Essex Field Club Annual General Meeting 126 to be held at 2:30pm Saturday 11th March 2006 at the Blessed Sacrament Church Hall, Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford. It is about 200m east of Chignall Road and about 900m north of Roxwell Road, A1060, at TL688084, or can be reached by bus 54 which runs every 20 minutes from Chelmsford Bus Station AGENDA 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 2005 3. Report of Council for 2005 4. Balance Sheet and Accounts for 2005 5. Election of Officers and Members of Council, and Editorial Team (see below) 6. Honorary Membership 7. New Rules (see previous section) 8. Any Other Business 9. Members' Notes and Exhibits 10. Presentation by Mark Hanson 'Trees of Essex' The Council's nominations for Officers and Council Members to fill vacancies of those retiring are as follows: President Del Smith Vice-President Peter Harvey General Secretary Mary Smith Membership Secretary Del Smith Treasurer John Bath Meetings Secretary Ken Adams Collections and Library Assistant Martin Heywood Editorial Team Dr Ken Adams, Tim Gardiner, Bill George, Dr Chris Gibson, Peter Harvey (Technical Editor), Adrian Knowles Editorial Representative Peter Harvey Ordinary Member of Council Jacquey Bunn Any further nominations must be handed to the President in writing either before or at this meeting. All nominations are to be duly seconded. In the event of no further nominations being received, those nominated will be declared elected at the Annual General Meeting. Please note that we are one Ordinary Member of Council short, so we would very much like another person willing to be nominated, either before or at the meeting. Please contact Mary Smith on 01708 228921 or email mary@smith33gpr.fsnet.co.uk. for further information, if needed. 4 Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 49, January 2006