Annual General Meeting - Friday 25th October

This year's AGM was in October rather than November as on previous years.
This was allowed by the recent updating of the Constitution and will allow and extra month before the issue of the Year Book for 2009 for planning, also summer visitors from Patch and elsewhere were able to attend before the winter closes and they all return home.

Congratulations to Harry Ashurst and his wife Joyce on being elected Honorary Life Members of the TBC.

Congratulations also to Sue Schorah, retiring Rear Commodore of the Ladies Section, awarded the 'Club Person of the Year' shield for all her hard work not only over the last year but also many other years.

Changes to the Rules

Voted in by the membership at the AGM
(Full details available in the clubhouse; but briefly)

The 3 year rule relating to boats remaining in the yard and unused for 3 years is now the '2 year' rule reducing the period of time a boat can stay in the yard unused.
and
The introduction of a penalty charge for any boat that remains in the yard for any year without being used on the water.

For full details of these changes to the rules consult the copy of the Constitution on display on the notice board in the clubhouse