Southsea Greenhouse Notes AGM 25 June 2014
Watkins and Faux Pavillion Cafe 7-9pm
1. Apologies Zoe Gray, Jennifer Plested, Wendy Brennan, Ruthy Martin
a. In attendance: Members Nigel Huggins, Sue Stokes, Peta
Sampson, Rachel Hudson, Julie Houghton, Kelly Jordan, Paul
Jordan, Phil Smith, Freya Perry, Graham Newcombe, Liz
Bourne, Meg Schofield, Sue Portman, Karl Patschinsky,
Penelope Brown, Miles Fletcher, Georgina Cleveland, Matthew
Cleveland, Pete Murphy, Rachel Hammerton, Marian Green,
Annette Rebential, Dermot Feenan, Goff Gleadle, Kelly
Otterson, Suzy Horton, Janet ?, Bethanie Doe, Kendal James,
Gill Sandiford, Lisa Spooner, Kate Hoper, Rebecca SmithDaniel, Jacob Ozaniec, David Sandiford, Pauline Sandiford, Elle
Gray.
b. In attendance: Non members Will West, Ed Bond, Jackie
Mitchell,Brian Mitchell,Liam Rendle.
2. Sue Portman (Chair) welcomed everyone to the third Southsea
Greenhouse AGM.
3. The meeting began with a short film made at the opening of the
Garden in 2013 by Will West.
4. Sue Portman introduced the members of the management team.
Reported that Sue Stokes would be staying on in her role as founder
but had resigned as fundraiser. Sue P called for someone to fill this
role. The remainder of the Management team all stood for reelection in
2014 and this motion was carried unanimously by members.
5. Graham Newcombe (Finance) reported on our financial status. The
meeting approved the accounts for fiscal 2013. It was further
unanimously carried that we should continue with our non audited
accounts policy as in previous years.
6. The proposal for an education centre was introduced and attendees
were encouraged to contribute suggestions for future developments.
7. The PiB sub group reported that entries had exceeded expectations
with entries up around 45% on last year.
8. Goff Gleadle gave a talk on how to grow summer salad items, followed
by a tasting of gazpacho.
9. Ed Bond spoke about his experiences as a winner of the Big Allotment
Challenge (BBC) We are delighted to welcome him as a judge for PiB
along with Goff Gleadle and Nigel Huggins.
10. Sue P thanked our speakers, the meeting was closed at 8.30pm