Annual General Meeting 2020-2021


Following the postponement of the Nystagmus Network Annual General Meeting 2020-2021 on Saturday 25 October, notice is hereby given that members of the Nystagmus Network are warmly invited to join trustees to attend the Annual General Meeting at 1pm on Saturday 6 November online and exercise their right to vote.

Agenda

Nystagmus Network – AGM agenda

Saturday 6 November 2021 at 1pm

Meeting via Zoom, to be chaired by Hon President Vivien Jones

Nystagmus Network is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Nystagmus Network AGM 2020
Time: Nov 6, 2021 13:00 London

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  1. Approval of the minutes of the AGM held on Saturday 3 October 2021 by zoom.
  2. Annual statement of accounts, introduced by Treasurer, Vicky Pitman.
  3. Trustees’ annual report, introduced by Chairman, Tim Cuddeford.
  4. Trustees standing down and offering themselves for re-election in 2021.
  5. To note who is on the Board of Trustees in 2020/2021:

             Vivien Jones – Honorary President

             Tim Cuddeford – Chair

             Peter Greenwood – Vice-chair

             Vicky Pitman – Treasurer

             Sam Jones – Secretary

             Claire Brinn – Education Advocate

             Dan Williams

             Richard Blackmore

             Kathryn Swanston

             Karen Chu

             John Vekinis

6. To note that Marie Travers (Turnbull) and Frances Lilley stood down as Trustees in 2020/21.        

7. AOB

Minutes of the AGM 2019-2020

Nystagmus Network- Annual General Meeting Minutes:

Saturday 3 October 2020, 1700 GMT

Via Zoom

Trustee Attendees:Tim Cuddeford (Chair), Vicky Pitman (VP), Sam Jones (SJ), Frances Lilley (FL), Peter Greenwood (PG), Vivien Jones (VJ), Dan Williams (DW), Claire Brinn (CB), Marie Turnbull (MT)

Apologies:            None

  • Statement of Accounts: VP introduced the statement of accounts for 2019. There were no questions and these were accepted
  • Trustees annual report: TC introduced the annual report for 2019. There were no questions and this was accepted.
  • Trustees: As per the Nystagmus Network’s revised constitution, 3 trustees stood for re-election. These were:

Sam Jones

Claire Brinn

Vicky Pitman

Those present were asked to raise their hands if in favour of the appointment of the above-named trustees.

The vote was passed and the trustees appointed.

  • Changes to Trustee Appointments:
    • VJ noted that, during the year, Mary Elliott stood down as a trustee on health grounds. VJ expressed her thanks for all Mary’s work and the hope that she would consider returning to the board of trustees in future
    • Dan Williams has been appointed as trustee of the charity during 2020
    • Alison Leary was appointed and resigned as a trustee due to work pressures, during 2020.
  • Trustee Roles: For information, VJ noted that the following Trustee roles are proposed:
    • VJ – Honorary President
    • TC – Chairperson
    • PG – Vice-chair
    • VP – Treasurer
    • SJ – Secretary
    • FL – Educational Advocate
    • CB – Educational Advocate
    • TC – Interim Chair of Finance and Governance Committee
    • PG – Chair of Awareness and Support Committee
    • MT – Chair of Fundraising Committee
    • TC – Complaints
    • VJ –  Safeguarding

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