The Cardiac Exercise Club
                                   Annual General Meeting 2019 
                                               Minutes of Meeting
8th May 2019 Wednesday - The Patterson Annex, Victory Road SW19 1HN
Present:
Fiona Swinfen-Green (Chair)
Jay Basu (Treasurer)		Rabi Sabapathy		Chris Bodill
Buva Rabindra			Dorothy Bradshaw		Justin Dix
Barry Smith				Stephen Hart 		Robert Keeling                  Mick Rawley				Milan Patel			Andy Coles
Mario Guida				Maggi Reading		Cheryl Kennedy
Lionel Blackman

1. Apologies:
Tony Cox, Phil Price & Graham Mclatchie 
2. Minutes of previous meeting:
Fiona Swinfen-Green as the chair opened the club meeting and welcomed all members to the meeting and confirmed Jay Basu as our Treasurer. The minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed and agreed as being accurate. The proposer was Maggi Reading and this was seconded by Andy Coles.
3. Matters Arising:
Apologies to Andy Coles for spelling his name incorrectly in the previous minutes.
4. Election of Committee members:
The meeting unanimously agreed to re-elect Fiona Swinfen-Green as Chairman and Secretary. This was proposed by Andy Coles and seconded by Maggi Reading.
The present committee are as follows: Treasurer: Jay Basu, Trustee Members: Graham Mclatchie, Rabi Sabapathy and Chris Walton. Co-opted members: Phil Price, Cheryl Kennedy and Andy Coles. This was proposed by Fiona and seconded by Chris Bodill.
5. Treasurer’s report:
Jay Basu, the Treasurer, presented the accounts and outlined the movement of each items. The committee agreed to accept them. This was proposed by Maggi Reading and seconded by Lionel Blackman.  
Our club membership has grown this year and we now have 70 active members.
Donations received during the year include a second grant from The Wimbledon Foundation’s `Get set, Get active` fund and a `Magic Little Grant’ of £500  from the People’s Post Code Lottery. Other donations include £250 from Bannenburg Rowel Design and £30 from Mrs A M Harris. These have all resulted in a near break-even cash flow for the current year. Meanwhile we continue to seek other grants and possibly a longer time sponsorship / tie-up with physical activity related organisations. 
Jay thanked those who have been supporting the club for their endeavours and sundry donations. 
6. Chairs Report:
Fiona led by apologising for the absence of Phil Price and Graham Mclatchie who are away at present. Sue and Faye were also held up by other work commitments and therefore unable to attend.
Since May 2018, we have had 30 new members join which is an increase of 5 members from last year.
This year we tried a new venue for our post Christmas meal at The Edward Rayne, Weatherspoons, in Raynes Park. The venue was good with space for everyone to sit together. 38 members attended with their partners and families. 
As indicated in the Treasurer’s report and accounts, we have been to claim Gift Aid from HMRC successfully. If any members haven’t filled in a Gift Aid Declaration form we would be grateful if they could do so, to help the club. 
After our summer trip to Whitstable in 2018, there have been some comments requesting consideration of a change of venue. The Whitstable trip has been very enjoyable but we have been going there for a good few years and it may be nice to have a change. It is proposed to arrange a coach trip to Arundel in West Sussex. The trip is currently planned for Saturday 17th August 2019 and further details to follow.
Thanks were expressed to everyone who attends regularly and contributes to the club. And a special thank you to Faye and Sue for their commitment every single week which helps to make this club so good.
7. AOB:
Andy Coles thanked Rabi for taking notes.
The meeting closed at 8:40 pm.
8. Date of next meeting: Wednesday 6th May 2020 (to be confirmed)                                                                        

Notes taken by Rabi Sabapathy