Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting on 9 March 2008

The National Stoolball Association (NSA) held an Extraordinary General Meeting at Wivelsfield Village Hall at 11am, Sunday 9 March 2008 to discuss a proposed change to its constitution.

Present

NSA officers:

• Shirley Reed (President)
• John Price (Chairman)
• Kevin Hilliard (Vice-Chairman)
• Kay Price (Honorary. Secretary)
• Peter Cheesman (Honorary Treasurer)
• Michael Ledwich (Insurance and Rules Co-ordination)
• Rick Mason (Website Administrator)
• Barbara Fitzpatrick (Marketing and Publicity)
• John Fitzpatrick (Umpires Officer)

Leagues, associations and clubs represented:

• Chanctonbury Stoolball League: Vic Laker
• Mid Sussex Stoolball League/Lewes Mixed Stoolball League: Rick Mason
• Surrey Ladies Stoolball Association (SLSA): Gwyn Griffith and Michael Ledwich
• Sussex County Stoolball Association (SCSA): Kay Price
• Mid Division (SCSA): Daphne Hunt, Joy Mans and Pauline Hurley
• West Division (SCSA): Kevin Hilliard, Daphne West and Rosemary Newland
• North Division (SCSA): Mr and Mrs Keith Younger, Marion Campbell and Barbara Fitzpatrick
• Sussex County Umpires Association: John Fitzpatrick, Fred Newland, Andy Jones, Trevor Parsons and Simon Cottingham
• Wessex Friendly Group: Shirley Reed
• West Kent Ladies Stoolball League (WKLSL): Edward Keates

Apologies for absence:

• Toni Wheatley (NSA – East Sussex Friendly Teams Co-ordinator)
• Mike Hearn (East Division, SCSA)
• Sally Morris (Hailsham Mixed Stoolball League)
• Sybil Voller (North Division, SCSA)
• Kaye Turner and Pat Wyatt (Coastal Stoolball League)
• Cindy Cavie (Eastbourne Red Triangle Mixed League)

Chairman’s welcome and introduction to the revised constitution

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Extraordinary General Meeting of the National Stoolball Association which was being held to approve the new constitution which would replace the document approved in 2004. The revised document had previously been circulated to all the officers of the association, Vice-Presidents and to the affiliated and associate members. In opening the meeting the Chairman explained that the entry of the NSA into the BingoLotto scheme promoted by ISG in conjunction with the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) meant that the NSA had to be established as a non-profit-making organisation. This had been approved by members at the Annual General Meeting in November 2007 and was now written into the constitution.

In addition to this, the NSA had set up a working party to look at the existing document and this resulted in some small housekeeping changes to the constitution, ie the NSA can now co-opt additional officers to undertake the increase in workload as it arises. It was also necessary to make changes to the child protection and equity statements to recognise legislative changes.

At the request of the meeting, the Secretary quickly went through each item of the new constitution and expanded on the reasons for the amendments. There were no requests for further elaboration and accordingly a vote was taken and the 2008 constitution was unanimously approved (17 votes to nil) by the meeting.  The Chairman thanked everyone for their attendance. The meeting closed at 11.25am.

Kay and John Price, 9 March 2008

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