Agenda

1.      Welcomes, attendance and apologies for absence

2.      Agreement of the Agenda, i.e. no Any Other Business when we are getting tired. 

3.      Minutes of previous meeting and matters arising

4.      Agreement on role holders (Vice Chair, Membership, Programme, Holidays, Footpaths, Health & Safety)

5.      Report on events completed. 

6.      Officers reports (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer).

7.      Future programme, including holidays. This item will include discussion on communication with members, following GDPR regulations. 

8.      Reports from role holders (Membership, Website, Footpaths, H&S)

9.      Reports from and to Area Committee

10.     Future committee meetings (Zoom or venue)

A.G.M.

1.      18 MBRA members attended. Two members tried to join the Zoom but were unable to because of technical difficulties. The meeting began with silent reflection on the sad passing of Ron Knowles, a stalwart MBRA member, and active committee member. His contributions were highly valued.

2.      The minutes of the 2019 AGM had been posted on the MBRA website. There were no corrections or matters arising. The minutes were accepted.

3.      Officers reports: The Chair and Acting Secretary, gave a report pointing out the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in restricting the MBRA programme, and acknowledging the excellent work  by the committee in keeping MBRA going in the face of the challenges caused by the virus. The Chair represents MBRA at Area meetings (recently by Zoom). The Chair is also the H&S representative for the group. The Treasurer had posted her report on the website. There were no questions and the report was duly.accepted. KG was proposed as Independent Examiner, and this was accepted. The Footpaths Officer and Website administrator had posted his report on the website. A comment noting with appreciation the revamp of the website was strongly supported by the meeting. The Holidays Officer's report, on the website, gave us an inspiring idea of what we could have again when we return to some kind of normality.

4.      Election of Officers. The Zoom format made it difficult to have the normal kind of nomination and voting system of a face to face meeting. In the light of this, all proposals came from the Chair. At the start, Mike Conway was nominated for the vacant post of Secretary, and there were no other nominations for this post. The Chair proposed that: Chair (JO); Vice Chair (PT); Secretary (MC); Treasurer (MW); Committee Members (MR, MH, CB, RB, CB, LK). This was taken en bloc and accepted by the meeting. Allocation of specific roles, other than officers, would be taken at the first committee meeting (22 Feb), very much in line with previous roles. 

5.      Any other business: MM spoke movingly of action by horse riders and cyclists to increase the number of bridleways at the expense of footpaths, and of the damage that this might cause to footpaths. The meeting was largely in accord with these thoughts. PT spoke about parking charges at Mill End Car Park, and in Hambledon Village as a whole. MR took the opportunity to tell the meeting about new car park charges in Windsor Great Park, where these were free formerly. 

6.      The Chair thanked everyone for their attendance in these trying times. The meeting ended after 38 minutes.