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SOS Members’ Day and AGM 2025
Saturday November 15th at 1.30pm at Cheddon Fitzpaine Memorial Hall, TA2 8JY
13.00 Hall set up
13.30 Hall open for members
14.00 SOS AGM starts with an introduction by Vice-President
David Ballance and information on the updating of his Somerset Bird List.
14.05 Introductory comments by Chairman, Mat Ridley.
14.10 AGM Agenda items
14.10 Treasurer’s report – Nick Wall.
Motion 1: To request the membership’s approval regarding funding requests (see below).
14.20 Membership Secretary’s report – Dick Best.
14.30 Activities report – Alison Everett.
14.40 Steve Couch on RSPB Ham Wall’s 2025 breeding season, current management and future plans.
15.20 Refreshments
15:40 Dick Best and Nick Wall on ‘BTO WeBS counting in Bridgwater Bay’.
16.00 Eve Tigwell on BTO survey news.
16.20 David Ballance and Alastair Stevenson on ‘The 2025 Exmoor Bird Survey’.
16.40 Meeting Closes
16.41 Hall tidy-up
17.00 Hall closes
Motion 1: Proposed by Nick Wall, SOS Treasurer:
That the Society may consider submitted formal requests for funding for significant project type expenditure. Each proposal would require detail on the proposal itself, including the amount requested, the projects timeframes, who is receiving the funding and responsible for ensuring that it is assigned to the purpose intended; what are the benefits and legacy, and are there any risks or liabilities?
Approval would be Chairman and Treasurer, subject to AGM vote.