Tayside OWL AGM 2021 9th February by Zoom

Present Alison Wilson (Chair), Anne-Marie Mackin (Secretary), Kirsty Adam, Mel McRae, Trisha Carrigan, Penny Martin, Cara Roberts, Jillian Ritchie, Lisa Henry, Lynda Johnston, Tabitha Arnold, Katie Eadsforth

Alison opened the meeting and welcomed everyone and we went over the minutes of the last AGM

Alison then presented her chairs report

After taking over as Chair at the previous AGM in January 2020 I was fired with enthusiasm. I took part in the national networking weekend at Aberfoyle as a participant but also represented Tayside at the Chair’s meeting. This was the highlight for myself as I was invigorated by the enthusiasm shown and the information shared by my colleagues. I then returned to Perth and was suitably enthusiastic at the next committee meeting.

We had Dan Puplett booked for the day long foraging CPD event in March and hoped to organise other events later in the year. We were also supporting the Perth Outdoor Playgroup with a linked project looking to develop capacity and knowledge within their membership

And then the world changed.

Since then we have met monthly as a committee and supported the POP project as it has been the only thing to have developed under the education banner. The lack of facilities with the Kinnoull Hill shed being out of commission, has hampered our progress organising events and even after taking the decision to move to a different location in November, national events related to the lockdown again delayed any progress in this area.

We have now decided to set up our own Youtube Channel to highlight the activities that are to be presented later at this meeting and others that may be of interest to members.

We as a committee are committed to the work of the group and hope to recommence our activities as soon as we are able to safely.

Penny presented the Treasurers Report which showed that we had a balance of £6805.99 with £948.37 in unrestricted funds and £5857.62 in restricted funds plus £7.72 in petty cash which gave us an overall total of £6813.71

The committee had all agreed to stand again and a slate was put forward of

Alison Wilson

Jillian Ritchie

Penny Martin

Anne-Marie Mackin

Mel McRae

Kirsty Adam

Trisha Carrigan

plus two new members

Lisa Henry

Cara Roberts

This was proposed by Alison Wilson and seconded by Jillian Ritchie

Office Bearers remain as

Alison Wilson Chair

Jillian Ritchie Vice Chair

Penny Martin Treasurer

Anne-Marie Mackin Secretary

The meeting closed and we had a general discussion about upcoming events/grants and agreed to have our first committee meeting of the new year on 02/03/21