Present: Mr. A. McCready (President); Ms. A. Mulady (Vice President); Mrs. Angela Aldridge (Treasurer); Mrs. J. Braybrooke (Secretary); Messrs. Bowater; Gandy; Spittle, Jolliffe, Deriaz; Braybrooke; Graham; Marlow; Gibson

Also present: Cllr.Bill Bendyshe-Brown(WDC); Cllr.Lesley Clarke(WDC), Karen Satterford(WDC); Alex Collingwood (WDC); Cllr. Neil Marshall;(Mayor MTC); Cllr. Roger Wilson;(MTC). Messrs. T.Collingwood; Done; Maishman; Evans; Laker; Churaman; O.Gibson; Blamey; Fitzpatrick; Hampton; Avery; Singh; Noel-Baker; Chescoe; Wyncoll; Mansell; Alliston; Pepperell;

Ms/Mrs: Bowater; Brown; Edwards; Crook; Singh; Chappell; McDonald; Miller; Tinsley

Also in attendance – James Nadal – Marlow Free Press

Apologies: Messrs. Burger; Child; Salter; Edwards; Wood; Ashcroft; Steuart; Godwin; Turner; Stagg; Scott; McGuire; Molony

1. OPENING - The President opened the meeting and thanked everybody for attending.

2.APOLOGIES - The Secretary read out the apologies

3.MINUTES - The minutes of 2008 AGM (already circulated – copies also available at meeting) were agreed and signed with two small amendments to attendees’ names.

4.PRESIDENT’S REPORT – The President gave his report giving details of the past year and thoughts for the future of the Chamber.

5. ADOPTION OF NEW RULES FOR CHAMBER

 Mr. Spittle brought to the attention of the meeting that there should be an amendment made to the Rules of the Chamber.

Clause 19b “certified by “Hon. Auditor” should be amended to “reviewed by independent qualified accountant”. This was due to changes in legislation in the world of accounting. Clause 4 relating to members of the Executive Committee should be amended to delete “Hon.Solicitor, and “Hon.Auditor”. The question of remuneration was raised by Mr. Pepperell and Mr. Spittle agreed that an Hon.Auditor would not be expected to charge a fee, but an independent qualified accountant would be expected to make a small charge.

The meeting agreed the amendments.

6.TREASURER’S REPORT

Mrs. Aldridge presented her report and accounts (which had already been circulated – copies also available at meeting)

7. ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTS - The Secretary called for adoption of the accounts which was proposed by Mr. Spittle and seconded by Mr. Gandy. Agreed

8.. ELECTION OF NEW CHAMBER OFFICERS – Having indicated their willingness to stand the following were elected:

The Chain of Office was retained by Mr. McCready for a further year and Ms. Mulady retained the Vice President chain as she had been elected Vice President at a previous meeting and carried out the duties for the last 6 months.

9. ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE – The Secretary read out nominations for the Executive Committee . Proposed by Mr. McCready. Seconded by Ms. Mulady. Voted en bloc.

10. APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY – Mrs. Braybrooke was proposed by Mr. McCready and seconded by Ms. Mulady. Agreed

11. ELECTION OF HON. MEMBERS – It was agreed to elect Mr.R.Waters (Marlow society) and , M.Shanly for one year.

Hon. Life members are: Mr. Bowater. Mr. Carlton and Mr. Coster

12. RE-APPOINTMENT HON. AUDITOR (to be referred to as “Independent Qualified Accountants” in future) – Seymour Taylor – Proposed by Mrs. Aldridge and seconded by Mrs. Braybrooke. Agreed

13. RE-APPOINT HON. SOLICITORS – Gordons - Proposed by Mr. Spittle and seconded by Mr. Gandy. Agreed.

14. APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP – There were no new applications for membership at this meeting

15. AOB.

The President gave his thanks to the Executive Committee for last year who are volunteers and also his thanks to James Nadal from the Marlow Free Press for his coverage of Chamber matters. The Chamber had been quoted in the local paper on approximately 40 weeks out of the 52 weeks in the year.

The President gave congratulations to Marlow FM on obtaining their licence.

Mr. John Evans gave thanks to the Chamber for their support in helping to get the Marlow Museum “up and running”.

Mr. Hampton gave thanks to the Chamber for their support for the forthcoming Cycle Ride to be held in Marlow shortly.

Mrs. Braybrooke requested support from local businesses/residents for donations towards the Christmas Lights and the Late Night Shopping Event. Donation boxes were available in varying venues in the town.

Mrs. Braybrooke also gave details of the forthcoming “Charity Santa Fun Run” to be held on Sunday 6^th December, organised by Rotary Clubs of Marlow and Marlow Thames.

Mr. Spittle proposed a vote of thanks on behalf of the Executive Committee to the officers of the Chamber for all their hard work during the year.

16. DATE OF NEXT AGM – 18^th October 2010 – venue to be advised.

The meeting closed at 6.40pm.

Following the meeting the President presented Mr. Michael Bowater with an engraved vase with very grateful thanks for all his hard work over the years on the Executive Committee.

The meeting continued with generous hospitality provided by the Crowne Plaza Hotel