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NORTH CRAY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Minutes of Meeting held on I7 June 2015, 8pm in St James' Church, North Cray

The meeting commenced with an informal gathering of 68 members before the formal start of the
AGM.

Upon opening the meeting the Chairman, David Cook, thanked everyone for coming, and said how
pleased he was to see so many members here this evening. He then extended a special welcome to
Father Peter Keown, the new Priest for All Saints and St James Church, and to Cllr Don Massey of the
Cray Meadows Ward, Cabinet Member for Finance & Corporate Services, and added that our MP,
James Brokenshire, planned to attend later, if his Parliamentary duties allowed.

1. APOLOGIES

Apologies had been received from Mick Doughty, Tony Morris, Tanya and Malcolm Barr
Hamilton, and Carol and Paul Johnson.

2 MINUTES OF THE LAST AGM (1 July 2014)

These (which had been distributed) were taken as read, and agreed as an accurate record. Their
adoption was proposed by Mario Farrugia and seconded by Nik Carter.

3. HON. TREASURER'S REPORT

In presenting his Accounts (which had also been distributed) the Treasurer, Geoff Waldmeyer,
outlined their content and said that the Association's financial situation (£4,303.82) remained in
good shape. Our membership now stood at 360 households (a slight increase on the previous
year), with subscriptions bringing in £720. Our main expenditure was on the Newsletter and the
AGM. He added that the Committee would welcome ideas on how some of the balance of funds
might be used.

No questions were were forthcoming and adoption of the accounts was proposed by Rupert Brun,
seconded by Jan Brun, and agreed.

4. CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW OF THE YEAR

4.1 David Cook began by reporting to the meeting that our President, John Harrington, had been
unable to attend this time, probably the only time in upwards of 50 years. John had become ill
whilst staying with his son in Germany, and was in hospital. We are in contact with his daughter
and, through her, will be passing on 'get well' wishes to him from us all.

4.2 Before beginning his Review of the past year, David said that he thought he should remind
everyone of the primary aim of the Association, which is the protection of North Cray for the
overall benefit of its residents – most specifically in relation to unwanted and harmful
development and most particularly for the protection of North Cray's Green Belt. We are just a
group of volunteer members who feel strongly about protecting our environment. David added
that he was saying this because we do receive requests that fall outside our remit or are things

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