Saturday 4th of March 2023 at 1300 hours (1pm)

?The Channel Suite, Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone?CT20 2DZ

CS&PF AGM

Saturday 4th of  March 2023 at 1300 hours (1pm)
The Channel Suite, Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone
CT20 2DZ

1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of the 2022 AGM
3. Matters Arising     
4. President's Report 
5. The Chairman's Report
6. The Hon. Secretary's Report
7. The Hon. Treasurer's Report
8. The Observer Liaison Report
9. Election of Officers
10. Elections of Committee
11. Motions
12. Any other business

Nominations for Officer and Committee positions

(in alphabetical order)

Chairman

(Members present at the AGM should vote for one nominee)

Lance Oram………        Proposer: Michael Oram        Seconder: Tanya Harding

Eddie Spelling……        Proposer: Kevin Murphy          Seconder: Paul Foreman

(The successful nominee will withdraw their nomination for the committee)

Secretary

(Members present at the AGM should vote for one nominee)

Tanya Harding……        Proposer: Michael Oram        Seconder: Lance Oram

Kevin Murphy……         Proposer: Katherine Batts.     Seconder: Simon Ellis

(The successful nominee will withdraw their nomination for the committee)

Committee

(Members present at the AGM should vote for three nominees)

Adrian Brown…….       Proposer: Katherine Batts      Seconder: Kevin Murphy

Paul Foreman…….       Proposer: Simon Ellis.                         Seconder: Katherine Batts

Tanya Harding……        Proposer: Michael Oram        Seconder: Lance Oram

Tony Kenyon……..         Proposer: Kevin Murphy          Seconder: Katherine Batts

Kevin Murphy……         Proposer: Katherine Batts      Seconder: Eddie Spelling

Lance Oram………        Proposer: Michael Oram        Seconder: Tanya Harding

Mia Oram…………         Proposer: Michael Oram        Seconder: Tanya Harding       

Eddie Spelling…….       Proposer: Kevin Murphy          Seconder: Katherine Batts

Motions

Proposed rule change

Proposer: Simon Ellis  Seconder : Paul Foreman

Delete:

12(b) Each swimmer shall swim for one or two hours – 60 minutes or 120 minutes each time he/she enters the water as designated by the choice of the relay swim leg time period options.

12 (c) The change-over/takeover from one swimmer to the next in a relay should take place every 60 minutes or 120 minutes if for a two or three person relay option, with the new swimmer entering the water on a signal given by the observer at the end of the completion of the required 60 minutes or 120 minute swim period, During the change-over the new swimmer must enter the water behind and swim past the preceding swimmer. The swimmer that has completed their designated swim period of 60 minutes or 120 minutes must exit the water as quickly as possible and within a maximum of five minutes.

Replace (b) & (c) with one rule as follows:

12. Each swimmer must swim for 60 minutes (optional 120 minutes for a 2 or 3 person relay team). The changeover of swimmers must be completed within 5 minutes. The master of the vessel can intervene, on safety grounds, to delay the changeover within that 5 minute period. This should be duly noted in the observer’s report. The swimmer entering the water must swim up from behind the swimmer who is exiting the water.

Proposed rule change:

Proposer: Katherine Batts      Seconder: Kevin Murphy

3. Membership paragraph 5

Delete the words “or any other types of membership other than full membership (or honorary membership”

Replace with the words: “or any other types of membership other than full membership,  ten year membership and honorary membership”

Add the words: Ten year memberships will be available as from 1^st January 2024 at a cost of £160 subject to revision by the Committee and AGM.

Proposed rule change:

Proposer: Katherine Batts      Seconder: Kevin Murphy

3 Membership

Add after paragraph 10

All serving Officers and members of the Committee will be made Honorary Members of the CS&PF (with power to vote), only for the years in which they are elected.

Motion Proposed

Proposer: Mike Ball    Seconder: Kevin Murphy

This AGM requests the CS&PF committee to consider introducing enhanced certificates for successful solo and relay swimmers, available for a fee, in addition to the certificates which are currently distributed free of additional charge.

Entitlement to vote: 

Persons qualifying for a vote at the AGM in any year are (1) members on the membership list as at 31st December in the year immediately preceding the AGM and (2) members registered in the period prior to the AGM in the same year as the AGM.

Observers will be made Honorary Members (with power to vote) for the years in which they carry out one or more formally observed swim attempts on behalf of the Federation.

Registered Pilots will be made Honorary Members (with power to vote) for the years in which they are recognised, registered and escorting crossings.