. any lady who is the
wife, daughter, or sister of such member, when the Annual Subscription
shall be only one quarter that for a gentleman, and no entrance fee
shall be payable by any lady."
An amendment was moved by Mr. Shrapnell Smith and
seconded by Major
Hanbury that the words "only one quarter that for a gentleman" should
read "half a guinea".
This amendment was accpeted, and the resolution altered
accordingly,
was carried unanimously.
(c) Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Dr.Paterson, and carried
unaninmously.
To add to Rule 18. - "Any member who notifies the
Hon.Sec. in writing
of his intention of being abroad, and who shall be absent from the
United Kingdom for at least nine months in any year, shall only be
liable to pay a nominal Subscription of five shillings".
(d) Proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Capt.Waring and carried
unanimously:-
to alter the words "Automobile Club of Great Britain and
Ireland",
"A.C.G.B.&I." and "Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland"
wherever occurring throughout the Rules to "Royal Automobile Club", and
"Motor Union" respectively.
It was then moved by Mr.à Court, and seconded by Mr.R.Harrison:-
(a) That it is deisreable to hold a Closed Handicap Hill Climbing
competition during the present summer.
In supporting his motion, Mr à Court expressed
the view that the
Club had too much money, and that therefore more of it should be spent.
Mr Baxendale, Dr.Secretan, Major Hanury, Mr Dodd, Dr. Walters and
Captain waring also spoke to the motion, which was then put to the
Meeting and carried unanimously.
(b) It was unanimously agreed "that a Committee be appointed to settle
details of the competition that entries be invited before the event,
and that entrance fees be charged and prizes given by the Club."
(c) It was unanimously agreed that a Gymkhana be held under Club
Management, and that prizes be given by the Club, but that no entrance
fees be charged. It was aslo suggested that a Motor Union medal might
be offered at this Gymkahana.
(d) Mr à Court then intimated that he would not
move the
remaining motion standing in his name on the objection of the reduction
of the annual subscription. The Chairman agreed that the subject having
been put down on the Agenda paper, discussion was permissible, and Mr
Baxendale spoke very strongly against any reduction, holding that it
was very much to the advantage of the Club to be in a sound financial
position with a good accumulation of funds, and that very few people
really had any objection to the present subscription. Mr Hawkins, Mr
Shrapnell Smith and Dr.Walters also spoke against any reduction, while
Major Hanbury spoke in favor of one.
The general feeling of the Meeting was clearly much in favor of leaving
the subscription as it was, but no motion was made.
7. It was unanimously agreed, the details of the case being submitted
impersonally, that the Club should vote £10 to to a member for an
in gratia payment to a farmer whose horse had been killed under
circumstances which had been explained. After the Motion had been
carried, the Chairman intimated that he was the member involved, and
that he would add a like amount himself. He thanked the Club for its
help.
8. It was agreed that a sum not exceeding £100 shoudl be spent by
the Committe in connection with the forthcoming tar spraying tests of
the Roads Improvements Association, if the gravel portion of the trials
were arranged to be held in the neighbourhood of Ascot, and it was
agreed that the arrangements for the luncheon, and other facilites in
connection with the tests, shoudl be left to the Club Committee, this
motion being unanimously adopted on the motion of Mr.Coath, seconded b
y Mr.Hawkins.
9. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings.
[E.R.Portal]
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