ctc.rtr.sheffield.TROs: No trouble at AGM!

Went to the AGM yesterday - no not that one, the Cyclenation one silly! We had a successful meeting - two important motions were passed, the main one being to change our fee basis to a levy one.

The motions that were passed are as follows:-

This meeting resolves that, in accordance with Article 5 of the CCN Articles of Association, the membership fee structure of CCN be changed from a banded system based on group size to a levy per group member- system based on the declared membership of each member group at the date the levy becomes due.

This meeting resolves that the initial levy be 20p per member with a minimum fee per group of £20 and a maximum fee of £1,000 .

The minumum of £20 was agreed because we felt that even smaller groups could afford this, while the cap of £1,000 is so that groups with very large memberships such as London were not overly penalised.

This will enable the Cyclenation board to continue it's important development, with seats at the national and European tables. The potential is that as groups grow income will increase.

The meeting was very positive and agreeable and we have a new Board with some new members ready and willing to take the utility cycling agenda forward.

After the meeting we had an excellent lunch in the FOE cafe - well worth a visit , it's just a few minutes walk or ride from New Street, behind Moor St station. Then we had a bike round the cirty centre and had a look at some of the cycling facilities - much improved from the bad old days of Birmingham Motorway City. I took a longer ride along the canal towards Wolverhaampton which was also very enjoyable. Pictures below!

On the "other AGM" theme, on a personal basis I was very pleased to see that CTC council got the proposal to change the CTC's status to a charitable trust approved. The debate that surrounded this amended highlighted the structural problems that the CTC has, and with this decision in place the organisation can start to address these issues.