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St Austell Bay Chamber of Commerce – AGM
Wenesday 16th March 2016
At The Bystro at the Bank, High Cross Street, St Austell
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MINUTES of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of ST AUSTELL BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE held on WEDNESDAY 16th March 2016 at The Bystro at the Bank, High Cross Street, St Austell at 5.30pm
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Present: D Halton (Chair), M Stanford (Vice Chair), C Bennetts (Secretary), M Lewis, J Swain, I Chalmers, C Acraman, P Moody, A Phillips, J Hicks, A Miller, T French, R Larter, SDaniell, S Ashby, M Evans, P Hughes, M Brown, B Palmer
Apologies: A Ward, B Poppiatt, R Austin, J Milln, T Ashbolt, S Nott, J Aberdeen, C Taylor
Agreed and signed.
New members since the last Open Meeting on February 23rd 2016: Gloweasy and Health and Care at Home Ltd
Chair: Mike Stanford. Proposed: Clive Acraman Seconded: Peter Moody
President: Dave Halton. Proposed: Mike Stanford Seconded: Mark Lewis
Clive Acraman offered his Thanks to Dave Halton for all of his hard work over the last two years as Chair of the Chamber.
Mike Stanford then took over the meeting in his new role as Chair. Mike also said ‘thank you’ from the rest of the Management team to Dave Halton.
Vice Chair: Mark Lewis. Proposed: Mike Stanford Seconded: Jacky Swain
Treasurer: Ian Chalmers Ian has agreed to continue in this role.
To elect the Management Committee for the following year:
3 members of the Management team have decided to step down this year: Anne Chapman, Kevin Parks and Jessica Milln. Thank you for all the time you have put into the Chamber.
New Committee nominations are: The previous members of the team: Jacky Swain, Richard Austin, Pete Moody, Clive Acraman and a new nomination of Noel (Sunny) Krishnan.
Management Team: Sunny Proposed: Clive Acraman Seconded: Dave Halton
If anyone would like to join the team then please let us know throughout the year.
Mark Lewis is happy to continue in his role on the BID board.
Two items are changing on our Constitution. We have done away with the role of Junior Vice Chair so this has been omitted from the new Constitution. The second item is that the Constitution said that the AGM would be in May, so this has been amended to say March.
The new Constitution will be placed on our website for all to see. Please can you all review it and then we will vote it in at the next Meeting.
At the last Management meeting the membership fee structure was discussed. We tried a new structure last year and it hasn’t worked for us. It’s been difficult to manage so we have decided to revert back to a more simple £36 fee for everyone, regardless of the size of your business. This is the notice to discuss ‘changes in membership fees’ at the next Open meeting.
10. Cornwall Business Fair at the Eden Project, May 11th 2016
Last year we had a stand at this event and it got us several new members and was a very successful day. But last year the cost of the stand was £100 and we had a great location. This year the cost of the stand is £358 and by the time the team had discussed it the best locations were taken. Anne Chapman, Constituency Manager for Steve Double MP and SABEF (St Austell Bay Economic Forum) have reserved a whole room and have said that we can ‘loiter with intent’ free of charge. Mike has accepted this offer. Next year we will get in earlier and consider the cost if we can reserve a great position.
Mike asked for volunteers on the day – Steve Daniell, Jane Hicks, Annette Miller, Melanie Evans, Ian Chalmers and Jacky Swain all volunteered. If you would like to assist us on the day, then please email the Chamber secretary.
11. Bishop Fleming meeting and lunch at Porth Avallen Hotel, Carlyon Bay. Thursday 17th March. 12 noon until 2pm.
Bishop Fleming are running a 2 hour event in which they dissect the previous days Budget and analyse it for you, breaking it down so that you can see how you all may be affected by it. Please see our website for more details.
12. Any Other Business:
Brian Palmer, Mayor of St Austell would like to Thank everyone in the Chamber for supporting the Mayors Charity. He would also like to thank the Chamber for building a great partnership alongside other groups in town.
Imerys are holding its eco-town open days this weekend (19th and 20th) at the West Carclaze site. They will have an exhibition of their revised proposals for the eco-communities project showing the various components that will make up the scheme. They are keen to make the visit as informative and enjoyable as possible so will also be organising the following: guided tours in Land Rovers, guided walks, guided mountain bike rides, a chance to sit and capture the panoramic views of St Austell Bay (please bring your own materials). If you are able to attend they will be open from 10am to 4pm on each day. The entrance is on the left off the A391 past the St Austell Print Works building heading towards Stenalees. If you are unable to attend on these days they will be in St Austell Town Centre on Tues 22nd March 12-8pm.
Malcolm Brown, Town Council, wishes to say Thank you to Dave for all he’s done since becoming Chair and for handling decisions very diplomatically when he joined the Chamber at a very difficult time.
Ann Phillips, The St Austell Arts Centre has written and sung a song about St Austell, which she sang in town last week. Since this time Ann has been inundated with offers to come and sing on the radio and at various events. Once the song has been recorded then Ann will let us promote it on our website. Ann also draws pen and ink drawings of which she will be undertaking the task of drawing local land marks around St Austell and local shops. If anyone is interested in these drawings then please drop Ann at line at the St Austell Arts Centre.
13. Date of the next Chamber meeting.
Open meeting on Tuesday 26th April – venue to be confirmed.
Crunchy Breakfast on Friday 15th April at St Austell Print Conference facilities.
End of the Meeting
