2025 AGM
Annual General Meetings of HBT and HBBS - 11th February 2025 at 8pm at the White Rock Hotel
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Hastings
Borough Bonfire Society will be held on Tuesday 11th February 2025 commencing at 8pm at The White Rock Hotel. This year’s AGM will be in person, with the option of Proxy votes. It is a traditional meeting with Chair & Treasurer reports, election of officers and election of captains. There are no special resolutions this year.
Membership
In order to vote at the meeting you must be a fully paid-up member. If you haven’t yet renewed your membership, please let Sue our membership secretary have the form and the £15 subscription payment please. www.hbbs.info/join-us
Officer Nomination - including Director or Trustee Nomination
If you wish to stand for an Officer position, please complete the nomination form and email it to the Secretary, Jane Wickens, by midnight on Friday 7th February 2025, or posted to arrive by then (whether printed and signed by your propser and seconder, or whether similarly done by email - see https://members.hbbs.info/governance/agms/nominate-officers
Captains
If you wish to stand as a Captain, You do not need to use the nominations form. Just say you are interested in being a captain.
AOB Items
If you wish to add an item to the Any Other Business section of the Agenda, please forward it to the Secretary by Tuesday 3rd February 2025 (one week in advance)
Please find:
1. The two AGM agendas – our Charity & Ltd Company
2. Minutes of the 2024 AGM for approval - HBT and HBBS Ltd links to be updated
3. Accounts – Adoption of final 2023 accounts for HBT and HBBS Ltd, and presentation of the draft 2024 financial outlook for HBT and HBBS
4. Officer nominations procedure
5. Proxy voting form if you cannot attend in person and with someone to vote for you
6. A list of captaincies with a nominal list of vacancies & unconfirmed Captaincies, and further information on captaincy roles can be found here and the captaincy teams structure here in case it help. If you are unsure, please consider joining a captaincy team this year and seeing if your want to step up to be the vice captain this year and give the current captain a rest for a year or so! You don't need to be nominated to become a captain. If wanting advice then talk to current captains or members of D&Ts.
The agenda may be reissued if any society Officer nominations or AOB items have been received.
AGM replies to secretary@hbbs.info
IT support: any problems with the links in this AGM Notice then please ask website-support@hbbs.info, where appropriate cc: secretary@hbbs.info