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THE SOCIETY OF RECORDER PLAYERS
Registered Charity No. 282751<BR>Scottish Registered Charity No. SC038422
Sunday, 7 April 2002
Tormead School, 27 Cranley Road,
Guildford GU1 2JD
Present:
Officers,
Committee & Musical Advisers:
Andrew Short Alistair Read Brian Fraser-Hook John Allen Jim Rowley Graham Danbury Bob Horsley |
Chairman Secretary Treasurer Membership Secretary COS Chairman, WBF Publicity Officer |
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Alyson Lewin David Beare Denis Bloodworth Margaret Shearing Sylvia Davies Evelyn Nallen Colin Touchin |
MA on Comte Committee Committee Committee Committee Musical Adviser M/A elect |
Branches
Aberdeen Beds & N Herts Birmingham (Observer Bristol Cambridge Chelt. & Glos Cornwall Cumbria Devon Dorset East Berks (Observer Edinburgh Guildford (Observer Ireland (Observer Kent (Observer
Leicester |
Douglas Haston Stephen Marlowe Jim Rowley Peter Cooke) Margaret Leach Anne Walston Arthur Humphrey Angela Dumbreck Helen Beare Jeanette Hipsey Alison Powell Andrew Challinger Norma Herdson) Eileen Finlayson Dick Pyper Rosemary Whisson) Patricia Flanagan Ciara Flanagan) Ursula Burchette David Harris) Sylvia Davidson |
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Lincoln London Manchester Mid-Herts Newcastle North Cotswold North London Northampton Nuneaton (Observer Oxford Somerset South Downs South London (Observer Suffolk Warwick Weald of Kent Wessex West Dorset York |
Anita Spencer Ann English David Scruby Moira Fraser-Hook Joan Reeve Anne Childs Barbara Hogg Sheila Marlowe Philip Goode Vivian Goode) Helga Bogisch-Francis Joyce Rudall Alan Lane Margaret Crocker Paula Marsh) Mary Halliwell Helen Jones Anne Trevillion Shirley Batterley Robin Powell David Grosvenor |
The Chairman welcomed
the Committee and Delegates to the Conference and congratulated Guildford
Branch on the success of the Festival.
1. Apologies for absence were received from Brian Bonsor, Paul Clark, Andrew Collis,
Sandra Foxall, Helen Hooker, Edgar Hunt, Petrina Lodge, Colin Martin, Hilary
Oliver, Layton Ring, Anthony Rowland-Jones, Madeline Seviour and Theo Wyatt
(Officers, Committee and Musical Advisers); and from the following branches:
Cleveland, Glasgow, Hillfoots, Isle of Man, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Nottingham,
Roxburgh, Sheffield, South Staffs. and West Riding.
The deaths were noted, with
regret, of Bill England (Manchester) and Ron Jackson (Mid-Herts).
2. Minutes
of last Conference
With the
under-mentioned corrections Dick Pyper (Guildford) proposed and David Beare
(Cumbria) seconded the motion that the Minutes of Conference 2001 be adopted as
a fair record of those proceedings. Carried nem
con.
Min (1) line 7: should read
Geoff Hall
Min (4) line 2: should read
Ursula Burchette (Kent)
Min (7) line 7 should read
Denis Bloodworth
Min (8) line 1 should read
Easter 31 March
3. There
were no Matters arising
4. Endorsement
of Committee nominations
4.1 New Musical Adviser
Conference
was pleased to RATIFY the appointment of Colin Touchin as Musical Adviser.
Carried nem con.
4.2 Honorary Life Membership
Conference was pleased to RATIFY the appointment of Robert
Harrison as Honorary Life Member of the Society upon his retirement after 27
years service as honorary auditor. Carried nem
con.
9. Future
of CSRP [Taken
out of Agenda order]
Following lengthy
discussion on the future of the Certificate of the SRP, Conference AGREED that
it was something that should not be allowed to fall by the wayside, rather it
should be redefined and training given to assist candidates. It was felt that,
in the fullness of time, accreditation should be sought. Meanwhile the matter
should be referred back to Committee for further discussion. (Action:
Committee)
5. Election
of Officers and Committee
5.1 The Chairman said all Officers were
prepared to stand for re-election. He pointed out that Mary Tyers had taken
over as Competition Administrator in place of Patricia Davies. The current
Officers were proposed en bloc by
Margaret Crocker (South London); seconded by Andrew Challinger (East Berkshire)
and ELECTED nem con. by
Conference for a further term of one year.
5.2 Committee Members: As Denis Bloodworth (South London) and
Petrina Lodge (Cambridge) were due to retire this year, the following
nominations had been received:
Committee
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Proposed by |
Seconded by |
Norma
Herdson (East Berks) Peter
Sturgeon (Nottingham) |
Andrew Short Andrew Short |
Alistair Read Alistair Read |
Sandra Foxalls candidature was withdrawn following the
decision to review the CSRP. She is presently Examination Secretary.
Six other
nominees declined to have their names put forward for consideration.
There being two nominees for two places on the Committee
Norma Herdson and Peter Sturgeon were elected unopposed
to serve for a period of three years.
Under the Societys amended Rule 5(i), Colin Martin succeeds
Paul Clark as Musical Adviser on Committee
6. Officers' Reports
The
Chairman reminded Conference that written reports from all Officers had been
circulated with the papers for the meeting. He thanked the Officers for their
work during the past year. Some Officers added to their reports or answered
questions:
6.1
Publicity
Officer: Although Bob Horsley had nothing to add, the Chairman said he had
received a detailed report from the Web Editor, Mr Ashley Allerton, which revealed
that interest in our website was receiving hits from around the world. He went
on to say that Ashley would be pleased to add branch information to the
website.
