Trust Council Minutes for October 2014

The Trust Council met on 7th October 2014.  Trustees reviewed and approved  a draft of the new look Butty produced by the editorial team of Jane & David Inight.

Crofton Chairman Peter Turvey reported on the response of the Heritage Lottery Fund to the pre-application the project team had submitted.  It was becoming clear that we would need a more diverse fund raising strategy to realise the Trust's ambitions for Crofton.  There was certainly scope for an HLF bid but it would not cover the entire project.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE

Trust Council Minutes for September 2014

Trust Council met on Tuesday 9th September.  It considered the future of land at Claverton that had been bought in 2009 with the intention of creating a car park.   Council agreed to offer the land and associated restricted funds as a gift to the Canal & River Trust which now directly managed Claverton.

Trust Council also reviewed progress of the Crofton Project.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE

Trust Council
16 October 2014

Trust Council Minutes July 2014

The Trust Council met on Tuesday 8th July.  It discussed arrangements for production of the Butty under the editorial leadership of David and Jane Inight.  It also noted, with pleasure, that Mike Rodd had taken over as Chairman of Hungerford branch after many years sterling service by Andrew Sawyer.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE.

Trust Council Minutes for June 2014

The Trust Council met on 3rd June 2014.  As well as reviewing the Trust's finances and future commitments, the Council considered plans for the future of the Butty and progress on the Crofton Project.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE.  We apologise for the delay in publication.

TC subsequently met on 8th July.  The minutes of that meeting will be published after they have been approved at the meeting sue on 9th September.  There was no meeting in August.

Trust Council minutes for May 2014

The Trust Council met on 13 May 2014.  The meeting focussed on our work to preserve and present the heritage of the Kennet & Avon.  This included:

• new PCs had been installed to enable our archive team to continue their work of cataloging, preserving and using Britain's most complete canal archive
• Following winter works at the Trust museum, the Council agreed to improve access to the museum by moving to a 'entry by donation' basis as is common in many other museums.
• Work on the HLF bid for the Crofton project had got off to a good start with CRT demonstrating its willingness to partner us in this important project.  The big challenge was (and remains) finding enough volunteer effort to drive the project forward.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE.

Trust Council minutes for April 2014

Trust Council met on 22 April.  It reviewed financial performance and the annual budget as well as the near final draft of the accounts for 2013.

Trust Council noted the successful royal visit on 7th April when HRH the Princess Royal had met more than 70 volunteers.

It noted excellent progress on the Crofton project and agreed to change admission procedures at the Trust museum to a suggested donation basis in order to increase opening hours.

Trust Council agreed to replace the obsolete PCs in the Trust archives.

The minutes of the meeting are available HERE

Agenda & Papers for Annual General Meeting

The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust

Notice of Annual General Meeting - revised 1 May 2014 to include details of trustee nominations

The 52nd Annual General Meeting of The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust will be held at West Lavington Village Hall, Sandfield, West Lavington, SN10 4HLon Saturday, 17th May 2014, commencing at 10.30 am, to conduct the following business.

Ordinary Resolutions (See note i below):

1.    To receive and adopt the Council’s Report and Accounts for the year ended 31^st December 2013.

2.    To elect Members to be Trustees:

a.    Rob Dean, Pauline King and Terry Mundy retire in accordance with Articles 50 and 51 of the Trust's Articles of Association. They, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.  (Note: The above persons make up the number of annual retirees required by Article 50 of the Trust’s Articles of Association.)

b.    David Copley retires in accordance with Article 39 of the Trust’s Articles of Association.  He, being eligible, offers himself for re-election. 

c.    Nominations for election to Trust Council have been received from Mr David Inight and Mr Peter Turvey.

3.    To resolve to adopt the revised “Objects” of the Trust as published and notified to members in April 2014.

4.    To authorise Council to seek approval by the Charity Commissioners, of the draft Articles of Association of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust as published and notified to members in April 2014

5.         A copy of the draft minutes for the AGM 2013 and the agenda for the AGM 2014 are available by clicking on the text.

By Order of the Board of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust

Daisy Mundy Company Secretary

1 May 2014

Notes:

i.      A member entitled to attend and vote may appoint a proxy to attend and vote in his/her stead.  A copy of the proxy form is here.

ii.     Notes for guidance together with nomination forms are available from the Secretary by e-mailing secretary@katrust.org.uk or in writing to The Secretary, K&A Trust, Canal Centre, Couch Lane, Devizes, SN10 1EB. Closing date for receipt of valid nominations is noon on 15^th May 2014.

iii.    The Board of Trustees is currently seeking individuals specifically with skills in fundraising, marketing and volunteer management.
iv.  For information, the existing memorandum & articles of association are available here

Registered in England and Wales: No 726331. Registered Charity: No CC209206