On 17th April 2025 27 members of 41 Club attended the 69th Annual General Meeting of the Club held at the Crescent Hotel on Crown Crescent although several members having failed to read their notice of the AGM arrived after the meeting had started.
Those members present at the start of the meeting were welcomed by Secretary Mike who confirmed the rumour already circulating that Chairman Dom was not present and was in fact on his way back to Scarborough from Leeds. The life of a taxi driver is not easy!
In the absence of the Chairman the formal part of the meeting was conducted by the Secretary in anticipation that the Chairman would arrive in time to present his report and induct the new chairman following his election.
The minutes ticked by as the various officers and committee members presented their annual reports but there was still no sign of the Chairman.
The main item of business approved by the members was an increase in the monthly standing order from £15 to £20 to cover the increase in the cost of meals.
On reaching the Chairman’s report and still with no sign of the Chairman the members agreed to a suggestion made by the Membership Officer Simon that to fill the time before the meal was due to be served members should consider 2 proposals for social events due to be considered under Any Other Business.
Using his most persuasive arguments Simon was able to obtain the unanimous approval of the members to the holding of a Charity Night at the Spa on Saturday 18 October 2025 and an event to celebrate the Club’s 70th Charter at the Rugby Club on 21 March 2026.
The formal part of the meeting was then adjourned to enable the members to satisfy their hunger pains with a 3 course meal comprising a starter of smoked salmon and prawns, a main course of steak pie vegetables and chips and a dessert of an indeterminate sponge pudding with custard or for those in the know cheese and biscuits all washed down with glasses of red wine courtesy of the members who had failed to apologise for meetings during the year.
On the resumption of the formal part of the meeting a message was finally received from the Chairman’s wife to advise that he had had an horrendous day, was having a bath and was then going to bed!
On receiving this news the members unanimously approved a proposal made by the Secretary to deal with the election of officers and members of the committee and then defer the Chairman’s report and the induction of the newly elected chairman until the Club meeting on 15 May.
The election of officers and members of the committee was completed with the Membership Officer having been press ganged into a third term as vice chairman to the new chairman designate Richard.
The Secretary having delayed his most important announcement until the end of the meeting then disclosed that the Chairman had misplaced the chain of office and the Club xylophone which despite an extensive search had not been found. It did not escape the notice of the members that by his absence the Chairman had obtained a further month to find the chain of office and xylophone!
The Secretary closed the meeting with the usual toast to RTBI.
To be continued.
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