Saturday 20 October 2012

November AGM 2012

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday 8 November 2012, 7 - 9 pm at the White Rock Hotel.

AGENDA (The sequence may be varied according to direction from the Chair, other items may be raised in appropriate sections or at the end)

1. Apologies for Absence. Minutes of 2011 AGM (if any).

2. Reports by Office-holders, including Secretary and Treasurer, on the year's events. Progress and problems.

3. Discussion on the present organisation of the group. Election of Officers. The current Secretary is standing down. The secretarial work can perhaps be split among members. Should the day of meeting be changed, e.g. to Wednesdays? Do the rules for the annual subscription need clarifying? Do we continue to Affiliate to the BHA or become Partners? Change of name, e.g. to Hastings and Bexhill Humanists?

4. Programme for 2013. Appointment of a Programme Secretary. Offers of talks received. Ideas for subjects to discuss or speakers to invite. Social events? Debates? Joint meetings?

5. Campaigns to support, either individually or as a group. For example: BHA campaign against faith schools. Libel reform campaign. One law for all (against Sharia). Monitoring East Sussex SACRE. Hastings foodbank.

6. Any Other Business.