Lanarkshire Branch
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Updated 9th September, 2008
RPOAS LANARKSHIRE BRANCH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008
The above meeting will take place within the Hamilton Caledonian Bowling Club, Motherwell Road, Hamilton at 1900 hours on Thursday the 9th of October,2008. Below for your Information are.(a) Agenda,(b)Diary,© Annual Report,(d) Minutes of last meeting. Those members who are online can now access the Annual report and Minutes of the last AGM. These will not be mailed to them.
Committee members will be present from 6.30pm to uplift subscriptions, however In order to prevent any delay on the evening, members can pay by sending a cheque for £7. 50p made out to the RPOAS to the Secretary at the above address along with their membership card.. Please enclose a stamped address envelope.
The Annual Dance/Social evening will also be held at the Hamilton Caledonian Bowling Club on Friday the 14th of November 2008 commencing at 1900 hours.
The cost for the Dance/Social evening is £3.50p per person.. Donations for the dance and raffle prizes are welcomed.
Those wishing to attend are asked to complete the attached slip, and forward same to the Secretary with the number of people attending at the latest 1 week before the dance. Tickets will be available at the AGM
Peter Chalmers
Secretary/Treasurer
ANNUAL REPORT 2008
Fellow members, I present this years Annual Report for your consideration and approval. To those of you who may not have enjoyed the best of health or suffered the loss of a loved one during the past year we offer our continuing comfort and support.
MEMBERSHIP
During the past year we have recruited a total of 43 new members :-
Alistair Lumsden, John Reynolds David Morrison, Letitia Donaldson, Christopher Keegan,
Douglas Wark, Robert Main, Sandra Kinnon, Thomas Buchan, Colin McMurdo, John Clark, David McIver, Andrew Kerr, Keith Carruthers, Gerald McDonald, Andrew Brown, James McNaughton, Colin Pearson, Robert Innes, Stuart Paton, Frank Stewart, Alexander Lachlan, Derek Dillon, Wilson Butler, Jeffrey Livsey, Alexander Brown, Ian Murray, John Tait, Randall Bear, James Blair, James Rhind, David Johnston, Gillian Grant, David Pearson, Ian Balmer, James Findlay, Alan Dodd, John Milligan, William Bennie, Ian White, Alfred Jones
David Pearson, James Gordon.,
We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members and trust that they will enjoy a long
and healthy retirement and be able to participate fully in the Association.
Our paid up membership now totals 248 with another 20 who have lapsed. If you are aware of anyone who has lapsed please encourage them to return to the Association.
This year we have had no deaths in our membership, however the following non members have died, William Park, Daniel Waldie, Jack McGhee, and William Taylor.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
The Annual Conference was hosted by the Glasgow Branch at the Crown Plaza Hotel, in Glasgow when the new constitution was approved, copies of which can be obtained at our
AGM on the 9th October 2008.Those members who are now on line can access the Annual
Report and the minutes of the last AGM on the association web site www.rpoas.org.uk
These reports will not be mailed to them.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Both the Dance and the Annual Dinner were a success and our thanks go to the Caterers and
John McKelvie and Deny’s Docherty for their support.
CONCLUSION
Once again our thanks go to the Committee of the Hamilton Caledonian Bowling Club for
The use of their premises.
We look forward to a good attendance at our AGM and trust that this report and our efforts
over the past year meet with your approval.
IAN HOSIE
PETER CHALMERS
President Secretary/Treasurer
MINUTES OF THE 60TH AGM
HELD AT THE HAMILTON CALEDONIAN BOWLING CLUB.HAMILTON
ON 17TH OCTOBER 2007.
IAN HOSIE PRESIDED
1:- OPENING OF MEETING
The President Ian Hosie opened the meeting and welcomed those present ,in particular the invited guests, Mr John Neilson ACC and Ann Robertson, police fund liaison officer, Samuel Mackie, Honorary President RPOAS.
