The meeting then went as follows:
A full spreadsheet of the accounts was distributed during the meeting and John as Treasurer reported on the finances which showed that the club after all expenditure had been accounted for had total assets of £556.96. Additional copies for those not present are available from John on request. John was thanked for his continued hard work in 2015 and the accounts agreed.
With no other nominations being received the committee was re-elected unopposed and is as follows:
Chairperson:Dave Turner
Secretary:
Malcolm Jennings
Treasurer: John Hammond
Route Planner:
Dave Turner
Assistant Sec:. Peter Durnal
Dates for the programme of walks in 2016 were agreed with another trip out in June this time to Liverpool. The details of each event in our 2016 programme will be available via the web site.
Dates for the programme of walks in 2016 are as follows:
| Thursday |
24th March |
Nottingham Princess Trent River Cruise |
| Thursday |
21st April |
Churnet Valley Geo Walk |
| Thursday |
19th May |
Mayfield |
| Saturday |
18th June |
Liverpool |
| Thursday |
14th July |
Hathersage |
| Wednesday |
3rd August |
Rudyard evening walk & Buffet
(Date TBC) |
| Thursday |
18th August |
TBA |
| Thursday |
15th Sept |
TBA |
| Thur - Sun |
6th - 9th October |
Norfolk |
| Friday |
16th December |
Christmas walk Sutton Hall |
Information for all the walks will be sent out prior to the date by e-mail and all walk details will be available via the web site when available.
Other items discussed include:
Due to the positive state of the finances it was agreed that Membership fees will reduce this year to £5 and we will look towards using some of the monies accrued to subsidise our Christmas event.
Invited guests will, as last year, be free, subject to a maximum of 3 outings, when they will be asked to join. We will continue to actively promote the benefits of our gatherings to new members.
Christmas Walk. Sutton Hall continues to be a firm favorite in the calendar
Membership for 2016:
For those who did not pay on the night of the AGM this is now due. Please make your cheques payable to STARS and send to the Treasurer at the following address.
STARS
c/o John Hammond
106 Ness Grove
CHEADLE
Stoke-on-Trent
ST10 1TE
CLOSING DATE FOR MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL 10th April 2016
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