[<<] [>>] by John Reddish
27th February (CqE Official News)

Notice of the First Annual General Meeting of Croquet England CIO

In accordance with Clause 11(1) of the Constitution of the CIO the First Annual General Meeting of Croquet England will be held via Zoom at 10 a.m. on Saturday 16 March 2024.

The Constitution provides that the first AGM must be held within 18 months of the registration of the CIO. That registration took place on 22 March 2023. The Board of Trustees has resolved that this AGM should be arranged so as not to take place during the playing season and that a further General Meeting should be called in October 2024 so that the pattern of Annual General Meetings established for the Croquet Association may be continued for its successor.

Those subscribers who applied for voting membership of the CIO pursuit to Clause 9(1)(a) of the Constitution and declared their acceptance of the duty of members set out in Clause 9(3) of the Constitution on or before the date of this Notice are invited to attend the meeting and to vote on the resolutions set out in the Agenda attached to this Notice.

The resolutions put to the vote of this meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is duly demanded.

Agenda for the Annual General Meeting

1. Welcome to the meeting and the declaration, pursuant to the Election Rules, by the Secretary of the CIO (John Reddish) of the election of Patricia Duke-Cox as President of the CIO.

2. Opening remarks by the President as the Chair of the Meeting.

3. Resolution (proposed by the charity trustees) that, having regard to the facts that the CIO did not commence activity until 1 January 2024 and that this meeting is being held earlier in the year than will become normal, receipt of the annual statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 should be deferred to a further Annual General Meeting to be held in October 2024.

4. Receipt of the charity trustees' annual report to be delivered by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (Samir Patel). Details of this report

5. Receipt of a report by the Chief Executive of the CIO (Beatrice McGlen). Details of this report

6. Receipt of a report by the Treasurer of the CIO (Robert Fulford). Details of this report

7. Receipt of a report by the Secretary of the CIO (John Reddish). Details of this report

8. Resolution that the following candidates (all of whom are Vice-Presidents of the Croquet Association) who have been nominated by the charity trustees, be elected as Vice-Presidents of Croquet England:

Roger Bray; Andrew Hope; Colin Irwin; Jonathan Isaacs; Stephen Mulliner; Ian Vincent

9. Resolution that the following candidates (all of whom are Life Members of the Croquet Association) who have been nominated by the charity trustees, be elected as Honorary Members for Life of Croquet England:

Tremaine Arkley; Nigel Betts; Peter Hallett; Colin Prichard; William Prichard; Derek Watson

10. Any other business

11. President's closing remarks.