Chairman's report:
The Chairman gave a detailed report of the years events.
(please see below)
The date of this year's Gala is 14th July and planning is
progressing well with new events, features and the probability of
one spectacle that has not been seen before. All members and other
local groups are encouraged to get involved and lend their support
to the event.
Members were asked to note that the programme for Gala Meetings is
as follows: 28th May, 25th June, 2nd July and 9th July all at 7.30
pm in the Richmond Arms Lounge
Election of Office Bearers:
In line with the constitution all Office Bearers resigned following
the ending of their year in office. Positions were filled as
follows:
Chairman: Ron Billing
Vice Chairman: Derek Murray
Deputy Vice Chairman: Colin Symon
Treasurer: Doreen Smith
Secretary: Robert Thomson
Assistant Secretary: Noel McGuile
Chairman’s Annual Report
Welcome to the 3rd AGM of Portgordon Community
Harbour Group.
First of all I wish to express my thanks and those of the Committee
for the hard work by all concerned at the fantastically successful
Gala last year. It will have been noticed that we are gradually
acquiring our own equipment for these occasions, tents, signage,
bunting etc. This is all an indication of the commitment we have
towards fulfilling the dream of creating the development.
At the last AGM I said we were in talks with Price Waterhouse Coopers
who we had hoped would help us produce the Business Plan. However we
decided that it was too big a financial commitment for us to take on
at this stage and therefore we elected to do it ourselves. Or rather
I should say Bob Thomson undertook to do it and we must be grateful
to him for all the effort he has put into producing the plan given
that he has been working away from home and is still hard at it as
Secretary for us from the delights of Afghanistan.
To help with the day to day Admin we took on board the services of
Malcolm Smith as Assistant Secretary who has done an excellent job
in progressing the Website and producing a booklet which we will be
able to use when we achieve ownership.
The draft Business plan is here for anyone who wishes to have a look
before it is presented to Crown Estates as is the Company accounts
ably kept in order by our treasurer Doreen.
We are looking forward to the Gala and Raft race on 14th July with
several new events and features and definitely one spectacle that
has not been seen before.
I am confident that this time next year we shall be well on the way
to achieving the goal we set out to do. I am confident that once the
harbour is useable again it will soon be filled with all manner of
boats. And I am also confident we have the team in place to carry
the hopes of the village forward.
Ron Billing - Chairman
Click here
to view a pdf file of a slideshow presentation from the 2005 AGM, including close-up
images of the harbour and a sketch plan of the proposals - 1MB file, not recommended for 56k dial-up connections.
