EGM 29th November

The 29th November saw an EGM to consider a couple of issues and proposed rule changes: we needed to make some changes to the club rules in light of the new Equality Act that became law as of 1st October, mainly to do with rules that limited the gender makeup of the General Committee. The rules that needed changing are listed here, and the new club rules as amended by the meeting are accessible via the 'members' tab on the main club website, or from this link. The rule changes were passed unanimously.

The other proposal was to move the subscription year from a January renewal to an April renewal. The General Committee felt that this would relieve the financial burden on members trying to find subscription money soon after Christmas and would potentially aid recruitment and retention of members. It would also move the subscription year to the point at which many people are actively looking forward to a summer on the course rather than having the hatches battened down in midwinter. It would require 2011 subscriptions to cover 15 months rather than 12, however, and a number of options for people to manage their subscription payments were proposed. Points were made both for and against the motion. In the event, the 'anti' arguments proved persuasive to many members in the room, and a split vote saw the proposal fail to reach the two-thirds majority required and so the subscription renewal point will remain as at present at 1st January.

Members are welcome to comment on either of these issues, either below as part of this blog, or using the usual feedback card mechanism.