Annual General Meeting 29th March

Our first Annual General Meeting will occur at 12 noon on the 29th March, anyone will be able to attend but only signed up members can vote or propose subjects to be discussed. If you have filled in a membership form, volunteer form or had a parental consent form signed you are a member of the club. If you haven't filled in any of these you are not an official member and will need to do this before the end of the club session on 15th March if you wish to participate in the voting.

As part of the AGM we will be changing how the club is being run. Currently the club membership has no say on the running of the club, Lyndsey and I make all decisions in this regard and our team of volunteers carry out the day to day running of the club. In our new structure Lyndsey and I will retain strategic management of the club (i.e. the clubs directions and goals), but how these aims are achieved will be largely decided by the new management committee. The club will remain as a Bournemouth Library event, the members of this committe will still be official volunteers working for the council, but you as members will be able to choose who you want to run the club and will have a much greater degree of control over how the club is going to be run.

The committee will have 5 positions

• Club Leader - Will take the lead in organising the club and other volunteers.
• Wargames Officer - Will promote wargames represent the interests of the wargamers in the club.
• Roleplay Officer - Will promote roleplay games and the interests of the roleplayers in the club.
• Boardgames/Card games Officer - Will promote boardgames and the interests of the board game and card game players in the club.
• Libraries Representative - Will promote the role of the club in achieving the aims of the library and act in the strategic management of the club. This role will be held by Bournemouth Library staff, currently this will jointly be Lyndsey and me.

We are accepting suggestions for the meetings agenda and candidates for the new management committee until the 15th March. Please email these to gaming@bournemouthlibraries.org.uk

I expect the AGM will last between 30 minutes and 1 hour, and because we will be taking up your precious gaming time we will try and ensure there are refreshments to soften the blow.