Minutes

of the second Annual General Meeting of the

Addison’s Disease Self Help Group (ADSHG).

Held at Westminster Community College, Elgin Avenue, London W9

Saturday 22 May 2004 at 2pm

1.   Katherine White chaired the second Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the ADSHG and welcomed all members and friends.

2.   Apologies: Deana Kenward (President), Sue Thompson (Executive member), Professor John Wass (Medical Policy Adviser)

3.    Katherine White (Chair) proposed the adoption of the minutes of the inaugural AGM held on Saturday 10 May 2003. This was passed on a unanimous floor vote.

4.    The following representatives were then formally elected to the ADSHG Executive:

• Suzannah Bartov.  20 proxy votes in favour; unanimous floor vote.

• Noel Hawks.  20 proxy votes in favour; unanimous floor vote

5.    David Leen (Treasurer) presented his report of the group’s accounts for the year ended 31 December 2003.

6.    The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2003 were formally adopted on a unanimous floor vote.

7.    David Leen presented the group’s Business Plan, on behalf of Sue Thompson. The plan forms the basis of the group’s application to the Charities’ Commission, which has now been submitted. David outlined the group’s predicted growth and allied costs and emphasised that subscription income was being spent on publications and other activities to benefit group members.

8.    The Chair proposed the formal adoption of the 2004 increase in the annual subscription rate, from £10 to £12. This was carried unanimously.

9.    Katherine White delivered the President’s Report on behalf of Deana Kenward. Deana described the group’s activities and development over the last year and applauded the progress that had been made. Membership now stands at 731, with 180 of these belonging to the e-group. She also reassured those group members without access to the internet that the ADSHG newsletter would continue to be paper-based.

10.  Alyson Elliot (Executive member) made a presentation on the recently compiled mailing list database, explaining its functions and demonstrating the profiles it revealed.

11.  No other business was raised.

12.  The AGM closed at 2.45pm.

Notes on the meeting:

• The minutes were recorded by Sarah Baker

• 7 members of  Executive Committee were present at the meeting

• 47 members of the ADSHG signed the meeting register

• 20 proxy votes were received by post in advance of the meeting

• The total votes cast therefore represent just under 10% of the total membership

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