BANC Annual General Meeting 2008
This year's AGM will take place on Saturday 11th October,
between 1pm and 2pm, at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.
The meeting will be followed at 4pm by a visit to nearby Ham Fen NR,
30 hectares of old fenland and agriculturally damaged wet
grassland with dykes and ditches, where Kent Wildlife
Trust uses beavers for habitat management. All BANC members are invited to attend.
Details for attending the event follow.
The AGM is important!
There BANC's financial accounts are validated and its Council is
elected. If you plan to attend, please inform Graeme Duckworth
or telephone 07941-182211 as soon as possible.
Please consider standing
for BANC's Council. It is made up of volunteer
members who give their time (four meetings per year, plus
three to four days of other work) to ensure that BANC
fulfils its charitable aims. It is a legal and
practical necessity - BANC cannot function and develop without
it. BANC particularly needs people with knowledge/skills in the
following areas: fund-raising, marketing and business management.
If you would like to know more about serving on Council,
please contact Diana Pound.
BANC members wishing to stand for Council should submit their
name and contact details, together with a brief supporting
statement (roughly 50 words) and the name of a proposer,
who must also be a BANC member. Please send nominations by Saturday
27th
September 2008 to Graeme Duckworth
or telephone 07941-182211.
AGM Agenda
- Welcome & Apologies
- Adoption of Minutes of AGM 2007
- Chair's Report on BANC's Activities
- Treasurer's Report & Approval of 2007
Accounts
- Appointment of Auditors
- Nominations
& Elections to Council
- Any Other Business
- Date & Place of AGM 2009
Travel Details
Sandwich Bay
Bird Observatory is at Guilford Road, Sandwich Bay,
Sandwich, Kent CT13 9PF. Find it on Multimap.
The entrance to Ham Fen
is about three miles from the Observatory, at grid reference TR
330 553
on Hay Lane off the A258 Sandwich-Deal road.
For those travelling by
car, use the AA's
Route Planner, specifying the Observatory's postcode, CT13 9PF, as the
destination.
For those
travelling by
rail, the nearest station is Sandwich, which is
about two hours' journey time from central London terminii.
Please advise
Graeme Duckworth
and we will arrange outward and return lifts from/to Sandwich station
(and between the Observatory and Ham Fen). If you are travelling from
London, the best train to catch is
- 09:53
from Charing Cross to Minster
This information was sourced from National
Rail Enquiries.
Why
Not Make A Weekend Of It?
Here are some ideas for nearby places to stay or visit:
Canterbury
Deal
Castle
Sandwich
Sandwich
& Pegwell Bay KWT reserve
Stodmarsh
NNR
Walmer
Castle, Deal
White
Cliffs of Dover
Wildwood, Herne Common
... or
buy a book and go for a walk!
