Arnside and Silverdale AONB Landscape Trust Events
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Annual General Meeting 2025 & ‘Lakeland Architecture Through the Centuries’
Thursday 17th July, 2025 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Annual General Meeting of the Landscape Trust.
Members are advised that the Landscape Trust Annual General Meeting 2025 is to be held on Thursday July 17th at 7.30 pm at the Heron Theatre, Beetham
Note: any resolutions must be submitted, with five members’ signed support, to the secretary 28 days before the AGM and any other business must be notified in advance.
Agenda
- Apologies for Absence
- Minutes of AGM 17th July 2024
- Matters Arising (5 minutes)
- Chairman’s report (15 minutes)
- Treasurer’s report (10 minutes)
- Adoption of accounts, as approved by the trustees in May 2025 / Appointment of Independent Examiner (2 minutes)
- Secretary’s report (5 minutes)
- Election of Officers: (10 minutes)
The following officers are willing to serve for the coming year: Chairman: Steve Benner; Secretary: Michael Warren – to be proposed and seconded according to the constitution.
Treasurer: At the trustees’ meeting in November 2024, trustees agreed unanimously to appoint Justin Wetters as treasurer to replace Ray Anslow, who had resigned after many years of outstanding service. This appointment needs to be formally approved by the AGM.
Proposal: to elect Justin Wetters to the position of treasurer.
- Election of trustees;
Lynne Farrell and Trevor Blease are both coming to the end of their three-year period as Trustees this year. Both are willing to serve for another term. All others are still current.
Note on election of Officers and Committee Members: The Managing Committee currently consists of the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and six other elected Committee Members (one of whom will be Vice Chairman). All of these are Trustees. Invited members to the reports part of the Committee Meetings are the Chairman of the Events Committee; Membership Secretary; Volunteer Reserves Officer; Editor of Keer to Kent and the manager of the AONB unit where these are not already elected Committee Members. The President is an ex-officio member of the committee. Trustee Committee Members including Officers serve a three-year term but can be re-elected.
- Date and Time of Next Annual General Meeting: To be determined (July 2026).
Break
Lakeland Architecture through the centuries – a talk by Andrew Lowe, former building conservation officer for the Lake District National Park Authority.
Closing comments.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
The following supporting documents are available for download:
- Agenda
- Minutes of previous AGM (2024)
- ASLT Management Structure 2024
- Annual report & Accounts 2024-2025
- Constitution of the Landscape Trust (as amended 2024)
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