BANC Annual General Meeting 2007
This year's
AGM will take place on 13th October at The
Bustard Inn, near Shrewton, Wiltshire, between 12 noon and
1pm. The meeting will be followed by a
guided visit to the Great Bustard
re-introduction project's nearby
release site on Salisbury Plain. All BANC members are invited
to attend. Details for attending the event are
provided below.
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 at
graeme.duckworth@gmail.com.
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 Pippa
Langford at pippa.langford@naturalengland.org.uk
BANC members wishing 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 Friday 14th
September 2007 to
Graeme Duckworth at graeme.duckworth@gmail.com.
AGM
Agenda
- Welcome & Apologies
- Adoption of Minutes of AGM 2006
- Chair's Report on BANC's Activities
- Treasurer's Report & Approval of 2006
Accounts
- Appointment of Auditors
- Nominations & Elections to Council
- Any Other Business
- Date & Place of AGM 2008
Travel
Details
The Bustard Inn is in a somewhat
remote location on Salisbury Plain. Its National
Grid reference is SU091461 and its OS Grid reference is 409104, 145958.
For those
travelling by car, use The AA's Route Planner,
specifying The Bustard Inn's post code, SP3 4DU, as the
destination.
For those travelling by
rail, please advise Graeme Duckworth
and
we will arrange outward and return lifts for you from/to either Salisbury or Pewsey stations
(and between The Bustard Inn and the release site).
If you are travelling from London, the ideal train to catch on Saturday
morning is the 9:50am from London Waterloo, arriving at Salisbury at
11:18am. Unfortunately there is no convenient train from London
Paddington to Pewsey on Saturday morning (the best being the 8:18am,
arriving 9:28am). These details were sourced from National
Rail Enquiries.
N.B. The location of the Great Bustards' release site
is secret, but it is a short car journey from The Bustard Inn.
Why
Not Make A Weekend Of It?
Here are some ideas for nearby places to stay or visit:
Garston
Wood RSPB reserve
Salisbury
Shaftesbury
Stonehenge
Stourhead,
Palladian mansion & landscape garden
Wiltshire
Wildlife Trust reserves, e.g. The
Devenish Reserve & Langford
Lakes
... or
buy a book and go for a walk!
