Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Document No: 14052
DJW Date: 14.05.16
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 14th May 2016 at
The Holiday Inn Birmingham-Bromsgrove Hotel, Bromsgrove
which commenced at 12.30 pm and was attended by 19 members.
A number of apologies were received
It was agreed that a proper notice convening the meeting had been circulated in April 2016.
The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at the Holiday Hotel, Bromsgrove, on 16th May 2015 were taken as read and were signed by the President as a true record of the meeting. The members present approved the Annual Report of the Council for the previous session 2015, along with the Annual Accounts for 2015. The report of the Technical Board was also approved.
The ICME Awards for 2016 were approved.
On a proposal by Mr Mark Fenyes, which was seconded by Mr Trevor Ayre, Mr John Townsend was elected President for the coming session 2016-2017.
On a proposal by EurIng Andrew Turner, which was seconded by Mr Chris Mintern, Mr Trevor Ayre was elected Senior Vice President for the coming session 2016-2017.
On a proposal by EurIng Andrew Turner, which was seconded by Mr John Townsend, Mr Stephen Hill was elected Junior Vice President for the coming session 2016-2017.
Election of Hon. Treasurer – Currently this position is vacant and the Finance & General Purposes Committee will make a proposal in due course.
On a proposal by Mr John Townsend, which was seconded by Mr Trevor Ayre, Nicholsons Statutory Auditors were elected Auditors for the Institute for the 2016-2017 session.
It was announced that the following people had been elected to serve on the General Council for a period of two years: Mr D Eggleston, Mr A Fox, Mr D Millington, Mr C Mintern, Mr J Small, EurIng S Smith,
Mr T Stevenson, EurIng Turner, Mr J Willetts and Mr T Yates. There were no vacancies.
On a proposal by Mr Mark Fenyes and seconded by Mr John Townsend, the ICME membership subscriptions fees were approved for 2017.
On a proposal by Mr Mark Fenyes and seconded by John Townsend it was agreed that the amended By-Laws be sent to Privy Council.
There being no further business, the meeting closed.
- Branch AGM followed by the Peter Wakeman Memorial Lecture
- Long Service Pins presentation
- Founding training returns to dedicated centre
- “Students Evening”
- North East Long Service Pins (silver)
- North East Group Diploma Students
- Long & Notable Services Award
- Calling all young Foundrymen & Women
- “The Market Opportunities for Carbidic Austempered Ductile Iron (CADI)”
- Ian Hughes Hon FICME
- A A R (Roy) Howells Hon FICME
- The 73rd World Foundry Congress
- P C Nix Best Technical (Non-Ferrous) Student Award
- Mick Milner FICME
- Chris Butler FICME
- “The Bill Rooker Quiz”
- Presentation of cheque to Steve Bull, The Steve Bull Foundation
- Engineering Council
- “Developments in the Latest Cold Box Technologies”
- Scottish Branch Technical Meeting December 2017
- Scottish Branch Quiz Night
- Frying Pans to Formula 1
- Ray Horsley EngTech Prof MICME
- “Developments in Melting and Melting Technologies”
- Packaging to prevent Corrosion to castings in transit
- Best Practice and Information over Microsoft Teams
- “An Update on the Elite Centre and ICME Training Provision”
- Vesuvius plc (“Vesuvius” or “the Group”)
- Engineering Council new Chief Exec announced
- Developing Tomorrow’s Foundry Engineers and Technicians
- Happy retirement to Dianne
- Committing to another year
- A SINGLE SOURCE SOLUTION for your promotional needs
- Industrial Strategy and the Sector Deal for Metals
- West Midlands Annual Banquet
- West Midlands New Branch President
- West Midlands AGM
- Scottish Branch Dinner Dance