Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the B.M.F.A. North West Area held
on 12 December 2006 at the Millstone, Golbourne.
Persons Present
Chris Bromley FSMAE Area Chairman
Mike Colling FSMAE Vice Chairman
Roy Allam Achievement Scheme Coordinator/FCMFA
Derek Gilbert Secretary & Treasurer / Sale MFC
Steve Ogden Delegate / PMAG
David Lloyd-Jones Area PRO / CCMAA
Sue Reeves Area Education Co-ordinator / PMAG
Keith Barker Area Web Master / Rochdale MAC
Joe Flynn Area Free Flight Sec
Gerry Ferer Auditor/Timperley MF
Jim Radcliffe Auditor/Timperley DMFC
Peter Beese Smithy MFC
Mike Beese Sharston MAC
Alan Cantwell Oldham DMAC
Neville Toft BATS
S Headland Rochdale MAC
Rick Stokes Phoenix MAC
Syd Lawton Macclesfield MFC
John O'Donnell Timperley MF
Mike Eccles Southport MAC
Tom Anyon Fylde Coast MFA
Andy Ellison Tyldsley MFC
16 voting
The meeting commenced at 20. 03
Apologies for Absence
Richard Budd, Ray Jones, Bill Cowell and Chas Gardner.
Minutes of the previous meeting
Fylde Coast proposed and Southport seconded that the minutes of the Annual General
Meeting for 2006 are approved. The meeting approved the minutes F: 15, A: 0,
Abst: 1
Matters Arising
None
Officer's Reports
Chris Bromley FSMAE, Area Chairman, reported that it had been a busy year both
for himself and the area. He also thanked all the committee members for their
support during the year and all those who assisted with the fly-ins and the
Eddie Riding competition.
Mike Colling FSMAE, Area Vice Chairman had enjoyed assisting with the Eddie
Riding event and wished to thank David Lloyd-Jones for stepping in at the last
minute to organise that competition.
Derek Gilbert reported that his year as Secretary had been quite uneventful.
As Treasurer he reviewed the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2006 which
show a surplus of £672 from the BMFA grant of £2,255 and include
a profit on sale of goods £218. It is anticipated that costs will be higher
next year.
Steve Ogden, Area Delegate, reported that he had attended all the Council meetings
during the past year on behalf of the area, manned the stand at several locations
in the area and that the area fly in went very well.
David Lloyd-Jones, Area PRO, reported that the Eddie Riding competition went
well with good weather again this year. A new class was proposed for next year
to include Eddie Riding designed models. The weather was kind this year at Shawbury
and was also a successful event.
Sue Reeves, Area Education Coordinator, reported she had little involvement
during the year. Was still waiting for the results of the flight challenge and
had no details of planning for next year. Sue was aware of two teams - Clitheroe
and Garstang out of 18 teams who had shown interest in the area. There followed
a discussion why schools are reluctant to travel these days and whether area
semi finals or postal rounds would create more interest in the final event.
It was noted that over 12,000 kits had now been sold, mainly to schools.
Keith Barker, Area Webmaster, said he was happy to continue to run the web site
for another year and the Rochdale indoor meetings had been well supported.
Joe Flyn, Area Free Flight Secretary, noted that the search for a replacement
flying site goes on with little success with Rufforth becoming less suitable
each year. Competitions have been well supported and several area flyers have
had success in National events. There followed a discussion regarding the control
over area trophies and who held them. Steve Ogden noted that one Top Gun trophy
had been lost and David Lloyd-Jones agreed to ask Ryan Lever if we could use
the Powermax Trophy for the new Eddie Riding class.
Roy Allam, Area Achievement Scheme Co-ordinator, noted that the number of club
examiners was growing and the Area Chief Examiners had found no difficulties
in fulfilling the requirements of the scheme, and in fact appeared not to be
overworked. Despite this he would consider appointment of further ACEs to cover
the south of the area and Cumbria.
Rochdale proposed and Southport seconded that the meeting accept the officer's
reports and the audited accounts. The meeting approved them with a unanimous
vote.
Area Chief Examiners Reports
Tom Anyon, Andy Ellison and David Lloyd-Jones reported to the meeting and Ray
Jones, Bill Cowell and Richard Budd, had their written reports read to the meeting
detailing their activities in the year.
In general they reported a quiet year. Andy Ellison noted support for the scheme
was very thin in silent flight and no interest shown in the C Certificate. Richard
Budd thanked the area for support for the heli test changes and noted that he
would support a DVD to cover the flying of the A and B tests. He also reported
no interest in the C certificate this year.
Oldham proposed, BATS seconded and the meeting voted unanimously to accept the
Area Chief Examiners' reports.
Election of Officers
The following retiring Officers were prepared to continue in office and as there
was no-one wishing to stand against them, they were all re-elected to hold office
until the 2008 AGM:
Proposed Seconded
Chairman: Chris Bromley FSMAE, Oldham Timperley
Treasurer: Derek Gilbert Oldham Macclesfield
PRO: David Lloyd-Jones Fylde Coast Smithy
Auditor: Jim Radcliffe CCMAA Macclesfield
Delegate: This position was contested by two people
Steve Ogden Oldham Southport
David Lloyd-Jones Sharston Fylde Coast The voting was Steve Ogden 5 votes and
David Lloyd-Jones 11 votes. Therefore David-Lloyd-Jones was elected to hold
office as Area Delegate until the 2008 AGM.
The meeting also elected:
Webmaster: Keith Barker Fylde Coast Oldham
Scale Comp Secretary: David Lloyd-Jones Southport Rochdale to hold office for
one year until the 2007 AGM.
Date of the 2007 AGM
The next AGM was decided to be held on Tuesday 11 December 2007. This was amended
at a later area meeting to 4 December 2007.
These minutes are provisional until approved at the next annual general meeting