1.30pm -2.00pm Registration – tea coffee and biscuits

2.00pm AGM
1. Welcome and Apologies
2. Minutes of last AGM (7th May 2005)
3. Report from The Chair
4. Adoption of Accounts
5. Appointment/Elections to Management Committee
6. Chief Executive Report
7. Any other business

This year we are holding our AGM a little later than usual. The necessary business meeting for members of ME North East to agree our annual report, our accounts for the year, and to elect our Management Committee for 2006/7 should take no more than 30 - 40 minutes and we do want you to attend. This event has traditionally been seen as a perfect opportunity for members to get together and socialise. Therefore although we’re not planning a “Conference Event” we’ve decided to turn the day into a “Social Gathering”.

We have use of the whole building and will provide a room for the AGM and a separate area for friends and family to meet. A quiet room for those who need a take time-out and tea and light refreshments will also be available. This will allow us to provide you all with the opportunity to get together, catch up on old news, meet new members and generally enjoy yourselves.
To add a special interest we are organising a craft fayre showing and selling a wide range of cards, jewellery and other accessories, all home-made by our young ME members. Staff and Trustees of ME North East will be available to chat and answer any questions you may have.

Please let us know if you plan to come along to give some idea of
numbers for in-house/catering purposes.

We are looking for new members to join our management committee (we presently have six vacancies). We enclose with this newsletter a nomination form with a brief outline of the roles and responsibilities required, and if you are interested and would like to know more simply give us a call. We would be happy to meet you and discuss this further.