Present: T. Whitehead (in the Chair), J. Gledhill,
R. Solly, M. Brill, S. Dennis, J. Eccles, J. Purser.
1. Apologies for absence: B. Beston, I. Fraser, J.
Harwood, B. Norris, G. Oddie, V. Patel, D. Payne, M. Povall, R. Pratley, M.
Tedds and P. West.
2. Chairman’s Opening Remarks:
The Chairman
remembered our deceased member Mark Rollason and thanked the members for their
help, especially John G in dealing with matters after Mark’s sudden passing. He thanked John Purser for taking the
minutes. He mentioned the work he had
done with Richard on scans and it was agreed to refund expenses of £150 for
Richard Solly and £50 for the Chairman regarding their meetings.
3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting held
on 6 October 2018:
Acceptance of
the minutes, which had been previously published in Postal Order News, was
agreed.
4. Matters Arising: None
5. Accounts: David Payne was unable to be here today
so the accounts will be published in the Postal Order News.
6. Secretary’s Report: The Chairman thanked the
members for their help with membership following Mark’s passing.
7. Election of Officers and Appointments:
John G
explained what he had needed to do regarding the journal printing and
distribution after Mark’s passing. The Chairman said the journals were
excellent and thanked Ross Pratley as well.
John G’s paper on the Secretary’s role was discussed along with comments
from Ross. John G said he was happy to
continue arranging printing and distribution of the journal at present. The officers and committee as at present,
except Secretary was agreed.
8. MIDPEX: The Chairman thanked John G for his help
and only five members were present.
9. Journal: The Chairman said the cost of journal
production was approximately £500 per issue.
10. Website: John G gave an update and suggested
including in the journal the existing Facebook pages set up by Aidan. He mentioned the website set up by Mal Tedds
and will contact him for the password.
11. Subscriptions: The Chairman proposed the
reintroduction of subscriptions at the following annual amounts: for email only
£5 and for paper copies of the journal £15 with a free email copy if
requested. After discussion this was
agreed and would commence as from 1 January 2020. Action by Dave Payne for the collection of
subscriptions. John G offered to provide
a membership subscription form to meet G.D.P.R. requirements and supply copies
to go out with the next journal. It was
agreed that only one journal would be sent out if members did not renew their
subscription.
12. Auctions: No auctions had taken place
this year.
13. New Publications: John G spoke about his
forthcoming book on overprints. Michael
Brill’s book on British Postal Orders will probably be published towards the end
of next year. Scans from members of any
rare items, both face and obverse, are welcomed. The Chairman and Vince Patel plan to produce
a book on promotional postal orders.
14. Any Other Business: a) John G requested that the cost
of printing and distributing his book be noted for payment from Society assets.
The cost for 120 copies would be £4,000 /£4,500 plus carriage and insurance,
this was agreed.
b) Howard Lunn Trophy - It was agreed that
the names of all authors with a vote would be published.
c) Life Membership was proposed for John
Gledhill, Michael Brill and Tony Whitehead and agreed.
15. Date and Venue of next meeting: The IBNS Saturday 3rd
October 2020 at 1.30pm.
16. Howard Lunn Trophy results and prize
draw: The
winner with seven votes was “Introduction to Totometer date stamps” by Tony
Whitehead and Richard Solly. The prize draw winner was Gary Oddie.
The Chairman
thanked the members for attending and the meeting closed at 13.03 hours.
Postal
Order Society – AGM Election of Officers and Appointments:
Chairman: Tony Whitehead –
Deputy Chairman: John Gledhill
Treasurer: David Payne
Accounts Examiner: Gary Oddie
General Secretary: Ross
Pratley - Committee Secretary: Vacant
Journal Editor: Ross Pratley /
Asst. John Gledhill
Auctioneer: Richard Solly /
Asst John Gledhill, Ian Fraser Publications Committee: Mal Tedds, Mike Brill,
Tony Whitehead, Ross Pratley, John Gledhill
Overseas Representatives: Jack
Harwood, John Eccles, Ross Pratley