6.2
Graham
Danbury said that, whilst he had nothing to add to his written report, he
wished to bring to Conferences attention the fact that 14 September 2002 was
the centenary of Walter Bergmanns birth. Marion Scott (?and others) were
organising a concert at the end of the year to commemorate this and he hoped
that branches would also organise fund-raising events in his memory during the
course of the ensuing year.
6.3
In the
absence of the Competition Administrator, the Chairman fielded questions as to
its relevance to the SRP of the Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Competition and there
followed a lengthy discussion. The Chairman said that discussions between the
SRP and Moeck were scheduled to take place in the near future and the
suggestions that had been made from the floor would be borne in mind.
6.4 Dick Pyper
(Guildford) proposed and David Grosvenor (York) seconded the motion that the
accounts for year ended 31 August 2001 be adopted. Carried nem con. Turning to the current financial
year, the Treasurer said he still had not received subscriptions from York
Branch and apologised for saying in his report that London Recorder Orchestra
had not paid their affiliated subscription. Other branches mentioned in the
report have now paid their subscriptions with the exception of York. A
discussion then followed with regard to the Arthur Ingram legacy. In
concluding, Brian Fraser-Hook pointed out that, as a registered charity, we
were in no position to use the legacy to prop up the day-to-day cost of running
the Society; the principal had to be invested or used on a capital project. It
was the Committees view that funding a National Youth Recorder Orchestra was
just such a capital project. Should the Society divide the legacy among
branches, say, our charitable status could be seriously jeopardised. In answer
to a question, he confirmed that separate accounts, similar to those presented
for the Walter Bergmann Fund, would be produced in future years. With regard to
the Societys financial state, Brian reported that there would be a likely
deficit at the end of the current financial year. Accordingly, he had no option
but to ask Conference to approve an increase in annual subscription as set out
in his report. Proposed: The Treasurer; seconded: Jeanette Hipsey (Devon) and
AGREED by Conference.
7. Future
Festivals The following arrangements were noted:
2003 Manchester Branch: William Hulmes Grammar School, 26/27 April [Easter 20 April]
2004 Wessex Branch: St Swithuns School, Winchester 16/17 April [Easter 11 April]
2005
East
Berkshire Branch (Date and venue to be advised) [Easter 27 March]
2006
Cumbria
Branch (Date and venue to be advised) [Easter 16
April]
8. National Youth Recorder Orchestra
The Chairman opened the debate by saying that he and Colin
Touchin had produced an application and a financial plan for presentation to
the National Foundation for Youth Music in an effort to secure funding for
NYRO. Regrettably, the application had failed because it did not meet all the
criteria of the scheme although we had been encouraged to reapply under a
different scheme in the future. Accordingly, the SRP Committee agreed to
underwrite the cost of the first course, to be held at Malvern, and inaugural
concert, to be held at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire on 5 June 2002.
The Chairman stressed that the Society could not afford to subvent this project
on an on-going basis but hoped that by proving it was possible to run such a
venture successfully future funding might be more easily obtained. The sum,
from the Arthur Ingram legacy, was £14,000. Andrew Short then asked Colin
Touchin to give a report to Conference. He opened by expressing thanks to
Andrew Short for all his hard work and to the Committee for their financial
backing and outlined the progress so far made. Facts and figures from his paper
are attached to the Officers Reports.
10. Resolution
to Conference: Amendment to the Rules
The Chairman explained that this resolution arose out of
Conference 2001 Minute 6(2) to amend the Rules
in order that musical advisers serve on Committee in rotation. Proposed:
Committee; seconded: Ursula Burchette (Kent). Conference AGREED, nem con., that the following changes be
made to the Societys Rules:
(5) (i) Musical Advisers shall be appointed to the
Committee by rotation on such basis as the Committee shall from time to time
resolve
(j) The other members of the Committee
shall be elected at an Annual Conference of the Society from members nominated
as hereinafter provided. Where the number of nominations exceeds the number of
vacancies on the Committee the election of Committee members shall be by secret
ballot amongst those eligible to vote at the Annual Conference
(k)
One
Musical Adviser and two other members of the Committee shall retire annually by
rotation, those to retire in each year being the Musical Adviser and the two
other members who have respectively served longest since their election, last
re-election or appointment to the Committee (and if there shall be more than
one Musical Adviser or two such members who have served an identical length of
time those to retire shall in each case be the one or those whose surnames are
alphabetically earlier.) Retiring members of the Committee shall not be
eligible for re-election as Committee members for a period of one year
thereafter although they may be elected to any vacant office of the Society in
accordance with rule 5(h)
11. Any
other business
11.1 In answer to a
question, Graham Danbury confirmed that gifts to branches of the Society were
eligible for gift aid tax relief.
11.2
Sylvia
Davies (Committee/Bristol) confirmed that she had now received a list of the
larger sets of Edgar Hunts music. She went on to say that, with there being
such a large quantity, finding a home for it would be difficult; Theo Wyatt
had, however, offered to store it in the short term (with the London Branch
Library) and was willing to send it out on loan provided the branch/tutor
wishing to make use of it paid for the postage in both directions. It was
agreed that a list of the music would be distributed with the next mailing of
Society papers and published on the web. Sylvia said there was also a vast
amount of other music which would be sold off at Summer Schools and other
venues, the proceeds going to the Walter Bergmann Fund.
11.3 Douglas Haston (Aberdeen) said he was
willing to place branches music libraries on a database suitable for the web.
He was, however, unable to undertake the typing, only the collating of
previously organised databases.
11.4 Paula Marsh
(South London) proposed and Helen Beare (Cumbria) seconded a vote of thanks to
the Committee for all their work behind the scenes.
The Conference closed at 12.35 pm
01.05.02
Minutes (Final.2) 2002