The Annual General Meeting was held on 16th June 2001at the Master Mariners' Club, SOUTHAMPTON.

Minutes of the AGM

 The meeting was attended by the following members:-

K Behdoost, R Burnet, R Caine, I Craik, B Hoare, J Lloyd, A Ewart-James, J Marshall, K Rashid, P Roberts, J.Robinson, P Stead, P Taylor.

Apologies for absence were received from FC Allwood, (1942), GB Angas (1969), DGF Barrow (1948), RG Burnet (1959), PJ Clark (1948), GW Dunsford (1948), D Hacking (1948), RJ Harding (1961), PR Harstone(1951), RM Henshaw (1950), N Kalyvas (1946), G Kourakos (1958), ML Mitchell (1943), GS Panas (1946), PSH Pollet (1954), DC Randell (1958), PM Robson (1954), PM Saunders (1946), P Sullivan-Tailyour, R Dowdswell

Minutes from 6th May were read and agreed.

Matters arising - it was noted that the cost of supporting the prizes and the Cadets at the dinner totaled around £400.  It was agreed that this was a good way to utilize the Association finances and that we should continue to present  prizes as long as the finances permit.

Constitution was discussed late in the meeting. It was agreed that the last line of the first paragraph referring to the Chairman should be deleted. That the words 'with the exception of the Chairman' be deleted from the following paragraph.

Election, Officers and committee.

Chairman, following the resignation of George Angas the need to appoint a new Chairman was agreed. After some discussion it was agreed that the post of President and Chairman should not be combined while it was possible to identify members to fill both posts. Khan Rashid was proposed by John Lloyd and Seconded by Peter Stead. He was duly elected to the position of Chairman of Warsash Association.

President, It was proposed by Brian Hoare that Peter Roberts continue as President this was seconded by John Lloyd and the President was duly appointed.

Treasurer, Alan Ewart-James has kindly undertaken the role of Treasurer following the resignation of David Oxford.

Committee members, It was proposed by Alan Ewart-James and seconded by Peter Stead that George Kourakas be invited to join the committee.  The appointment of Kamal Behdoost to the committee was proposed by Brian Hoare and seconded by the President.   He was duly appointed to the committee.

Following the resignation of Captain Angas there was no Chairman's report to receive at the AGM but Captain Angas will be invited to make his report through the next edition of All Hands.

Financial report. The Association financial report was received and it was noted that despite the increase in expenditure on the dinner and on Cadet prizes the Association remains in a healthy financial state. Thanks were recorded to Mr. David Oxford for his services.

The financial statement is attached.

Secretary's report was received and is attached.

The Membership Secretary's report was received and is attached.

Branch reports were received and are attached.

The future of the Association was discussed at some length and with considerable enthusiasm by those present. The members were encouraged to invite personal contacts with links to Warsash to join the Association.

It was agreed that a WWW site would be potentially interesting to members and it was agreed that Alan Ewart-James would cost this proposal for approval by the Executive Committee.

Any other business included discussions on how to increase the profile of the Association. Ian Craik agreed to identify how much it would cost to report the Association dinner in the "Daily Telegraph" court pages. Brian Hoare agreed to report on the Annual dinner. It was agreed that articles in the NUMAST "Telegraph" and the "Seaways" magazine would be of potential benefit in raising the profile of the Association.

It was noted that the Annual dinner was to be covered by the "Southern Daily Echo".

It was agreed that posting membership details within All Hands would encourage contact and discussion amongst members and it was agreed this issue would be addressed in the next edition of All Hands. It is intended that membership details be circulated with the December edition of the magazine.

It was agreed that John Lloyd would track down the 'Moyana award' and report in All Hands.
The Moyana Award

John Lloyd

STOP PRESS!!

Your Secretary was tasked with reporting on the current location of the "Moyana" award and he is pleased to report that the presentation is within a secure cabinet on display in the Riverside room of the Moyana suite at Warsash Maritime Centre.

Perhaps members with detailed recollections of the award and its history would like to write to the Secretary so we can compose an article for All Hands.

John Lloyd