At our General Meeting last night 7 members were present. They were Simon Turner, Suzanne Jones, Anthony Loukes, Sophie Earl, Julian Sansom, Judy Sumner; and Jonathan Hornett, who was appointed as chair for this meeting. He introduced the following agenda items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Constitution<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Members went through to the proposed constitution discussing the following points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All members confirmed that all points in the constitution were what they had agreed. The constitution was proposed by Judy and seconded by Simon and we voted to formally adopt the proposed constitution. There was a unanimous vote in favour and we formally adopted this as our constitution. We are now officially a constituted group!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Committee and Officers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Members discussed how the committee will work, and then we nominated and elected a committee and officers. Each committee member was officially nominated by another member and then seconded by a different member; then were voted in by the majority of members present as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suzanne Jones – Committee Member, nominated by Jonathan, seconded by Simon, voted in unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jonathan Hornett \u2013 Secretary, nominated by Julian, seconded by Suzanne, voted in unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simon Turner \u2013 Treasurer, nominated by Judy, seconded by Julian, voted in unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Judy Sumner \u2013 Membership Secretary, nominated by Anthony, seconded by Simon, voted in unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie Earl-Martin \u2013 Media Secretary, nominated by Suzanne, seconded by Julian, voted in unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Julian Sansom \u2013 Business Secretary, nominated by Simon, seconded by Suzanne, voted in unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We now have an elected committee of 6 members!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bank Account<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We then needed to formally agree to set up a bank account and at which bank.\u00a0 This had been fully researched before the meeting by Jonathan Hornett and had been previously discussed with the above nominated officers.\u00a0 Jonathan Hornett has accounts at Natwest and proposed them as our bank, this was seconded by Simon. The committee and members present voted on this and unanimously decided to apply for a bank account at NatWest. It was also agreed that the officers that would have access to this bank account would be Jonathan and Simon, and that a minimum of two officers would have to approve payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Activities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our activities, including social media, were then discussed, and the following was shared at the meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n One Wellingborough Plus:<\/strong> Jonathan Hornett drew up an action plan for these activities and presented it with Judy Sumner to a One Wellingborough Plus meeting. This was shared with our meeting and discussed. The majority of the spending is at our community allotment, there has also been money allocated for leaflets and posters for the Swap Shop and Repair Caf\u00e9 Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Views, Summary and End of Meeting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Members shared their views on this meeting and were in agreement that it had been very productive. We have constituted the group, set up a committee and discussed our activities, including our involvement as part of the One Wellingborough plus project. The chair of the meeting, Jonathan, thanked everyone who attended, and agreed to write the minutes and announce that we have formally constituted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Constitution can be found on our website at wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/constitution\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Committee and Officers have a page at wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/committee\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At our General Meeting last night 7 members were present. They were Simon Turner, Suzanne Jones, Anthony Loukes, Sophie Earl, Julian Sansom, Judy Sumner; and Jonathan Hornett, who was appointed as chair for this meeting. 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We agreed at our last meeting to jointly manage One Wellingborough Plus\u2019s Community Resilience Actions, and to accept funding for our new projects. These will include our community allotment, plus swap shops, a repair club (to work alongside our Repair Cafes) and a volunteer time bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n