29 Octobet 2021 l. Welcome to the Vll]age Hall AGM. As in ptCFiOUS years it ts appropti2te to mentioft that Cotscon)be VilIAge H2n is a Ch￿1￿ and the clutiti¢s members are the te5idenrs of Cotscombe over the age of 18 and the N'illage Hall is twi fot the benefit of all the metnbers. 2. The V• Hall i8 by an executive management committee whosc puwse ts to maintsin the fd]2ge Hall alld to ensure that it 15 to the benefit of its membets and part of tbe pu4)ose of the AGM is to elect the membets of thst Cotumittee. 3. This p￿t year l)as of coutse been p2rticu]2dy challenging with vatiou81(KkdoFlls and then attempts to reopen the hall only to be faced with another lockdow 4. At last ye2rs AGM we were beginni￿ to get back to some Lit￿ 0£ notm8b.ty only to n into the lockdovm m December and restrictions of ooe kind OT another effecttve]y until July of this year. 5. Althougb the VJ]]2ge H2ll could Dot be used fi)r much of the tin￿ tbere was still a requitement to cotnpty with tnsurAnce oblgatii)Ds with iospections of the Hall 2nd 6. 1 want to agaio tccord tb2Dks to all m¢mb¢ts of the comtillttee for their efforts dwing the year especdty to Kdym who has ensured that tbe Hall was well m2intsincd. 7. As we ￿￿e not able to deiive any income from letting the hall d￿0￿hOllt most of the year we Iwere able to obtsin assistance in the forni grnnts and I would like to thank Rosemary fot applying fot and 0btsintt￿ the grgnts. Rob in l)is reportTrvill touch upon this. 8. The money received b*s enabled us to tenew Some equipment induding a cooker for the kitchen. 9. As we enjerge noTr hOpe&￿Tr to Son￿ kind of notujalkty we hxvc plat￿ta vatious evellts and tbe first Big Breakfast for over 2 year was held at the bwing of the n)onth and will now continue on the fitst S2turd2y in evcry mondL We also bave a C￿LstMaS Pop up Restsutant pkn)ned fot December. 10. Going foLW2rd Ive would 3]so be gr2tefi& for ideas from you as to events th2t could take p]ace the ￿t￿re. I l. We will h￿r frorn Rosen]ary with regard to tbe booknng situation and from Rob wxth the fiDancÉal report shortly. 12. As I mentioned we will be looling to elect th¢ EsccutiFe Committee ]ater although I have receii.td no norninations fot people wiJ]ing to stand and thetefote subicct to the existing committee beillgwillmg to stsod for a fitttheryeat the extSting cotnmitteewill be re elected. 13. 1 do need to dtraw to attention the p05itÉon of the comthitte¢. The con]mittee has consisted of onty fiF¢ ￿embers should this ttduce we will not be abk io fidtjl the requirements of thc Charity Con]tnission and therefore ultitDatehT the Village Hall would have ro close. 14. We had planned to move th¢ AGM to the Spring to avoid cold dark evenings and thcrcfore for 2022 the AG,M will be in about seven months timL At that ZI￿tIllg we will bave to consmler the firture if at that time there ts nobody wjjtog to st2tt 15. As we hopefully tnove into a better 2022 thank you Eot yout supporL Paul Rendell- 29X.20 lol