Minutes:
NOTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON 9 NOVEMBER 2009
Present: Lissa Campbell, Ben Howland, Will Jones, Gill Marshall-Andrews, Tom Marshall-Andrews, Johnnie Morris, Luke Morris,
Apologies: Tim Flower, Norma Empringham, Heather Flint
1. The minutes of the meeting on 23 September 2009 were agreed.
2. Annual Report
A summary of the year’s activity was presented, discussed and agreed.
3. Financial Report
A detailed report will be circulated by TF.
In brief, the situation is that we have around £31 in the bank accounts of which £30k is ring fenced for Kimphe Langano classrooms. WJ is hoping to raise a further £15k for these so work can be started on this long running and much needed project.
A further £40k has been promised by a donor for the Kenyan schools.
Broadly, we need to raise a total of £120k to be able to support the 9 existing trusts (excluding Buheesi which has now spun off on its own) and another 2 in the Boka area of Kenya. So, our goal for the event on 30 November should be to raise in the region of £70k including Gift Aid.
4. Project funding
No proposals are outstanding.
Projects totalling around £84k have been identified and detailed funding proposals are being prepared.
5. Arsenal
500 track suit bottoms have been donated and will be transported out to schools by anyone with spare baggage capacity.
6. Girls Education
There was agreement that trusts should be asked to submit proposals aimed at keeping girls in education.
7. Lawrence Sail a poet and friend of LC has offered to give TAS the royalties from a new book of poetry he is publishing. It will have a forward about TAS. There was agreement that we should accept this very generous offer and invite him to the reception.
8. 30 November event.
Details of this were discussed and have been noted separately. Numbers are up to around 70 and may go a little higher.
9. Next meeting
TBA in January 2010.
