Royal Burgh of Haddington and District Community Council

Minutes of Annual General Meeting of 11th May 2010 at

Council Chambers, Town House.


1. Sederunt

Jan Wilson, Bob Oliver, Emily Armatage, John Golightly, Kathryn McDowall, Margaret Ingle,

Graeme MacGregor, Fiona-Frances Adam, Bobby McLaughlan, Martin Lugton

In attendance

Cllr Ludovic Broun-Lindsay, Cllr Tom Trotter, Craig Finlay (EL News), Brian Copland (Courier),

Anna Faulkner (minute/corrsp secretary)

2. Minutes of AGM May 2009

Approval of the 2009 minutes was proposed by Margaret Ingle and seconded by Kathryn McDowall.


3. Chairman’s Report

Jan had previously emailed copies of the report to members. She once again thanked the members of the Community Council for all their support over the past year.


4. Election of Office Bearers


Chairperson: Bob Oliver nominated Jan Wilson; seconded by John Golightly


Vice Chair: 2 nominations were noted -

Jan Wilson nominated John Golightly; seconded by Fiona-Frances Adam

Martin Lugton nominated Margaret Ingle; seconded by Kathryn McDowall

A vote was cast and Margaret secured the position

Correspondence/Minutes Secretary: Fiona-Frances Adam nominated Anna Faulkner; seconded by Margaret Ingle


Festival Secretary: Margaret Ingle nominated Emily Armatage; seconded by Bob Oliver


Treasurer: Kathryn McDowall nominated Emily Armatage; seconded by Fiona-Frances Adam


5. Election of Planning Liaison Officer/Tourism Chairman


Planning Liaison Office

John Golightly nominated John Hamilton; seconded by Graeme MacGregor


Tourism Chairman – nomination for this position was held over


All the above gladly accepted these nominations.


6. Annual Accounts

Emily had circulated copies of the accounts.

Approval of the annual accounts was proposed by Kathryn McDowall and seconded by Fiona-Frances Adam


Accountant: Approval to appoint Murray-Zmijewski & Co as accountants for next year was proposed by Bob Oliver and seconded by Margaret Ingle


7. Resignations

Jan had received an email of resignation from Bob Oliver. She thanked him for his help and hard work over his time with the Community Council.

The AGM was formally brought to a close.