Being a constituted community group, we need to have an Annual General Meeting (AGM) once a year. On 11 June we had our third one. At the AGM of most community groups the chair presents on the activities, the treasurer reports on finances, officers are elected and constitutional changes are agreed. There may also be a keynote speaker. But we are not most community groups! We like to do things a little differently.
By Mehul Damani
Being a constituted community group, we need to have an Annual General Meeting (AGM) once a year. On 11 June we had our third one. At the AGM of most community groups the chair presents on the activities, the treasurer reports on finances, officers are elected and constitutional changes are agreed. There may also be a keynote speaker. But we are not most community groups! We like to do things a little differently. By Joe DugganIt's impossible to sum up everything that's happened in one blog. So I thought I'd do a quick bit of time-travelling instead.
April 2011 Some people gather in a church hall. Someone called Andy is talking. I sit near the edge. Near the door. I recognise a few people from the screening a few months before. Apparently a Transition Town is a community response to the challenge of climate change, something called "peak oil" and economic challenges. Very admirable. I have always wanted to do something about the environment. Always talking about it, never doing anything. Then Andy says that a number of the people in the core group had moved on or got too busy so we are now the steering group. "Sorry? We're in charge?" "I don't even know these people. Can we not just watch another video, this sounds too hard." |
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