Dinah McDonald               Chair

Pearl Brown                     Treasurer

David McKenzie                 Secretary

Ron Cruickshank              

Billy King

 

 

Dorothy Bruce

Russell Bruce

 

 

Councillor Bruce Marshall            Argyll & Bute Council

John Forth                                 Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park

 

 

 

The minutes of the last AGM held on 7 September 2008 were proposed by Ron Cruickshank, seconded by Billy King and adopted.

 

 

Dinah McDonald reported on the activities of the Trust since last AGM. The Trust annual highlight report, which was distributed at the meeting, is attached as an Appendix 1. In addition to the items on this report, Dinah was able to advise the meeting of recent events:

 

Ø     Re the Blairmore / Gairletter path, the grant application to Leader+ was approved yesterday. We are still awaiting a response from SNH

 

Ø     The Trust had made a donation of £280 to an appeal to support new apprenticeships in the area. As a result of this appeal, three new apprentices had been taken on – one each by J Cullen, Wm Wallace & Son and Geo Currie

 

 

Ø     Invasive species - we are part of a working group which has been established through the Community Partnership to work on this. We are also involved in the 'Community Partnership goes Green' initiative. This involves an application to Community Energy Scotland for money to fund workers and energy meters to lend out to householders in the 8 trusts involved in the application.

 

 

 

Pearl Brown presented the report of the Trust finances through end of December 2008. This report is attached as Appendix 2.

 

David McKenzie proposed the adoption of the Treasurer’s report; this was seconded by Ron Cruickshank and adopted.

 

 

The Constitution of the Trust requires that five directors retire annually, although they can stand for re-election.

 

The following Directors retired:

 

Dorothy Bruce

Russell Bruce

Brian Gillings

Dinah McDonald

Billy King

 

The following Directors indicated that they would be prepared to stand for re-election:

 

Dinah McDonald

Billy King

 

David McKenzie proposed that Dinah and Billy be re-elected as Directors; Ron Cruickshank seconded the motion and the re-elections were confirmed.

 

The following members of the Trust indicated that they were prepared to stand for election as Directors:

 

Jeanette Sloss

 

Proposed:              Dinah McDonald      Seconded:    Ron Cruickshank

 

David Eaglesham

 

Proposed:              Bruce Marshall        Seconded:    Dinah McDonald

 

Victor Sandall

 

Proposed:              Dinah McDonald      Seconded:    Pearl Brown

 

As there were no objections, these nominations as Board Directors were approved. Dinah thanked and formally welcomed the new Board Directors.   

 

 

The next AGM will be held on Saturday 2 September 2010.