this year the Committee has introduced a change in the procedures for the AGM which we believe makes it better for all members in advance of the AGM. The change is in the procedure if that firstly, we will advise members of the AGM with minimum of 3 weeks notice(we did this by E-mail already) and secondly, the procedure of “how to present your name for the Committee, as Committee member or as a postholder” and “the need to give notice of motions”. This will mean that ANY OTHER BUSINESS will be solely for matters arising out of anything presented in the AGM. This is very ample and will allow members to ask basically what they want. In the spirit of being concise, the President will allocate a time factor on motions to ensure that the AGM can tackle all the motions and still have time for ANY OTHER BUSINESS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The closing date for Motions and Members wishing to put their name forward is Friday 21st March 2025 at 1300 hrs. At that stage the Committee will prepare a proper Agenda for the AGM which it will send members latest 5 days before.  The Committee believes that this will give the membership a clear picture of what will be discussed so that they can make arrive at the meeting knowing what is to be discussed. Since this can only be ratified in the AGM, we urge members to follow this procedure this year which will clearly ensure a smooth AGM, certainly as far as procedure is concerned, as a consequence of which the procedure will be automatically ratified.