Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Scarborough Girls’ High School Old Girls’ Association
held on Saturday 24th. April, 2004 at the Palm Court Hotel, Scarborough.

In the absence of the President, Miss Hilda Briggs, Mrs. Pam Elliott (Vice-president) opened the meeting at 11.05am. She welcomed all the members present and thanked the Committee for their hard work over the past year. She asked for a moment’s silence to pay respects to those members who had died during the past twelve months, Miss Betty Foord
1933 – 40, Honorary Vice-President of the Association, Mrs Pauline Potts nee Darling (from Canada) 1940 – 45 & Mrs Anne Neal nee Brown 1947 – 54.

Present
Mrs. Irene Seymour Mrs. Joan Ramsay
Mrs Muriel Flinton Mrs. Pam Elliott
Miss Pamela Moody Mrs. Pauline Reynolds
Mrs. Margaret Rusby
Mrs. Margaret Mollon
Mrs. Jean Bogie
Mrs. Pamela Wilcox
Mrs. Mary Stevenson Mrs. Barbara Botterill
Miss Jean  Price Mrs. Jane Buddo
Mrs. Margaret Dennis Mrs. Hazel Haines
Mrs. Margaret Shaw Mrs. Evelyn Peterson
Mrs. Rita Bland Mrs. Marion Shanks
Mrs. Pat  Fleming Mrs. Jennifer Porter
Mrs. Joy    Kynman 
Miss Judith Appelby
Mrs. Kathleen Sedman Mrs. Judith Basham
Mrs. Olga Tidd Dr. Maureen Ille
Mrs. Rita Green Mrs. Jean Martin
Mrs. Margery Raper Mrs. Eileen Noble
Mrs. Shirley Fretwell Mrs. Sandra Park
Miss Jean Glover
Mrs. Joyce Perry
Miss Brenda Ryland Mrs. Denise Willey
Mrs. Margaret Hunter Mrs. Anne Mann
Mrs. Lynne Reed Mrs. Mary Barry
Mrs. Muriel Robson Mrs. Elizabeth Heighway
Mrs. Barbara  Ward Mrs. Fay Yeomans
Mrs. Freda Ward Mrs. Anne Davidson
Mrs. Betty Major Miss Susan Inchbald
Miss Alison Lee
   
Apologies for absence
Mrs Grace Bremner
Mrs. Sally  Kerruish
Mrs. Valerie Brinkler Miss Hilda Smith
Mrs. Marion Bucktrout Mrs. Joan Bayes
Mrs. Gillian Crabtree
Miss Dena Hebditch
Mrs. Valerie McLeish Mrs. Daphne Haythorpe
Mrs. Judith Pottage Mrs. Margaret Layton
Mrs. Elizabeth Wearing Mrs. Valerie Barron
Mrs. Julia Blackburn Mrs. Margaret  Harrison
Mrs. Sheila Friskney Miss Valerie Mook
Miss Joyce Dark Mrs. Anne  Pennock
Mrs. Jacqulyn Duxbury Mrs. Pauline  Pickering
Mrs. Ruth Penny Mrs. Shirley  Lee
Mrs. Penny Wilkin Mrs. Anne  Dargue
Mrs. Julia Brown Mrs. Annick  Symes
Mrs. Jill  Hodgson Mrs. Dorothy  Johnson
Miss Hilda Briggs (President)
Mrs Moyra Miller
  
 
            Proposed correct by Sandra Park - seconded by Margaret Dennis and approved unanimously.


Chairwoman - Eileen Noble

Proposed by Olga Tidd - seconded by Margaret Dennis and approved unanimously.

Secretary - Evelyn Peterson

Proposed by Joyce Perry - seconded by Anne Mann and approved unanimously.

Assistant Secretary - Judith Appleby

Proposed by Maureen Ille - seconded by Jean Martin and approved unanimously.

Treasurer - Anne Davidson (re-elected)

Proposed by Joyce Perry - seconded by Pam Elliott and approved unanimously.

Publicity Officer - Fay Yeomans (re-elected)

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  Proposed by Joyce Perry - seconded by Judith Appleby and approved unanimously.

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            Proposed by Eileen Noble - seconded by Judith Basham and approved unanimously.

    Rule 14 of the Association’s Constitution to be amended to read as follows:

    "An Income and Expenditure Account & Balance Sheet shall be presented to the AGM made up to March 31st each year. This should be certified as being correct & in accordance with the books & records of the Association by one independent reviewer, who may or may not be a member of the Association."


    Proposed by Pat Fleming, seconded by Kathleen Sedman and approved unanimously.
    Rule 15 of the Association’s Constitution to be amended to read as follows:

    "One independent reviewer shall be elected or re-elected at the AGM"


    Proposed by Pat Fleming, seconded by Joan Ramsay and approved unanimously.
    Mr Christopher Found to continue to act as independent reviewer

     

    Saturday 25/09/2004 Joint Autumn Dinner with the Old Scarborians
    Saturday 30/10/2004 Autumn Lunch at the Palm Court Hotel
    Saturday 16/04/2005 AGM & Lunch at the Palm Court Hotel
    Date to be arranged Coffee morning at 2 Briardene Avenue
    Date to be arranged BBQ at Forge Villa or Lindhead Cottage  
  • Glauert Memorial Prize

    In recent years this prize has been given to the best female student of A level Mathematics at Scarborough Sixth Form College, who has continued to study the subject at degree level. The prize has not been awarded in the past two years, as there has been no suitable candidate. The suggestion of the committee to award the prize to the best overall student was discussed, Mary Barry and Maureen Ille both opposed this proposal. Other suggestions were:

    To give the award to the best female student & remove the requirement to study the subject at degree level

    To award two prizes, for the best male & the best female student

    To consider increasing the value of the award

    Pam Elliot proposed that the prize should be awarded to the best female A level mathematics student who was continuing her studies in mathematics or a related area. The proposal was seconded by Denise Willey & approved by a majority of the members present.

    No one at the meeting was able to provide information about the legacy left by Adelaide Alexandra Trail to fund a Glauert Memorial Mathematics Scholarship. Miss Briggs sent information about the awards and a copy of her letter is included below.

    Letter from Miss Briggs 2004

    Fund raising – profits from the coffee morning and the BBQ would be added to the Glauert Memorial Prize Fund. The secretary was asked to send a summary of planned events to members. Pam Elliot suggested that members unable to attend could organise an activity with a small group of friends & donate the proceeds to the Fund. Margaret Hunter suggested increasing the cost of the subscription to enable more money to be given to the prize fund.

      The treasurer will investigate setting up a facility to accept payment by standing order or direct debit
      Muriel Robson proposed that life membership of the association should be £50.00, this was seconded by Olga Tidd and approved by a majority of the members present.
      There was concern that the names of members who had not paid the subscription were being removed from the list of contacts too quickly. Those not paying should be reminded that the subscription was due.
  • Any other business
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    Maureen Ille thought that more use could be made of the web site for publicising news of the Association and volunteered to set up a new site to overcome problems with the existing one.

    The meeting agreed to accept this offer following a proposal by Sandra Webb, seconded by Pam Elliot.

    Anne Mann offered to provide information for the Friends Reunited web site and it was also suggested that contact details for the group should be made available to the library for information on local organisations and to the Red Book (Scarborough Evening News)

    The secretary was asked to include the time of meetings on details sent to members.

    There being no other business the meeting closed at 12.10.pm
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