Diary Dates

Upcoming Dates

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Castle Morpeth Scout District Council will be 

7.30 pm Thursday 19 September 2024

on Zoom

Please email secretary@castlemorpethscouts.org.uk for the link to join the meeting

The Scout Council includes; all adult members and leaders in the district, all members of the Scout Network, all Explorers and parents of Explorer Scouts.

Nominations for members of the District Executive Committee are very welcome. If you are interested or would like some more information please contact secretary@castlemorpethscouts.org.uk

Castle Morpeth District Scout Council

Annual General Meeting

 Zoom  video

Thursday 19 September 2024 7.30pm

Agenda

Governance Oversight

1.    Approve the minutes of the 2023 AGM

2.    Confirm the charity will continue to use the model constitution laid down on Scout Association Policy Organisation and Rules.

3.    Note the financial year runs from 1st May to 3oth April

4.    Agree the maximum number of members on the District Trustee Board is 12.

5.    Agree the quorum for future meetings of the District Scout Council, and also meetings of the District Board of Trustees. The proposal for the latter is more than half the number of members of the board.

Review the Previous Year

6.    District Commissioner's Report

7.    Receive and consider the Annual Report and Accounts

Appointments

The present Board recommends,

8.    Duncan McDonald is appointed as Chairman for three years

9.    Peter Berry is appointed as Treasurer for three years

10. The following are appointed as Trustees for three years

a.    Barry Hirst

b.    Chris Eldridge

c.    Graham Langston

d.    Ian Morley

e.    Jennifer Barnes

f.     Richard Walker

11. Appoint two representatives of the District Scout Council to represent the District Scout Council at meetings of the County Scout Council.

12. Appoint an independent examiner for the accounts.

 Annual General Meeting

Castle Morpeth District Scout Council

6.30pm  Friday 22 September 2023

The Ballroom, Morpeth Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth. NE61 1LZ

Minutes

1.    Present,  Existing Board members    Barry Hirst,  Chris Holt, Chris Eldridge, Duncan McDonald, Graham Langston, Ian Shaw, Ian Morley, Lauren Scott, District Commissioner Neil Fraser, Peter Berry, Richard Walker, County Commissioner Peter Thorpe

Official guests, Cllr Jade Crawford Mayor of Morpeth, Cllr Karen Overbury Mayor of Ponteland

Plus 21 members of the District Scout Council

Apologies received from Rev Simon White, Michael Taylor  President of Ponteland Scouts,  David and Norma Armstrong, Kerry Holmes.

2. Minutes of the 2022 AGM were approved

3.    Governance Topics

a.  Adopt the model constitution from Policy, Organisation and Rules           Approved

b.  Note the District’s financial year is from 1st May to 30 April.                                Approved

c.  Agreed the number of members that may be elected to the Trustee Board is 6

d.  Agreed  the quorum for each of the District Scout Council (including this AGM), meetings of the District Trustee Board is 7.

4. Review of the previous year

a.  The District Commissioner Neil Fraser reviewed Scouting activity in the district.

b.  Chris Holt presented the Annual Report of the District Trustee Board including the annual Statement of the Accounts

5. Chairman Duncan McDonald was re-elected as District Chairman   

6. Election of District Board of Trustees

a.  Treasurer       Chris Holt                                                    Unanimously by show of hands

b.  Secretary       Peter Berry                                                 Unanimously by show of hands

7.    Elect four members of the District Board of Trustees

a Barry Hirst                                                                           Unanimously by show of hands

b.   Graham Langston                                                               Unanimously by show of hands

c.   Ian Morley                                                                           Unanimously by show of hands

e Richard Walker                                                               Unanimously by show of hands

8. Approve the nomination as members of the District Board of Trustees

a. Jennifer Barnes                                                              Unanimously by show of hands

b. Lauren Scott                                                                       Unanimously by show of hands

c. Chris Eldridge                                                                     Unanimously by show of hands

9.    Simon Pringle was approved as the examiner of the accounts unanimously by show of hands                    

10.  Elect District Representatives on County Scout Council

a. Sally Vaughan                                                                     Unanimously by show of hands

b. Ed Syndercombe                                                                Unanimously by show of hands

District Chairman Duncan McDonald closed the meetins thanking all present, particulary the official guests, and County Commssioner