Guernsey Chamber of Commerce

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1 Guernsey Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting Urban Kitchen on 13 th June :00 pm

2 GUERNSEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018 To be held on Wednesday 13 th June 2018 at Urban Kitchen AGENDA 1) To note apologies for absence 2) To confirm and sign the minutes of the AGM held on 19th June ) To confirm and sign the minutes of the EGM held on 22 nd November ) The Honorary Treasurer s Report and approval of the 2017 Accounts 5) To note the President s Report 6) To note the Director s Report 7) To note the YBG President s Report 8) To elect the: a. President for 2 years (See note 1 below) b. Vice President for 1 year (See note 2 below) c. Honorary Treasurer for 1 year (See note 3 below) d. Up to 4 Council Members for up to 3 years (See Note 4 below) 9) Any other business Note 1: Note 2: Note 3: Note 4: Nomination of Barrie Baxter as President Proposed by John O Neill and seconded by Martyn Dorey Nomination of Hana Plesk as Vice President Proposed by Martyn Dorey and seconded by John O Neill Nomination of Graham Rabey as Hon Treasurer Proposed by Martyn Dorey and seconded by John O Neill Nomination to Council who are standing for re-election David Falla Proposed by Hana Plesk seconded by Martyn Dorey (re-election) Luke Wheadon Proposed by Martyn Dorey seconded by John O Neill (re-election) Tim Guilbert Proposed by John O Neill seconded by Hana Plesk (re-election) The Guernsey Chamber of Commerce is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in Guernsey. A member is entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to exercise all or any of his rights to attend and to speak and to vote at a meeting of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce. A proxy need not be a member of The Guernsey Chamber of Commerce.

3 AGM Minutes Monday 19 June am pm: The OGH Hotel Agenda Action 1 Attendees: Council Martyn Dorey () President Rachel Richardson (RR Vice President Graham Rabey (GR) Honorary Treasurer Barry Cash (BC) Director David Falla (DF) Falla Associates Rupert Dorey (RD) Individual Rob Le Page (RLP) Robert W Le Page David Ummels (DU) Astin Capital Stephen Ozanne (SO) Walkers Luke Wheadon (LW) Bella Luce Hotel Carl Symes (CS) Individual Stephen Rouxel (SR HSBC Dene Reardon (DR) BDO Limited Tim Robins (TR) Individual Tony Rowbotham (AR) Montague Evans CI Jay Aylmer (JA) The Potting Shed Kirsty Boazman (KB) - Individual Chamber Staff John O Neill (JON) Head of Business Development Jackie David (JD) Client Services Co-ordinator Members - Jamie Falla (JF) Jamie Falla Architecture Jeremy Smithies (JS) Individual Jenny Tasker (JT) Individual Anita Kilby (AK) Individual Hana Plsek (HP) Collas Crill John Gollop (JG) Individual Paula Williams (PW) Island Consortium Mandy Colling (MC) Vega Solutions Ltd Paul Every (PE) Vega Solutions Ltd

4 2 Apologies: Council James Barker (JB) Create Limited Oliver Westgarth (OW) CCD Architects Marc Lainé C5 Alliance Members - Peter Schaefer Carla Bauer Sure Corinne Joy Sure Mark Gill - Sure 2 Review of minutes of AGM held on 15 June 2016 These were approved and signed. 3 Review of minutes of EGM held on 7 December 2016 These were approved and signed. 4 The Honorary Treasurer s Report and approval of 2016 Accounts This had previously been circulated and is attached as Appendix A. The accounts were proposed by RD and seconded by RLP. GR 5 President s Report This was read to members present and is attached as Appendix B. 6 Director s Report This had previously been circulated and is attached as Appendix C. BC 7 YBG President s Report This was read to members present and is attached as Appendix D. SR 8 Elections a) Vice President for one year: Hana Plesk was elected to be Vice President for one year. Proposed by GR; Seconded by. b) Honorary Treasurer for one year: Graham Rabey was re-elected to be Honorary Treasurer for one year. Proposed by ; Seconded by BC. c) Eight Council members elected/re-elected for up to three years: Tim Robins (re-election) Proposed by GR; Seconded by. Jay Aylmer (re-election) Proposed by GR; Seconded by. David Ummels Proposed by OW; Seconded by TC. Oliver Westgarth Proposed by DU; Seconded by PS. Peter Shaefer Proposed by DU; Seconded by OW. Anita Kilby Proposed by GR; Seconded by. Kirsty Boazman Proposed by BC; Seconded by. Stephen Ozanne Proposed by GR; Seconded by. All appointments were agreed unanimously by a show of hands.

5 9 Any Other Business The President appointed Barry Cash to Council. John Gollop expressed thanks to Barry Cash and suggested that the members of Young Business Group should be encouraged to join Chamber, as they are the future. Jenny Tasker said that she was saddened to hear of various groups no longer coming to Guernsey because of the service offered by Condor. LW agreed that there is a need for change and AR said that Guernsey needs a recognisable brand in order to attract foreign visitors and suggested that the airlines need to look into the greater use of co-sharing routes to elevate their profile. Peter Smithies asked if the listing of individual members in Contact Magazine could be done by length of membership, as opposed to alphabetically. BC referred this to JON. Anita Kilby offered thanks to BC. The President summed up by thanking everyone for attending and said that one of the things to be looked at was the scheduling of Council meetings, moving away from the traditional Monday evening and moving into working hours. nodding of agreement from members present. This elicited much Signed Martyn Dorey...Date / /2018 President

6 MINUTES Extraordinary General Meeting Upstairs at Le Petit Bistro on Wednesday 22 nd November 2017 at am Present: John O Neill JON, Barry Cash BC, Rob Le Page RLP, Carl Symes CS, David Falla DF, Martyn Dorey, Steven Ozanne SO, Simon Howitt SH, Tony Rowbotham TR, David Ummells DU, Kay Leslie KL, Jackie David JD Presentation of Apologies and Proxies Julian Winser Proxy to Director, Rupert Dorey Proxy to President, Graham Rabey Proxy to Director, James Barker Proxy to Director, Luke Wheadon Proxy to Director, Ian Burdekin, Justin Sykes, Tim Guilbert, Hannah Beacom, Becky Elliott, Corinne Joy, Fionnuala Carvill To agree Annual Subscription rates for 2018: The increase had been based on the rise in RPI and was agreed by a unanimous vote. Apply the results of the vote on Corporate Compliance: This item had been deferred. Any Other Business: Premises Update JON said that the Executive had agreed the move to the new premises in Smith Street in early 2018, once remedial works in the kitchen and toilet areas had been completed. The premises were larger than the current ones, which would enable meetings and certain events to be held in-house and the location was more central to the bulk of members. The lease was to be a 10-year, no repair one, with an initial annual rental of 18,500. It was anticipated that there would be an initial four-month rent holiday. asked for a vote of thanks to be minuted in respect of the assistance that TR had given. TR said that he would conclude the deal and notify Chamber of the final agreement. The meeting closed at am. Martyn Dorey President of Chamber of Commerce

7 GUERNSEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGM 2018 NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT Barrie Baxter Proposed by: John O Neill Seconded by: Martyn Dorey NOMINATION FOR VICE-PRESIDENT Hana Plesk Proposed by: Martyn Dorey Seconded by: John O Neill NOMINATION FOR TREASURER Graham Rabey Proposed by: Martyn Dorey Seconded by: John O Neill NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL CANDIDATE PROPOSED SECONDED 1. David Falla Hana Plesk Martyn Dorey 2. Luke Wheadon Martyn Dorey John O Neill 3. Tim Guilbert John O Neill Hana Plesk 4.