Bill Maguire was elected to the role of President. Paul McDonald and Jennifer Piggott agreed to share the Vice President’s duties. The incumbent Treasurer and Secretary, Jeanette Hill and Jim Dean respectively, were re-elected.

The retiring committee members were re-elected and the vacancy that had existed for the last year was filled. Jennifer Piggott was elected to fill the vacancy. The committee will meet soon and appoint the office-bearers.

The proposed amendment to the new constitution was accepted and the amended constitution was then passed. This will change the way the committee is elected in future and also reduce the size of the committee. It will not change the organisation of the show, it is only an administrative change.

The forum brought up a few suggestions to improve future events and these will be followed up at subsequent meetings.

Bill Maguire and Ron Painter were re-elected to the committee. This left us with a single vacancy on the committee. At a subsequent committee meeting the office bearers were elected. The only change was that Bill Maguire was elected to the position of Vice President. The full committee is on the committee page.

The AGM was followed by a members forum. A number of issues were raised and discussed. Some of these will be investigated further at future general meetings.

The Annual Report was provide to members at the meeting.  It can be downloaded below.

2010 HMHS Annual Report

The agenda is available to all members. If you would like a copy before the meeting just let us know.

Date: 10th February 2010
Time: 7pm
Location: Stan Stevens Studio Deerubbin Centre George St Windsor (aka Windsor Library)

An agenda will be available to members soon. Anyone who wants to receive a copy before the meeting please let us know.

The meeting will cover the early stages of organising the 2010 exhibition. Further details will be sent to members closer to the date.

The new committee was elected. The committee members are

Paul McDonald
Jeanette Hill
Jim Dean
Kevin Smith
Ron Painter

there are two vacancies at the moment. The committee page will be updated after the committee has elected the office bearers.

After the meeting a members forum was held where some general issues were discussed. It was agreed that regular Member’s Meetings will be held. The date for the next meeting will be announced after the venue has been booked.

The AGM will be followed by a member’s forum to discuss general issues regarding the Association and the Hobby Show. Supper will follow.

All members are encouraged to attend.

After the president welcomed everyone and introduced the committee he gave an overview of the history of the show, it is our fourth year! He then explained the background to the new association and its aims. The secretary provided some details on things like finances. Next both shared talking about the plans for this year, exhibits, promotion etc. Membership was discussed last.

The meeting was thrown open for discussion and there were quite a few topics raised. The committee will look into them at future meetings. Ways of promoting the show were also discussed. Several members offered to distribute flyers at other events. This is a very successful way to promote the show as word of mouth is the best form of advertising. Another subject was members helping on the weekend of the event.

The meeting concluded with supper and there were several lively discussions going on over the coffee and biscuits. It was good to see everyone getting involved. The whole night was very positive and must be considered a success with some new members and lots of good ideas.