Annual General Meeting 2025-26
==================== Date: 4th June 2025 Time: 9pm Venue: Facebook Chat
Agenda
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Attendance
1. Welcome, apologies, previous minutes and action points
Welcome - Logan Bruce, Jim McCafferty, Philip Henry, Apologies - Terry Grew, Lyndsay Wallace
previous minutes Proposed: Bruce Logan
previous minutes Seconded: Philip Henry
previous minutes Vote: Unanimous
1.1
budget for 24/25 Proposed: Philip Henry Seconded: Bruce Vote: Unanimous
2. Membership Figures
The GoogleGroup currently stands at 22k+ members. The App currently has 100+ downloads, but less than 500.
- Annual Events 2025-26
- NI NoWriMo (Nov 2025)
National Novel-Writing Month has discontinued most of its regional work. We will continue to hold now-unofficial Nano meetings. Face to face meetings (Thursday) and Discord (Monday).
4. Motions
N/A
- 4.1 plans for 2025-6
Approaching FutureScreens NI for funding for app.
No venue was booked for European Heritage Open Day, so we will not be running an event for EHOD.
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4.2 Committee to meet up next week to discuss the mobile app.
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Elections Nominations:
Chairman Logan, Bruce Proposed: Philip Seconded: Jim Voted: Unanimous Treasurer Henry, Philip Proposed: Jim Seconded: Bruce Voted: Unanimous Secretary McCafferty, Jim Proposed: Philip Seconded: Bruce Voted: Unanimous Member w/o portfolio Wallace, Lindsay Proposed: Bruce Seconded: Jim Voted: Unanimous Member w/o portfolio Grew, Terry Proposed: Bruce Seconded: Philip Voted: Unanimous
Nominate Seconded Vote
After the AGM is concluded, the newly elected Committee will take control.
6. AOB
- Date of Next Annual General Meeting
Proposed June 2026. Facebook chat. 1st Wednesday June
Meeting Concluded at:
22:00
Chairman's Report
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We have chaired weekly committee meetings every Saturday evening to discuss the App promotion.
To celebrate Studio NI's 20th Anniversary (Sept 2024) we ran an event at European Heritage Open Day (14th Sept 2024).
Secretary's Report 2025 - Jim McCafferty
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Nothing to report
Treasurer's Report
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Annual General Meeting 2024-25
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Date: 10th July 2024 Time: 9:05pm Venue: Facebook Chat
Agenda ======
Attendance
- Welcome, apologies, previous minutes and action points
Welcome - Logan Bruce, Jim McCafferty, Philip Henry, Apologies - Terry Grew, Lyndsay Wallace
previous minutes Proposed: Bruce
previous minutes Seconded: Philip
previous minutes Vote: Unanimous
1.1 Officers Reports Accepted - Nothing to report
Budget Proposed: Philip
Budget Seconded: Bruce
Budget Vote: Unanimous
- Membership Figures
The GoogleGroup currently stands at 21k+ members. >Facebook Membership 6K
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Annual Events 2024-25
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Culture Night Belfast has been cancelled because it lost its funding. There was no in-person event on culture night 2023.
To celebrate Studio NI's 20th Anniversary (Sept 2024) we organised an event at European Heritage Open Day (14th Sept 2024).
- NI NoWriMo (Nov 2024)
National Novel-Writing Month has discontinued most of its regional work. We will continue to hold now-unofficial Nano meetings. Face to face meetings (Thursday) and Discord (Monday)
4. Motions
Move App Development Meeting to 9PM. Proposed: Bruce, Seconded: Philip, Voted: Unanimous
4.1 plans for 2025-6
hit 500 downloads on the app and people authoring posts
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4.2 Committee to meet up next week to discuss the mobile app.
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Elections Nominations:
Chairman Logan, Bruce Proposed: Jim Seconded: Philip Voted: Unanimous Treasurer Henry, Philip Proposed: Bruce Seconded: Jim Voted: Unanimous Secretary McCafferty, Jim Proposed: Bruce Seconded: Philip Voted: Unanimous Member w/o portfolio Wallace, Lindsay Proposed: Bruce Seconded: Philip Voted: Unanimous Member w/o portfolio Grew, Terry Proposed: Bruce Seconded: Philip Voted: Unanimous
Nominate Seconded Vote
After the AGM is concluded, the newly elected Committee will take control.
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AOB
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Date of Next Annual General Meeting
Proposed June 2025. Facebook chat.
Meeting Concluded at: 21:40