Annual General Meeting held 216th October 2008 at the Litten Tree, Old Street, E1, London

Present were :

Citi-UK Club ….The meeting opened promptly at 11.30a.m with all the Club Officers present, except for Alan Pendleton who was delayed by trains and street demonstrations. Geoff Liley took over as Chairman in his absence.
There were also 31 members present, therefore a quorum were in attendance.
To confirm the minutes of the last meeting
As the minutes had been circulated and no problems were advised, they were signed as a true record of events.
Matters arising.
It had been suggested that a 'better quality' dinner be arranged. Peter Wiseman advised that he had tried Lords Cricket Ground, The Chelsea Pensioners Dining Rooms and The Berkeley Hotel but they were all, for differing reasons, unsuitable. There was a chance that the Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street may be suitable, and he agreed to look into that venue further.
Chairman's report.
This had been circulated and was accepted by the members.
Treasurer's report
This had been circulated to all members. There being no queries arising, adoption was proposed by Peter Morton, and Seconded by Ray Ascott, together with a vote of thanks to the examiners.
The Committee proposed the following:
That £1000 be donated to the McMillan Nurses
That £1000 be donated to The Banker's Benevolent Fund
After a discussion, ballot papers were taken from the members present, added by Norman Spence to those received by post and the following return was announced. For 31 against 5.
The Treasurer will therefore issue cheques as per the above passed vote.
Proposition by Paul Close and Bill Finn to change Club by-law "Club Aims" as follows:-
(a) To provide a club for existing and past Citicorp UK workforce enabling former colleagues to keep in contact
(b) Provide pensioner support and focus groups on important pension and benefit related issues
(c) Provide a central point where pensioners can go for assistance on pension and benefit issues
(d) Provide a central point for gathering and distributing relevant pension related information.
This proposition was discussed at length. Views both For and Against were eloquently discussed. Ballot papers were taken from the members present, added by Norman Spence to those received by post and the following announced.
For 32 Against 28.
It was then announced that the by-laws of the Club had now been modified to substitute the new wording.
Election of Chairperson.
Alan Pendleton had advised that due to personal workloads, he was unable to stand a Chairman. Geoff Liley thanked him for his contributions over the last two years. Nominations for Chairman were requested from the floor, but no name was offered. As none of the Officers for last year were prepared to undertake the Chairman's position under the new by-laws; rather than dissolving the Club there and then, it was agreed to adjourn the meeting to try and find a way to move forward.
Election of other Club Officers.
As it is not possible to run the Club without a Chairman, and as there was only one nomination for a new committee member, the meeting was closed at 12:25pm with the Acting Vice Chairman (for the time-being) advising that all members will be contacted within the next few weeks with possible solutions to this impasse.

Acting Secretary

Dave Parker

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