Minutes of the Institute’s AGM 2009

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 16th May 2009 at The National Metalforming Centre, West Bromwich which commenced at 12.30 pm and was attended by 21 members.
A number of apologies were received

It was agreed that a proper notice convening the meeting had been circulated in April 2009.

The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at Peebles Hotel Hydro, Peebles, Scotland, on 10th May 2008 were taken as read and were signed by the President as a true record of the meeting. The members present approved the Annual Report of the General Council for the previous session 2008, along with the Annual Accounts for 2008. The report of the Technical Board was also approved.

The ICME Awards for 2009 were approved.

On a proposal by Mr Willie Howson, which was seconded by Mr Patrick Helly, Dr William Griffiths was elected President for the coming session 2009-2010.

On a proposal by Mr Peter Nix, which was seconded by EurIng Andrew Turner, Mr Patrick Helly was elected Senior Vice President for the coming session 2009-2010.

On a proposal by Mr Robert Brown, which was seconded by Mr Colin Steed, Mr Stephen Bell was elected Junior Vice President for the coming session 2009-2010.

On a proposal by Dr William Griffiths, which was seconded by Mr Patrick Helly, Mr David Fletcher was appointed Hon Treasurer for the coming session 2009-2010.

On a proposal by Dr William Griffiths, which was seconded by Mr Patrick Helly, Cox & Co. were elected Auditors for the Institute for the 2009-2010 session.

It was announced that the following person had been elected to serve on the General Council for a period of two years: Mr Ken Southwick. There were four vacancies.

On a proposal by Mr Willie Howson and seconded by Mr Patrick Helly, the ICME membership subscriptions fees were approved for 2010.

There being no further business, the meeting closed at 12.45 pm.