North of Scotland AGM information

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Federation Agenda
Annual General Meeting and prize giving will take place Sunday the 7th December 2025 at 11am
At Whitehills Public Hall, 2 Reidhaven Street, Whitehills, Banff AB45 2NJ (Please note venue change)
AGENDA
Adoption of the minute for the 56th Annual General Meeting held on the 8th December 2024
Matters arising.
Balance sheet for the year to   th November 2025.
Presidents address
Election of office bearers
PresidentPaul Thomson (E)         Proposed – Deveron Valley, Inverurie
Senior Vice PresidentStuart Maskame (PD)   Proposed – Deveron Valley, Inverurie
Junior Vice PresidentAlex Fulton (DV)  Proposed – Deveron Valley, Inverurie
Secretary/TreasurerRuth Cordiner  (PD)     Proposed – Deveron Valley, Inverurie
Race Controller          Vacant
Transport ManagerAbby Milne (DV)        Proposed  - Deveron Valley, Inverurie
Driver                        John Harvey (DV)        Proposed – Deveron Valley
Results Co-OrdinatorGeorge Duthie        Proposed – Deveron Valley
SHU Delegate            Sandy Milne (INV)       Proposed – Deveron Valley
PROSandy Milne (INV)       Proposed – Deveron Valley, Inverurie
Fed Show Convenor
PROPOSALS
The Federation reduces the annual federation fee to £50  (INV)
Federation should have a savings account. Balance sheet to show where funds are housed and the savings interest rate. (FDFC)
Federation to have a draft 2/3 year plan. Where we are aiming to be. (FDFC)
One member from each club to have admin access to existing Fed Facebook page. (FDFC)
Inverness club to have their birds picked up in Inverness from their club. (INS)
If the above proposal is rejected the Inverness club members be given a membership fee concession (discount) to cover the cost of the additional expenses their club incurs having to cover a 3 hour trip which includes fuel costs every time we take part in a race. (INS)
The Federation find an alternative for the Brechin lib site due to the over presence of B.O.P. (INV)
2 weeks break between the last old bird race and first young bird race. (E)
3 week break between end of old bird racing and start of young bird racing, reason being incase Old birds increase by a week due to adverse weather (DV)
2026 race season to commence the second week in May (9/5/26) (INV)
Old bird racing to start 2nd May (E)
Old bird racing to start 18th April (DV)
Old bird racing to start 25th April (FDFC,PHD)
Young bird racing to start 18th July (FDFC, DV, PHD
Old bird programmes.