Agenda 2024
THE LONDON VINTAGE TAXI ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Sunday October 13, 2024 11.00am – 1.00pm
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road, near Aylesbury
Should you wish for the Chair to cast a proxy vote on your behalf on any of the proposals below please advise directly ahead of the meeting. douggc@hotmail .co.uk
1. Welcome from the Chair.
2. Apologies for Absence.
3. Minutes of Previous Annual General Meeting October 15, 2023.
4. Matters arising from the Minutes. Proposal: That the Minutes of the AGM 2023 should be adopted as a true record.
Proposer: Seconder:
5. Officers Reports.
Chair – Doug Cheshire
Events Secretary – James Selby-Weatherley
Membership Secretary – Stephen Dimmock
North American Section Membership Secretary – John DeRoy
Treasurer & Adoption of Accounts – Chris Jenner
Website Editor – Mark Cooper
Regalia – Carrie Aucott
Archivist – Graham Waite
Vehicle Registrar – Carrie Aucott
Magazine Editor – Pimm Fox
Press Officer – Mark Cooper
Vice Chairman & North American Secretary to include contribution from new USA Editor – John Freeston / Dave Russo
European Section Representative – Carl Despriet
6. Election of Officers
Proposer and seconder required for vacant posts.
We welcome nominations and expressions of interest for the posts as specified below. Existing Officers in parenthesis.
Chair – (Doug Cheshire)
Deputy Chair – (Mark Cooper)
Events Secretary – (James Selby Weatherley)
Membership Secretary – (Stephen Dimmock)
North American Section Membership Secretary – (John DeRoy) See proposal Agenda item 7
Treasurer & Adoption of Accounts – (Chris Jenner)
Website Editor – Mark Cooper
Regalia Secretary – Vacancy
Archivist – (Graham Waite)
Magazine Editor –(Pimm Fox)
Press Officer – (Mark Cooper)
Vice Chairman & North American Secretary – (John Freeston)
North American Section Editor – (Dave Russo)
European Section Representative – (Carl Despriet)
Spares Co-Ordinator – (John Hodder / Dave Cooper)
FBHVC Rep – (Chris Jenner)
7. Management of the North American Section. Proposal: That the NAmSec as a separate entity should be dissolved and be administered by the UK based Committee. Both John Freeston and John De Roy will remain as advisers for our NAmSec members.
Proposer: John Freeston, Seconder: John de Roy
8. Membership Subscription Rates for 2024.
Proposer/Seconder
9. Presentation of the Fred Chapman Trophy Award
10. Date (and location) of the next AGM in 2025
You will note that this is a packed agenda. To save time at the meeting can officers please submit their reports via email to all Committee members by Sunday October 6 to allow time for them to be read prior to the meeting. This should eliminate formal reading of reports allowing attention to be focussed on any specific points needing further explanation.
Doug Cheshire, Chair LVTA