UK Harm Reduction Alliance Company No 4171100
(Limited by Guarantee with no Share Capital)
3rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
5:00pm -6:00pm, THURSDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2004, Lutyens Room, Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London, England. W1B 1AD (tel: 020 7307 3888)
Present: Gill Bradbury, Blaine Stothard, Chris Ford, Jon Derricott, Gerry Stimson, Andrew Preston, Paul Wells, Neil Hunt, Eliot Albert, Jenny Scott.
1. The Directors’ Report and the Accounts for the period
1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004 were presented by Andrew Preston (treasurer) and were approved. These have been on the UKHRA website since 16th July and no written comments or queries have been received from other members. Therefore the accounts and directors report were adopted.
2. The directors for the period between this 3rd AGM and the 4th AGM were confirmed as follows:
Jon Derricott Chair
Desmond Flannagan (Joint N. Ireland Rep)
Jenny Scott Secretary
Andrew Preston Treasurer
Neil Hunt Press Officer
Alan Joyce The Alliance
Paul Wells Action on HCV Liaison
Danny Morris
Dr Roy Robertson (Joint Scotland Rep)
Prof. Gerry Stimson
Dee Jones
Daren Garratt
Jackie Kearney
Lindsay Ross (Joint Scotland Rep)
Eliot Albert
Members co-opted into committee:
Claire Robbins (Co-opted 2003)
Iain Cameron (Co-opted 2003) (Join N. Ireland rep)
This follows an invitation for nominations sent to members in July. The new directors are Jackie Kearney, Lindsay Ross and Eliot Albert. The retiring directors are Gill Bradbury, Peter Mc Dermott and Paul Murphy. Dave Robinson has retired as a co-opted member of the committee
3. It was confirmed that no director is eligible for remuneration.
4. It was confirmed that no dividend is payable as the company has no share capital.
5. The accountants Frank Akerman, 55 Coombe Avenue, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 7TP were reappointed. The directors were authorised with no objections to fix the accountant’s remuneration for the period between the current and next (2005) AGM.