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Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the UUU
(Union of UK Unicyclists)
held at the British Unicycling Convention
on Saturday 26 April 2003
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1. Review of minutes of AGM 2002.
The minutes were summarised.
2. Progress reports:
Number of members and bank balance:
Up to the AGM there were 144 members,
approximately 25% were postal members.
The bank balance stood at approximately £456,
although a large bill for the printing of
stickers had yet to be paid.
UUU levels testing:
Skill level testing has started. Three tester
assessors have been appointed (Sarah Miller,
Jon Marshall, Roger Davies). They have the
ability to train skill level testers.
Currently 7 or 8 testers have been approved.
Certificates have been produced by Sarah
Miller. She asked if the UUU should pay for
printing of certificates or if we should make a
charge for the test? The feeling was that the
UUU should subsidise them.
Steve Grainger offered to pay for printing the
certificates if the UUU pay for the postage.
It was suggested that we record the UUU skill
level awarded to members on the web database.
Membership database:
Richard Loxley explained the membership web
database he has written. This is a private web
page for committee members who can log on and
view, add, and edit member data. It also
tracks the amount of money in the society bank
account and any petty cash held by committee
members.
3. Any additional items to report from committee
members:
Chairperson (Sarah Miller):
Sarah has been unable to obtain information
about Sports England accreditation. They were
initially evasive, being unable to find an
appropriate person to deal with the enquiry and
Sarah subsequently had too little time to chase
them up.
Sarah looked into grants under the Awards for
All scheme. We are not eligible as grants are
only awarded to local groups.
Claire Gibbs asked about individuals/local
groups obtaining funding and could we get any
information about applying from people who had
succeeded in obtaining funding? If so we could
put it on the website.
Secretary (Richard Loxley):
Richard explained that with the new web
membership database the role of Secretary (and
to some extents Treasurer) is much easier.
However there is still much more that can be
done with the web database, including better
distribution of information to members, and
automatic emailing facilities.
He proposed a new role on the committee of
‘Communications Officer’ or ‘Webmaster’ to take
on this development. Alternatively this role
could be combined with the existing roles of
Secretary or Newsletter Editor.
Treasurer (Paul Gibbs):
Paul commented about our use of club funds,
particularly with respect to giving bursaries
to people to attend events (e.g. Unicon).
It was pointed out that we have to be careful
what we do, as legally we hold the money on
behalf of all members, and giving benefits to a
subset of members who have to be with the
approval of all members.
Newsletter editor (Claire Gibbs):
Newsletters have been running a little late,
but there is an issue almost ready to be
published.
IUF representative (Jon Marshall):
Jon contacted the IUF regarding his position as
UK country representative. But at this meeting
he stood for and was elected a board member of
the IUF. As a Director of the IUF he cannot
hold another IUF position, so he must resign as
UK country rep.
As a Director of the IUF he is helping to
create the country representative positions.
4. Election of new committee members
The idea of the new Webmaster role was brought up.
It was decided to hold other elections first to see
if it would be necessary for the new Secretary or
Newsletter Editor to take on the extra
responsibility. If not, then there would be an
election for the new role.
All voting was by single transferable vote by a show
of hands.
IUF representative:
Mark Wiggins, nominated Alan Chambers, seconded Stuart Albrighton
Joe Rowing, nominated Sarah Miller, seconded Jon Marshall
Steve Grainger, nominated Paul Gibbs, seconded Richard Loxley
Joe Rowing won by a straight majority.
Treasurer:
Steve Grainger, nominated Paul Selwood, seconded Stuart Albrighton
Paul Gibbs, nominated Sarah Miller, seconded Claire Gibbs
Paul Gibbs won by a majority.
Chairperson:
Mark Wiggins, nominated Paul Selwood, seconded Richard Loxley
Steve Grainger, nominated Mark Wiggins, seconded Paul Gibbs
Alan Chambers, nominated Sarah Miller, seconded Joe Rowing
Mark and Steve made it to the second round of
voting where Mark Wiggins won by a majority.
Secretary:
Steve Grainger, nominated Sarah Miller, seconded Claire Gibbs
No opposition, Steve Grainger was elected unanimously.
Webmaster:
Richard Loxley, nominated Paul Gibbs, seconded Joe Rowing
No opposition, Richard Loxley was elected unanimously.
Newsletter editor:
Alan Chambers, nominated Mark Wiggins, seconded Joe Rowing
Sarah Miller, nominated Jon Marshall, seconded Steve Grainger
Sarah Miller won by a majority.
5. Any other business
Alan Chambers - BUC profit:
Alan proposed that the UUU administer the
profit from this year’s British Unicycling
Convention (BUC) to be passed on to the
organisers of the next BUC.
This was passed with no opposition and one
abstention.
Joe Rowing - Muni:
Joe has been looking into insurance for
Mountain Unicycling. He has contacted the
International Mountain Biking Association
(IMBA) which provides insurance for mountain
bikers. They are looking into whether they can
change the wording of their insurance policy to
cover unicyclists. There might also be a
possibility of third party insurance for any
UUU events.
Joe offered to help with any off-road queries
members might have.
Simon Rolph has been looking at setting up a
rating system for recording the difficulty of
various off-road routes.
Claire Gibbs - Bursaries:
Claire asked the committee to look into whether
the UUU can/should provide bursaries to
members.
6. Arrange date of next meeting
As last year:
The next AGM will be held at the British Unicycling
Convention in 2004. If there is no BUC in 2004 then
another unicycling or juggling event will be picked
to host the AGM. This will be announced at the time
of the British Juggling Convention in 2004.
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