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T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 9 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Old Stationers’ Association – Stationers' Hall, Friday 28th March 2014 Present: David Sheath (President) in the chair Tony Hemmings (Hon. Secretary) Michael Hasler (Hon. Treasurer) together with 8 other Officers, Committee members and 42 ordinary members. The meeting was called to order at 6.00pm 1. Confirmation of Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 22nd March 2013 The minutes of the AGM held at Stationers' Hall on Friday 22nd March 2013 were unanimously adopted as a true record on a vote taken on the proposal of Roger Melling, seconded by Chris Langford. 2. President’s Address See attached report. 3. Honorary Treasurer’s Report See attached report. Auditor Roger Engledow advised the Meeting that, due to time constraints, he had still to conclude his audit of the Accounts. It was proposed by Michael Facey, seconded by Peter Sandell and unanimously agreed that, subject to the Committee being assured that the Accounts as presented have been ratified by both Honorary Auditors, the report and accounts for the year ended 31st December 2013 be approved. 4. Election of Officers and Committee The Chairman invited nominations for the Association's Officers and Committee for 2014/2015. The following members were duly proposed, seconded and elected: Elected Proposer Seconder President Roger Melling David Sheath Tony Hemmings Vice-President Peter Sandell Roger Melling Geraint Pritchard Secretary Tony Hemmings David Turner Tim Westbrook Treasurer Michael Hasler Tony Moffat David Turner Membership Secretary Gordon Rose Tony Hemmings Michael Hasler Magazine Editor Geraint Pritchard David Sheath Andreas Christou Website Manager Michael Pinfield Nigel Wade Tony Hemmings Entertainments Secretary Post left vacant Archivist David Turner Michael Hasler Nigel Wade Ordinary Members Andreas Christou Tony Moffat Geraint Pritchard Michael Hasler Peter Sargent Tim Westbrook 5. Election of Honorary Auditors Chris Langford and Roger Engledow were unanimously elected Honorary Auditors on a vote taken on the proposal of Roger Melling, seconded by Peter Engledow. 6. Other business The Honorary Secretary drew attention to the decision of Peter Bonner and Nigel Wade to stand down as Committee members, Peter after 7 years including President in 2008-09, and Nigel after 4 years including President in 2011-12, and thanked them both for their valuable contribution, which was warmly supported by the members present. Peter Sargent asked about obtaining a copy of the Pupil Record Cards which have recently been incorporated into our Archives at Stationers' Hall. The Archivist replied that personal copies can be produced for members and a proposal by Cbris Langford that a fee of £5.00 should be charged was seconded by Mike Hasler and approved by the members. Peter Hames reminded members of the 'School Corner' on the 2nd floor, which contains portraits of former Headmasters of the School. The Honorary Secretary advised members that the AGM and Annual Dinner next year will be held at Stationers' Hall on Friday 27th March. There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 6.30pm. 42
T h e O l d S t a t i o n e r - N o 7 9 OLD STATIONERS’ ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Good evening, gentlemen, and thank you for your presence here tonight at our AGM. I hope we will not detain you for too long as I know that finer events await. Let me start with a brief historical introduction. Whenever I visit Stationers' Hall I never cease to marvel at the beauty of this building and be inspired by a sense of the history that seeps through this Hall. To think that this great building was burnt down in the Great Fire of London and rebuilt in 1673 at a cost of just £3,000. The wood panelling alone came to the princely sum of £300. The School, of course, came much later - first at Bolt Court in 1858 at a cost of £8,000 and then its relocation in 1893 to Mayfield Road, Homsey, at a cost of £14,000. The Stationers' Old Boy's Association, later to become the Old Stationers' Association, was founded in 1895 and I was proud and honoured to have been installed last March as its 90th President. I have had a marvellous year and have enjoyed participating in so many events and meeting so many of you. Though the School has been closed for more than 30 years - and most of us left many years before that closure - clearly, as our School Song says, we are proud to be Stationers and with hearts thus united no distance can sever. A number of you have travelled some way today to be present at our Annual Dinner, and I thank you for that. And for the many who live too far away, or are too infirm to travel, we keep them close to us through our wonderful magazine, and I pay particular tribute to editor Geraint Pritchard who has the arduous task of bringing it all together. I think that you will all agree that the latest 78th edition is just superb and a brilliant read. I didn't appreciate, until becoming Vice-President and then President, just how much work goes on behind the scenes to ensure the success of the wide variety of activities that our Association is involved in. In particular, I have been greatly impressed by the dedication and diligence of our Committee, who give so much of their time and effort to ensure that everything is running smoothly, and I would like to place on record my grateful thanks to them for the support they have given me in my presidential year of office. I would also like to thank and praise the significant contribution made by fellow Old Stationers who head up the various clubs and societies that make our Association so active and enjoyable. I particularly single out Alan Green, for his impressive organisation of the Luncheon Club; Peter Bonner, for the running of our very successful Golf Society; Vince Wallace and Ian Meyrick, for ensuring that our soccer traditions continue to thrive in the Stationers colours; Stuart Behn, for overseeing the exclusive and convivial Apostles' Club; Mike Pinfield, for his works with the School Lodge; and David Hudson, who organises the Bridge Society. I think a little round of applause would be merited for all those unpaid volunteers who represent us so well. Last December, at our Christmas Luncheon at the Hall, I asked for your help in finding storage for some important pupil record cards, dating back over many years, which Philip Trendall had managed to retrieve from the School before it was demolished. They contain details of every pupil's academic and sporting achievements and look like this (holding up sample). You will be pleased to hear that this problem has been resolved thanks to the Company finding us a suitable storage room in this building, which will accommodate all of our valuable archives, and my thanks to Archivist David Turner for overseeing this successful relocation. Now, just a brief word about the proposed new' Academy that I know the Master will make reference to in his address tonight, and which will probably incorporate the name Stationers when it finally opens. It is an existing school in the London Borough of Greenwich called Crown Woods, which was completely 43
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