SOUTHAMPTON MEDICAL SOCIETY
President Dr Margaret Keightley BSc FRCGP
The AGM of the Society was held on Wednesday 5th April 2017 at the
Royal Southampton Yacht Club.
The President welcomed members to the AGM [which followed a talk previously reported].
1. Apologies were received from Drs Jill Glasspool and John Glasspool, Henry Goodall, Richard Godfrey, Alan Johnson, Brian Milne, David Rands, Mike Sedgwick, Derek Sapsford and Terry Wood.
2. The minutes of the last AGM were approved.
Proposed by Dr John Dracass
seconded by
Dr Phillip Carter
3. Matters arising
a. Membership fees: The membership fee was confirmed at £40
b. Bankers Orders were discussed and the advantages of automatic increases in subscriptions explained but no vote was taken on the matter
c. Gift Aid forms and a proposal to open a Cafbank account: Dr Alex Freeman proposed opening a Cafbank account. She said that there were considerable advantages. One was that administering Gift Aid is done by the bank and another is that subscriptions are more easily managed. She said that every little helps if administering these aspects can be devolved to the bank. She said the cost would be, at present, £5 a month.
4. Venue for next year and planned talks: The meeting agreed that they would like to continue meeting at the RSYC. Dr Frank Akerman outlined the proposed programme for the next season.
5. Chairman of the Trustees of the Society, Dr Richard Buckle: He reported that it had been a good year for stock markets and the investments administered by Investec have done well. The value ha increased by £6470 compared with £3500 last year.
6. Election of Auditor: The treasurer proposed that we continued with Stone Osmond. Proposed by Dr Nancy Shepherd and seconded by Dr Alex Freeman and carried unanimously.
7. Election of Officers: The following were elected:
Hon. Treasurer: Dr David Rowen [Dr Nancy Shepherd is standing down
Hon. Secretary: Dr Alister Hutchin
Proposed by Dr Alex Freeman, seconded by Dr John Dracass and carried unanimously.
The post of Vice President was vacant
8. Election of the committee: The following were elected:
Dr Frank Akerman
Dr John Dracass
Dr Alexandra Freeman
Dr Margaret Keightley
Mr Brian Milne
Dr Martin Radford
Dr David Rowen
Dr Derrick Sapsford
Proposed by Dr Phillip Carter Seconded by Dr David Rowen and carried unanimously.
9. AOB:
a. The President thanked Dr Nancy Shepherd for all the work she had performed for the Society. She had taken over at a difficult time when HSBC was putting pressure on the Society to remove its assets which involved a lot of work for her. The meeting concurred.
b. The Yacht club had announced that there would be an increase in the cost of dining next season of £2.50
c. The President reported that Mr Iain Chisholm, the Vice president, had unavoidably been unable to attend the meeting and would be inaugurated as President at the October meeting.
There being no other business the meeting was closed at 10.05pm.