29 October - Annual General Meeting

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Star & Shadow Cinema (Community Interest Company)

Annual General Meeting for 2006-2007

26 October 2007

Present:

Mat Fleming, Caroline, Andy, Holly Clag, Debbie Bower, Bridget, Richard Phipps, Laura Harrington, Stephanie, Craig Wilson, Adrin Neatour, Bill, Alan Thornton, Christo Wallers

Introduction

It was clarified that the membership from coming to an event is different to the membership of the Company, which is recorded in a book. Bridget confirmed that the invitation to the AGM had been emailed out a month ago.

Directors Stand Down

It was clarified that as this was the first AGM all the directors had to stand down, according to the Memorandum & Articles of the Star & Shadow Cinema Community Interest Company. Mat, Debbie and Christo all stood down. A vote of thanks was unanimously accepted for their efforts.

Appointment of Directors

There were no nominations, so the existing directors were reappointed. The meeting toasted the new directors.

Finance

Christo presented the accounts for 2006-07. This covered eight months of building and four months of trading. Christo went on to give an overview of the finances to date, which showed a solvent and stable organisation. Laura proposed that finance reports be presented to the organising meetings of 21 January, 19 May, 21 July and 20 October in 2008. The accounts for 2006-07 were unanimously accepted. The account, Paul Dempster, was reappointed. The meeting gave a unanimous vote of thanks to Laura for her hard work on the finances.

Social Audit 2006-07

The Social Objects of our Memorandum & Articles were repeated to the meeting. These were felt to be still an accurate description of our objectives. The agreed how we have met our social objects.

Next AGM

The day was set for 19 May 2008, with an invitation to go out with the April/May brochure.

The meeting closed at about 8pm.