2:- SEDERUNT
56 Members were present at the meeting and apologies were received from the following members. Willie Jack, John and Celia Lowe, Jim Dyer, Mae Russell,
Hugh Pillans, and John Fleming. The Secretary received a further 75 Apologies.
3:- MINUTES SILENCE
One minutes silence was observed for members who had died during the past year.
4:- ADDRESS BY GUESTS
ACC Neilson gave an update on the new developments and changes within the Force
Including details of the new Chief Constable, new shift system, police budgets Divisional Boundary Changes and Electronic notebooks, and that all police vehicles will be fitted with video camera’s, also that the force had remote control planes with
Camera’s to aid the search of large area’s for missing persons.
Ann Robertson who is a retired police officer explained the functions and remit of The Fund Liaison Service. The role of the fund liaison officer is to provide financial backing and support to all serving and retired police officers, their families and dependants right across the force at times of personal difficulty and financial Hardship. Ann Robertson also informed those present of the availability of the Police Convalescent treatment Centres at Auchterarder and Harrogate, and that any contact with the Fund Liaison officers are confidential and that they can be contacted at The Occupational Health Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA.
The President thanked the guests for their attendance and input.
5:- MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
The minutes of the last meeting were accepted by those present.
6:- BUSINESS ARISING
There was no business arising.
7:- PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL REPORT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The President outlined details of the annual report, a copy of which was distributed to those present. He paid tribute to the sterling work carried out by Hugh Ferry over a
number of years. He also thanked Peter Chalmers for his efforts in carrying out the role of Acting Secretary during a difficult time. He also said that all the records were
now computerised. The President also stated that the Annual Dinner had been well
supported and proved to be a great success, he urged members to support the Annual
Dance/ Social evening as the numbers attending had been a disappointment. Sam Mackie explained the Financial Statement in detail, a copy of which was distributed to those present.
Jim McLeary reported on behalf of the examiners that along with Tom Faichen he had carried out an examination of the Accounts and found them to be in order.
8:- SUBSCRIPTION FEES
No proposal was made for any change to the current fee of £7.50p which will
continue.
9:- SECRETARY/ EXPENSES
The President highlighted the work carried out by Peter Chalmers and the extra equipment purchased and he proposed an increase from £250 to £300. This proposal was seconded by George Wilson. No other proposals were made, therefore the
Secretary expenses will be increased from £250 to £300.
10 ELECTION OF COMMITTEE
The following were duly elected.
President - Ian Hosie
Vice President - Evan Mackay
Secretary/Treasurer - Peter Chalmers
Committee - Tom Marshall, Tom Cairns, Bob House , William Armstrong, Charles McArthur and Christopher Keegan.
Sam Mackie informed those present that the National Executive were discussing
The titles of all branches within the Strathclyde area. It may transpire that the branches would require to change it’s title from RPOAS Lanarkshire Branch to that
of RPOAS Strathclyde Branch, Lanarkshire. There would be no obvious changes to the way the branch was run, Sam Mackie proposed that the Committee monitor and act on any development of this nature and to progress any change in the Constitution.
This was seconded by Thomas Marshall.
11:- ACOB
A proposal to donate £100 to the Family section was proposed by Sam Mackie and
seconded by Duncan McKendrick. This was accepted by the members. Sam also
highlighted that the previous years donation had not been paid to the family
Section prior to the publishing of the financial statement but would appear in next years statement.
12:- VOTE OF THANKS
Bob House thanked those present for their attendance and paid tribute to the work
carried out by Ian Hosie and Peter Chalmers in conducting the AGM and progressing the Branch forward throughout the year. The members recorded their appreciation in
the usual manner.
13:- CLOSE OF MEETING
There being no further business the President formerly closed the meeting.
Committee 2006/2007
PRESIDENT Ian Hosie
VICE PRESIDENT Evan McKay
SEC/TREASURER Peter Chalmers
MEMBERS
Tom Marshall
Tom Cairns
Bob House
Charles McArthur
Willie Armstrong