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AGM and Competitions Awards Ceremony 2025

The 30th Annual General Meeting took place on Saturday 6th September 2025 at 2:00 pm.

This was followed by the awards ceremony for the members' writing competitions.

The event was online via Zoom. Approximate timetable:

1:30 pm Zoom meeting room opened, for those who wanted to chat prior to the start of the AGM.
2:00 pm AGM opened.
3:00 pm AGM closed.
3:15 pm Competitions awards ceremony began.
4:00 pm Awards ceremony finished.

Zoom connection details were available to logged in members.

AGM Recording

Here's the Zoom recording of the Annual General Meeting.

AGM Agenda

Please also see the minutes from the 2025 AGM.

  1. Welcome.
  2. Present.
  3. Apologies.
  4. Previous minutes.
  5. Election of committee members and officers:

    Chairman – Chris Huck.

    Secretary – Violet Rook.

    Treasurer – Liz Ashcroft.

    Committee members – Susan Cartwright-Smith, Ellie Stevenson, Vanessa Lester, Henry Curry, John Grieve, Kevin Machin, Gary Carr.

  6. Treasurer's report – Liz for Penny.
  7. Chairman's report – Chris.
  8. Secretary's report – Henry and Liz.

    International membership standardisation.

  9. Membership report – Violet.
  10. Members' & open competition report – Liz.
  11. Online events report – Henry.
  12. NAWG festival 2026 – committee.
  13. IT admin report – Henry and Kevin.
  14. Any other business.

Author: Kevin Machin ♦ Created: 02-Sep-2025 ♦ Access: public ♦ Article: agm-250906-info ♦ Topics: Annual General Meetings, committee, competitions