2001 ANNUALGENERAL MEEI.NG Held at the Broadway Hotel Letchworth on Saturday October 27
Veteran Vespa Club. (Condensed Year end
accounts
7 months
12 months
May-03
May-04
May-OS
Dec-OS
Dec-06
£
£
£
£
£
2370.00
2831.62
2725.00
700.00
3244.12
Income Subscriptions
This year's AGMwas held at the same venue that had proved so popular last year. The main points were as follows: . Dave Hawkins resigned as Registrar, but remains on the committee. Bob Box becomes Registrar (but not a committee member) and Paul Hart was welcomed onto the committee. Paul Impey had previously resigned due to emigrating to Brazil and the committee thanked him for his contribution.
for Journal publication)
Regalia Sales
1834.05
1958.50
978.50
770.00
2387.28
DVlA Reg.
60.00
40.00
90.00
155.00
778.00
Rally Income Interest
154.00
1057.00
303.00
1072.00
1202.15
33.07
24.98
49.14
Other Income
250.00 4451.12
6162.10
4145.64
145.61 40.00
112.00
2737.00
7869.16
. The total membership was 294.This compares to 249 last year and not only represents yet another all-time high, but is also the biggest single yearly increase we have ever had
Expenditure VCB Fees
300.00
400.00
435.00
397.50
462.50
Regalia Purch.
1747.51
978.19
837.30
866.50
3406.58
. Peter Rose reported that our finances are stable with income and
Expenses
74.62
145.12
194.32
48.25
270.55
expenditure more or less balancing. The rallies had practically broken even and slightly larger quantities of the journal being produced to accommodate a larger membership meant that the cost per issue had decreased. We still have adequate cash reserves.
Publicity
59.25
587.36
652.47
278.19
541.68
Journal Exp.
1174.31
1098.30
2174.58
1785.85
2433.43
Rally Expenses Donations
271.90 100.00
1645.20
1098.66
2007.55
1654.30
30.00
50.00
25.00
196.33
. The subject of eligible machines, and in particular P Range models, was discussed. It was agreed that the club should be open to all enthusiasts of geared Vespas irrespective of whether or not they actually owned such a mac~ine. AshleyLenton said that from this point on the Journal would include material on P range models and variants.
Other Exp. 3727.59
4884.17
5442.33
5408.84
8965.37
723.53
1277.93
-1296.69
-2671.84
-1096.21
8318.32
9041.85
10319.78
9873.09
7201.25
9041.85
10319.78
9873.09
7201.25
6105.04
7392.75
6085.54
33.50
30.00
. The revenue received from DVLAregistrations, due to the efforts of Bill Drake, is generally increasing and Bill received the thanks of the committee. The committee also reinforced its support of Bill's stand against dubious registration details of some machines coming from South East Asia. . The proportion of membersjoining via our web site is now in the majority. The committee recorded a note of thanks to Adam Badger who had greatly improved the site during the year. . Our Chairman, Roger Smith, inducted the first three members into our Hall of Fame. They are Frank Brookes, Margaret Farquhar and Brian Freehold and all were present to receive their plaques. Full details are given elsewhere.
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At the dinner followingthe AGMthere was an auction of memorabilia that included several rare pennants kindly donated by Brian Freehold. 194
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Net Income
(Loss)
Balance Fwd. Asset Sale Balance Fwd.
Surplus
represented
850.00
by
Bank
8997.53
9166.06
8605.92
Cash
10.82
100.82
100.82
Floats
33.50
33.50
33.50
Paid in Advance
1019.40
Less Receivables
Total Assets
9041.85
10319.78
1136.20
25.00
-3.35
-225.00
-35.50
9873.09
7201.25
6105.04
Peter Rose. Ron Treasurer
Website: www.veteranvespaclub.com
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A BRIEF HISTORY IT'S nice to sometimes take stock of where you are, and membership num-
quite the whole story are as a good a measure as any of the health of the club. Shown here are the figures declared at the last ten AGMs plus a selection from earlier years. The membership level was in the region of 30-50 for the first twenty years of the club's existence. Between 1985 and 1990, regular publicity in British Scooterist Scene and . Scooter Scene (plus some energetic work by Dave Hawkins as Mem--
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OF THE VVC BY NUMBERS 34 51 40 66 135 171 152 137 154 164 202 209 217 220 249 294
