Minutes of The 12th AGM
and Reunion
Königshof Hotel
Königslutter 28th May 2005
The meeting opened at
1100 hrs.
The chairman Jim
Husband introduced the committee and guests on the
platform, Arnulf Baumann and Horst Funke, then read
out the list of members who had died since the
inception of the reunion association.
Major General Peter
Baldwin gave the dedication and asked for a minute’s
silence, our Standard bearer Tom Neal attended the
memorial Standard. At this point the President
suggested that because of the overbearing heat the
members could remove blazers and ties to the relief of
the assembly.
The Secretary then
read the apologies of members whom for various reasons
where unable to attend the AGM.
The minutes of the 11thAGM
where distributed for members to read, the secretary
asked if there where any questions arising from the
2004 minutes, there where none, so the Secretary asked
for a proposal to accept, proposed by Ray Armstrong
and seconded by Pete Ellis.
Matters arising: The
Secretary thanked the membership for a great
attendance and introduced five members who had
traveled from far afield, two from the Bahamas one
from Canada one from Prague, and one from Spain
Ian Sterling brought
up the feelings of some of our members who thought
that it would be desirable for future reunions in
Germany to coincide with the Shutzenfest, although the
committee and most members agreed, it was not always
possible, as the dates of the festival varied widely
year by year, but we, the committee, would, in liaison
with Arnulf Baumann, try to persuade the Shutzengilde
to rationalize the date of the event to accommodate
us, but of course other factors would have to come
into their decision.
The Secretary then
introduced our President P. A. C. Baldwin, who brought
us up to date with the involvement of the Royal
Signals in today’s stretched environment.
The ex Burgermeister
Arnulf Baumann made a speech welcoming us to
Königslutter and thanking us for continuing our
involvement with his Town. Arnulf explained that to
obviate our disappointment of the Shutzenfest being
moved to the end of September this year the
Shutzengildmeister Rainer Stark had invited us to a
shoot at their club in Luttersprings and that the
current Burgermeister Oscar Lippelt had donated a
trophy to be awarded to the best shot.
Horst Funke an
honorary member from Königslutter gave a short speech
also welcoming us to his home town and made a
presentation of an engraved mug to the reunion
Secretary.
Secretary’s Report:
The secretary gave details of membership (now 424) and
then introduced the treasurer Gerry Kane.
Treasurer's Report:
The treasurer gave details of our finances and a
report is in the hands of the committee, he also gave
details of the running costs and of the reasonably
healthy state of our bank balance.
The acceptance of the
report proposed by Paul Fildes and seconded by Ian
Johnstone.
Election of officers
for the next year: The committee all agreed to serve
for the next 12 months and as no members put up for
election the committee where unanimously re- elected
for the coming term.
It was unanimously
agreed that the reunion for 2006 should be held at
Burleigh Court Loughborough and if possible the last
weekend in May.
The Meeting closed at
1220 hrs.