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Lorna AizlewoodChair (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
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Alistair Anderson |
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Alan DaveyVice Chair |
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Robyn Chicot
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Ed FishwickHonorary Treasurer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
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Fi Fraser |
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Professor Lucy Hooberman
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Laura Jones |
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Nicola Kearey |
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Ayub Khan |
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Corinne Male |
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Sherry Neyhus |
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Martin Parker |
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Eleanor Telfer |
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Andy Wooles |
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Annual General Meeting
These events are for our Members, and give you the chance to help steer the organisation through debate, questioning and voting on resolutions.
The 2021 Annual General meeting will be held at 11.00am on Saturday 13 November 2021. It is intended that the meeting will be at Cecil Sharp House, but this may not be possible due to the pandemic. Any changes will be announced here.
Elections and Board Membership after the 2021 AGM
At present the EFDSS board has fifteen out of a possible total of sixteen members. There was a full complement of sixteen until recently when Steve Roud tendered his resignation.
At this AGM seven members of the Board are continuing in post with no changes. These are Lorna Aizlewood, Alan Davey, Ed Fishwick, Fi Fraser, Laura Jones, Ayub Khan and Andy Wooles.
One member of the Board (Alistair Anderson) has completed his maximum of six continuous years of service and must stand down and cannot be re-elected.
Three members of the Board have completed three years of service and must stand down but are eligible for re-election. Two (Corinne Male and Sherry Neyhus) have decided not to stand for re-election at this time. One (Nicola Kearey) is standing for re-election.
Two members of the Board (Robyn Chicot and Eleanor Telfer) were elected last year, but it was discovered that there was a problem with their nominations and they were not eligible. The problem has now been rectified. They were co-opted for the time until this AGM and are now standing for election.
One member of the Board (Lucy Hooberman) has completed her period of appointment under Article 11.5, but is standing for election.
One member of the Board (Martin Parker) was appointed last year under Article 11.5. The confirmation of his appointment is one of the motions at the AGM. He has not completed his full term, but is standing down early as an appointed member and is standing for election.
Consequently at this AGM there are seven vacancies for elected members of the Board. The is Board is proposing five candidates to fill them. They are all existing Board members. They are:
- Robyn Chicot
- Lucy Hooberman
- Nicola Kearey
- Martin Parker
- Eleanor Telfer
As there are fewer candidates than vacancies, all are elected automatically.
AGM Minutes Archive
The Board approves and publishes a summary Annual Review and detailed Annual Report and Accounts.
Board Matters is sent every quarter to members
Memorandum and Articles
The English Folk Dance and Song Society is a company limited by guarantee and a charity registered in England and Wales.
Its governing document is its Articles of Association (pdf). These include the Society‘s objectives, revised and up-dated from the original 1935 Memorandum of Association (pdf).
There is provision in the Articles to make Bye-Laws (pdf).
