Draft minutes.

Here are the DRAFT minutes of our Annual General Meeting, held on 22nd September 2011, at the Council House, College Green, Bristol.

You can download them in Open Office, Microsoft Word or PDF formats.

Thank you to all the [xx] members of LGBT Bristol as well as to the supporters and observers who attended the meeting.

Elections of the Management Committee and the Chair.

Following the decision of the 2010 AGM, held on 12 January 2011, Trustees are now allowed to serve for a term of two years, after which they need to stand for re-election, if they wish to continue on the MC

Two new Trustees were elected at the 2011 AGM, 5 confirmed their intention to contniue serving for the second of their 2-year term and two resigned.

In August this year Alan Palmer resigned as Chair of the Forum, as he prepared to move to London.  Daniel Smart held the post of Interim Chair until October, when Anna Rutherford took over and then stood for election.

Below is the composition of our new Management Commitee, many of whom were confirmed  for their second year in office, to serve as Trustees and Officers of the Bristol Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender Forum (LGBT Bristol):

• Anna Rutherford – confirmed and unanimously elected Chair
• Daniel Carpenter – confirmed
• Daniel Furness – elected unanimously
• Daniel Smart – confirmed
• Daryn Carter – confirmed
• Lucy Rae – elected unanimously
• Peter Main – confirmed, no abstentions

Resignations:  Alan Palmer, Kay Sibley, Matt Wallis.

The MC and Staff wish to thank Alan Palmer for his excellent and hard work, during his two years in office as Forum’s Chair, steering the Charity through radical changes that have seen it grow in membership and expand its geographical and work remit

They also offered their thanks to Kay Sibley and Matt Wallis, for their year’s service.