The tenth Annual General Meeting of the Clarkson and East Kilbride Members’ Group of the Scottish Wildlife Trust will be held on Zoom on Monday, 19 April 2021 at 7.30pm

Zoom access details:  
https://zoom.us/j/4611756345?pwd=SzhudWNCL29ZK00rQW9LRlBZME5yZz09
Meeting ID: 461 175 6345
Passcode: Swtcek12

AGENDA

1.	Number of Participants and Apologies 

2.	Minute of previous AGM dated 23 November 2020. 

3.	Matters Arising from the Minute. 

4.	Chairman’s Report. 

5.	Treasurer’s Report. 

5.	Committee Members and Office Bearers 2021 / 2022. 

6.	A.O.C.B.

Draft   4.12.20   
Scottish Wildlife Trust   
 Clarkston and East Kilbride Group
Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on 23rd November 2020 

(The AGM was originally scheduled for April 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid19 pandemic and was held online via zoom.)
       
1.  Attendance: 13 people attended the AGM.       Apologies:  Jennifer McNulty, Jim Bone.  

2.  Approval of Minutes of previous AGM on 15th April 2019:  proposed by Ronald MacLean and seconded by Kevin Sinclair.   

3.  Matters Arising from the Minutes:  none. 

4.  Chairman’s report  (Paul Duffty):  
Paul thanked committee members for their support in these difficult times.  He outlined the successful programme of events held since the previous AGM. It’s hoped that the group can resume face to face meetings, including walks and talks, some time in 2021; there may be scope to organise talks via zoom meantime.   

5.    Treasurer’s report:   the treasurer (Jim Bone) had provided a table with the annual accounts and these were briefly discussed by the chairman.  

6.     Committee Membership 2020-21

•	Two committee members stood for re-election:  Lesley Duffty and Liz McTeague  -  proposed by Paul Duffty and seconded by Marlies MacLean. 

•	Jennifer McNulty stood for election (after having been co-opted onto the committee last year) -  proposed by Paul Duffty and seconded by Lesley Duffty.  

•	Two new committee members were elected:  Jan Webb was proposed by Ronald MacLean and seconded by Marlies MacLean;  Gary Kilpatrick was proposed by Paul Duffty and seconded by Lesley Duffty.

7.   AOCB   
 
•	The Chairman noted congratulations to Michael Sinclair on his 2020 BTO Young Naturalist Award. Kevin Sinclair thanked the group for their support and encouragement to Michael.

•	Kevin Sinclair noted that he has two moth traps which could be loaned to interested members. 

•	The Chairman reported briefly on the Cathkin Marsh SWT Reserve.  Cattle were present in the summer to help manage the vegetation.  Large numbers of common and jack snipe were found during the October snipe survey.  

The AGM was following by an inspiring presentation of wildlife photos by Ronald and Marlies MacLean.