{"id":484,"date":"2017-04-20T20:28:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/?p=484"},"modified":"2017-05-08T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T18:11:10","slug":"annual-general-meeting-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/2017\/04\/20\/annual-general-meeting-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual General Meeting 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">S.I. Newcastle\u2019s 80th AGM Tuesday, April 11th<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">After the reading of the Soroptimist Peace Pledge from the last Glasgow SI Convention <span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size: 11pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and the Roll Call, Joint President Kath\u2019s first job was to induct Laura Steel as a most welcome new member.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-488\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Laura-Steel-being-inducted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-488\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Laura-Steel-being-inducted-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"President Kath inducting new member Laura Steel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Kath inducting new member Laura Steel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Next, Jean Ward (who was transferring from S.I. Nottingham) was welcomed to our club. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">After the Officers\u2019 reports, we voted for the Club Officers. Jill Smith was elected President, Vera Baird QC Vice President, Christine Lumsdon Secretary, Christine Lowthian Programme Action Officer, Margaret Ayton Membership Officer and<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Vera Baird QC as Regional Council Representative. Chris Jones remained as Treasurer, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Lis Graham as Communications Officer, Gill Davison as Organisational and Development Manager and Margaret Ayton as Website Coordinator remained in post.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The AGM concluded with President Jill\u2019s address. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-487\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-Vera-and-Kath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-487\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-Vera-and-Kath-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pres. Jill Smith, Pres. Elect Vera Baird, Q.C. and Immediate Past President Kath Shearer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-Vera-and-Kath-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-Vera-and-Kath-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-Vera-and-Kath.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pres. Jill Smith, Pres. Elect Vera Baird, Q.C. and Immediate Past President Kath Shearer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-and-Kath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-485\" src=\"\/newcastle-upon-tyne\/files\/2017\/04\/Jill-and-Kath-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"President Jill and Immediate Past President Kath\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Jill and Immediate Past President Kath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.I. 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