NALC Area 3 Ladies Circle

National Council Meeting and AGM Report  Leeds 2008 -  by Sine Kidd Area Chair

the Queens Hotel in Leeds. The council meeting basically runs through the agenda

for the AGM and is when nominees for positions on National Exec are approved by

the council. The meeting was very informative and more importantly light hearted

and fun. Jo Machon was in her element with her flashing lights although she didn’t

really get much opportunity to use them. Michelle kept us all awake with her singing,

Mexican waves and chocolate!

Ladies Circle sales has now introduced a clothing line with many styles and colours

available and prices are very reasonable. A “Tour T-Shirt” has been introduced and it

is hoped that anyone attending LCI Aberdeen will wear one to the Welcome Party.

National have now introduced membership stands which are available for any

Circle to borrow. If you prefer they can be purchased for approx £135.

The Ladies Circle website is undergoing several updates and I encourage you to

access it as there is a lot of good information available to you. Certain information for

Circles and standard documents will only be available from the site so it is important

that you access this regularly. National will also be using The Pass magazine as a

way of distributing information as this is postage free. Please ensure you read this

magazine as there may be important Circle information within. They have also set up

a Ladies Circle forum for members to share ideas and have online discussions.

Follow the link from the website and register.

National Exec Committee 2008/09

Chairman - Lynda Wieland Theme Keep Circle Buzzzzzzing

Vice Chair - Niki Stocken

Secretary - Naomi Hickey

Membership - Vicky Perry

Charity - Trudy Kennedy

Minutes - Lisa Bonker

There were no nominations for National Treasurer and no-one stood from the floor.

Lisa Bonker was originally nominated for this post however had to withdraw when

her employers decided there was a conflict of interest.

1. National Presidents expenses increase to £2260 per annum
2. Exec expenses increase to £330 per annum
3. £500 grant to be paid to Area 33 (Isles Scilly)
4. Mileage rate for National Councillors and Circle voting delegates to be the same at 18p per mile
5. National Capitation remain at £42.50

The following Proposals regarding association rules were passed

Key Points from AGM

1. The aims and objects of NALC were amended as follows- NALC to work side by side with all members of Round Table, 41 Club and Tangent.
2. Childline raised in excess of £18000. Esther Rantzen the patron attended the AGM to collect the cheque.
3. Cancer Research UK raised £15964 , Most raised for CRUK was by by Area 4 £4,076
4. Most money raised for charity was Area 46 who raised £8,000 in one night hosting a fashion show
5. Area 25 won most novel fundraiser with Think Pink evening (£366)
6. SARIS project – International total so far £29439 ( £8500 + from GB&I)
7. Michelle's CD raised £350 for SARIS
8. LC Denmark are collecting used stamps for SARIS project
9. Race for Life registration is now online
10. Antony Nolan Award for profiling Circle was won by Area 2 who have designed NALC garden for Tatton Hall Flower Show
11. Trophy for best Area Publication went to Area 3's own Julie Kent. Well done!!
12. Sales Trophy Area 28
13. Website Trophy Area 20

Membership News

1. 2100 circlers
2. 260 Circles (36 closed and 10 closing)
3. 2 Areas closed and 1 closing
4. 160 New Members

What came over to me most of all at this meeting was that National Exec are just like

everyone else, they have families, jobs and other commitments and Circle is a hobby

to them too. I never really appreciated the organisation and commitment that goes in

to organising an AGM on a National Scale but I know now that the time and effort put

in by Michelle and her team was immense. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the

AGM and was great to see so many Circlers from Area 3 supporting the event.

Congratulations must go to Martin Gunson and his Leeds 2008 Conference Team for

putting together a fantastic event. Well done to you all.

The venue for the National AGM 2009 is Eastbourne