Well that was interesting...

Attended the AGM last night at the John Alker Club. Our treasurer and 2 other plot holders attended also. Lots of discussion about last years minutes not being sent to people before the meeting and them having to request them from the society via email, a motion was passed not to read them out at the meeting. Questions were also raised about the finance report written by the treasurer and passed by the accountants about various entries in the account as in what they were and who they were paid to. Answers to all questions submitted will be emailed to all secretaries. 2 extra members to the general committee were accepted as only 2 members applied for the positions. It was commented however that members should be in attendance to accept their role plus do we still need these extra positions as we no longer had the trading post. Questions were also raised over members who preside on the management committee who no longer have a plot and is this following the rules. The new rule book is yet to be finalised and will continue to be modified at committee meetings. 

Other issues were raised personal to other sites which were heated at points. 

And so to the best part of the evening which was the presentation of the awards. Being the only prize winner on our site I graciously accepted my award. I dedicate the award to Jim Regan, whose raking was always a wondrous sight, especially when he was doing my plot! 

Letter through the post!

Received letter today regarding the AGM next week. So as long as all the addresses are correct all plot holders should have received theirs also. Will be an informative night, hopefully it will be a good turn out! 

Signs of better days to come?

Wow what a day! What a lovely day today was, the sun was shining, the wind was nearly non-existent and it wasn't raining. Perfect day for being on the allotment after the winter months. Nice to see some of the site holders down there toiling away preparing their plots ready for the new season. What a shame we didn't see more! This is perfect time and weather to start preparing things ready for the year ahead, and as we all know its all about preparation. Hopefully we'll get to see more of you over the coming weeks.

p.s. don't forget the A.G.M. on 26th March at the John Alker Club. Last year only me and Bill turned up, hopefully we'll get some more of you there.

Wow it's been a long time!

Well hello all and hopefully it will be soon be the end of the bad weather (I am crossing my fingers as I speak!) and the allotment site will start getting busy again ready for the new season.
I nipped on today just to check the state of things. I have put the seating in the shed in case anyone is worried only because I think we have lost 2 chairs already and I have lost at least one from in front of my shed. Mick's shed has blown over and I will try and contact him by phone but if anyone does see him please let him know. Plus there are a few tarps on people's plots that have blown up and away, I would advise with this weather to nip down when you can especially when it has been particularly windy.

Hope you all got the email about the upcoming AGM at the Alker club. There is a notice on the noticeboard also just to remind you. Last year only me and Bill turned up so it would be nice if a few more from our site went. Plus you might get to see an insight into the goings on of the committee, all very exciting I can tell you.

98th AGM 2014

Wednesday 26th March 2014

7.30 p.m.

@

John Alker Memorial Hall

Flixton Road

Flixton

Manchester

M41 6QY

Tea and Coffee provided during meeting.

Bar from 9.00 p.m.

Rent Payments

Rent payments were taken at the AGM which was held on Sunday 13th. For those people who have not yet paid their rents they are payable within 40 days of the request being made otherwise the tenancy of your plot can be terminated. This is set out in the rules and bylaws of the UAGS. Please make contact with myself or the treasurer to ensure your payment is made in time.(Phone number for myself was included on the last correspondence made.)

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting has been called for13th October at 1o'clock on the site. By now all members should have received an agenda concerning all points that are being discussed. As our treasurer is away on business at the moment it will be the rest of the committee members who will be taking the monies and handing out receipts. The accounts for 2012/13 have been completed by the treasurer and everyone will receive a copy of them at the meeting. If you have anything that you wish to discuss at the meeting the there is time allocated at the end of the meeting to allow this to happen. As the weather is not a sure thing we have hopefully organised to borrow 2 Gazebos (waterproof) for the meeting" so no excuses if it's raining! If unfortunately you cannot attend the meeting you will need to organise with the secretary another meeting time to enable your payment to be taken. 

NEW MEMBERS!!

Seems like having an allotment is taking off again! Much thanks to an advert placed in the local messenger paper and we have now got 2 more plot holders. One is a lady who will be taking over the back the plot nearest the fence, the other person is a young family with 2 small boys who will be taking over the half plot next to the sheds. We welcome them all and hope they enjoy their time with us. They were both super keen to start their plots ready for next year and had some great ideas on what they were going to grow already. 

ANNUAL JUDGING OF PLOTS

With the ground committee the annual judging of the plots has taken place, results to be announced shortly, and these results will be taken to the next monthly meeting of UAGS to put names forward for the overall competition. Well done to everyone who is making an effort to ensure their plots are of a good standard, luckily this year we have had better weather and so this is not as big a problem as it was next year. Some plots are still unfortunately looking unkempt and advice is being taken as to steps that can be taken to remedy this issue with the plot holders. 

RENT PRICE

The rent, at the current moment - but could change, is set for £50.50 due in September/October plus ground and committee fees with a concession still possible for over 60's.