The Chairman welcomed members and announced that item 16 a proposal from Dr Wigley and Mrs A Hill had been withdrawn.  A number of members welcomed this. 

The members then observed a moments silence in memory of Mrs Lesley Pring  

A number of apologies were received.

Minutes of the last meeting were discussed and corrected, before being accepted.

The Secretaries report was circulated.

The Treasurers report was discussed and questions answered. It was then accepted.  An independent examiner was appointed. 

The Membership report, the Committee’s recommendation for a family membership charge of £21 was agreed by the members present. There were no other changes. 

Election of Officers and Committee members,

Mrs Madden was confirmed as Chairman and handed a small gift to Mrs Kilby the out going Chairman

Mr Semos was confirmed as Vice Chairman. The out going committee had all agreed to re stand and were re elected, with the exception of Mrs Sparkes, who no longer had time to attend. A small thank you gift will be posted to her. Mrs Angela Walker was elected as a new committee member.

Miss Brown and Ms Black had written to confirm that they were happy to remain as Vice Presidents. 

The committee proposed that the position of Patron be offered to Mrs Knight in recognition of her services to the Birman Cat Club, this was agreed. Mrs Knight thanked the members and accepted.

The GCCF Delegates were confirmed as Mrs Kilby, Mrs Madden and Mr Madden.

The Show Cup Secretaries will remain as Morwenna and Bob Semos.

The AGM Secretaries remain as Caroline and Theresa Groves.

The Show Support Secretary,  Morwenna Semos.

There will be no change in the annual gifts,

Show 2007: the show had made a financial loss, but nothing on the scale of the Supreme Show. Members criticised the talk given in the show hall by Dr Wigley and Mrs A Hill. It was agreed that the committee knew the subject of the talk but not the exact contents.

Show 2008: The show will be held at Rugby as it was the 25^th anniversary it was hoped that there would be a good attendance. The judges were discussed. The dinner will be held at the Brownsover Hall Hotel. 

The cups and Trophies were then presented by Mrs Price the club President.

The Chairman thanked Caroline and Theresa for all their hard work and  superb presentation. It was proposed that the List of Top cats be available for sale, this was agreed.

The Meeting then broke for tea.  

The Breed Advisory Committee, the Club Delegates were confirmed as Mrs Culf, Miss Robson and Mrs Kilby, with Mr Semos and Mrs Clements as reserves

Changes to the Standard of Points, these were agreed by members.

A change to the Registration Policy with regard to the red and cream point Birmans was agreed.

Mrs Tackley as a former secretary to the BAC then out lined details of the Breeding Policy with regard to outcrossing and the built in safe guards. 

Delegates Report, this was circulated, Mr Tackley asked that the delegates be mandated to vote against  A GCCF proposal to charge for Championship Medals. This was agreed.  

Magazine 2008, Miss Osborn said that she would be retiring after the next issue and a new editor was needed. The Chairman expressed the clubs appreciation of her work. 

The draw was made for the 2009 calendar and the winners will be notified.

           The Merchandise report was circulated, all was well and new items were being introduced.  

           The Welfare and Rescue report was circulated, the Rescue had been very busy. Mr Semos talked about advantages to the club of gaining Charity Status. Trustees of the Charity are Mrs Tackley, Mr Semos, Mr Tarr, and Mr Warrender. Mrs Green is retiring as Welfare and Rescue Treasurer after many Years service and was given a small gift.  

The Cup Secretaries and the Show Support Secretary gave their reports.  

           There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.45 pm , next years Annual General Meeting will be on April 26^th 2009 

           This is a précis of the meeting for members unable to attend, complete minutes will be available later in the year.

Anne Madden
Chairman and Publicity Officer