AGM Tuesday 10th October 2017

Election of New Committee Members

The club AGM took place in the second half of the monthly meeting. Chairperson, John Walshe opened the AGM by giving a review of the year past, and his last 2 years as chairperson, detailing the many activities, celebrations and achievements by the club in that time. This was accompanied by a slideshow of images containing some great memories. 

Martina Morris gave the Treasurer's Annual Report. She outlined the club's finances for the year and showed that the club is in relatively good financial health.

The outgoing committee stood down and the election of the new committee took place.

Subsequently, the new committee were proposed and seconded with a show of hands from the floor. Brian Munnelly will take over as Chairperson with Orla Gorman as Secretary and Martina Morris will continue as Treasurer. Joe Kennedy remains as Motivation Secretary. Hugh Rooney will also remain on the committee, alongside new committee members, Darragh Sherwin and Tommy Guihen. 

Incoming chairperson Brian Munnelly with outgoing chairperson John Walshe.

Club members expressed their sincere appreciation and gratitude to outgoing Chairperson John Walshe for his contribution to the club and exceptional dedication to the role of chairperson, and for his work on the committee for many years before that. Equally, committee members Margaret Dolan, Sally Moffatt and Deirdre Ryan were congratulated on their contribution to the club and their tireless work on the committee these past years.

Other Items

52/52 Winner

John Walshe, Marty Cooke, Matthew Gammon, Tony Murphy

The winner of the club's 52/52 challenge for 2016/2017 was announced by Tony Murphy, who judged the entries and presented an excellent and very enjoyable review of this year's challenge and of the various members 52/52 collections. Congratulations to Matthew Gammon and Marty Cooke who were very worthy joint winners. We would encourage you to have a look at Matthew's collection here and Marty's collection which is here. 

Motivation 

The motivation theme this month was 'Travel'. It was presented by Joe Kennedy and judged by Hugh Rooney. Entries can be viewed here on Flickr. The theme for next month's Motivation is 'Abstract'. Entries should be received by midnight on Tuesday 7th November. Keep an eye on the forum for links to enter. 

New Laptop

The club recently purchased a new laptop, which was part funded by generous donations from the following local groups and businesses - St Josephs Resource Centre, Boyle, Joe Simon, Boyle, and Boyle Credit Union. We are sincerely thankful and appreciative of the donations, and would encourage everyone to support these local businesses. 

Martina Morris (Treasurer) and John Walshe (Chairperson) displaying the new club laptop,

The new committee will meet on Tuesday 17th October at 8pm in Daly's Bar, Boyle.

Next Club Meeting will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 14th November in St. Joseph's Resource Centre, Boyle.