At the Special General Meeting held on Sunday 12 September 2021 at Ventnor Marina, the Members present approved amendments to the Constitution which:
• allow meetings to be held using video conferencing facilities;
• adapt voting procedures to reflect the use of video conferencing facilities;
• amend the quorum requirements to reflect the use of video conferencing facilities;
• clarify that masculine terms in the Constitution include the feminine and vice versa; and
• renumber certain clauses in the Constitution.
The Members also ratified the decisions taken at the Annual General Meeting of the Association held via video conferencing facilities on 27 March 2021, namely:
• the Minutes of the 5th AGM held on 14 March 2020 were approved and the Chairman authorised to sign them at the next physical meeting of the VMMA Committee;
• the Report & Accounts for 2020 were received and accepted;
• a Subscription Fee of £5 per Full or Social Member or the full, or part, calendar year of 2022 was approved;
• Sue Barrett was elected to the Chair;
• Gillian Chapple was elected Secretary and Treasurer; and
• Robin Barrett, Karin Cotter, Dave Glover, Jayne Glover, Alistair Hodgson and Georgina Hodgson were elected as Committee Members
Thank you to all the Members who came along to the SGM.