96th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING and SPRING MEMBERS’ EVENING

Wednesday 30th April 2025, from 6–10 pm
at The Athenaeum, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1LU.

Grid reference: TL855641.  W3W: ///redeeming.inhabited.personal 
Free parking on Angel Hill, to the front of The Athenaeum, after 6pm.

Please telephone Joan Hardingham on 07848007807, if lost!

Please feel free to arrive and leave at any time throughout the evening

PROGRAMME

6:00 – 6:30 pm Displays by The One Stop Nature Shop (www.onestopnature.co.uk), Anglian Microscopy and natural history items for sale or offered.
6:30 – 7:00 pm ‘Introduction to Microscopy for Naturalists’ by Gordon Brown (Anglian Microscopy).
7:00 – 7:30 pm Break for refreshments.
7:30 – 8:00 pm Annual General Meeting, start of business, see agenda below.
8:00 – 8:30 pm short presentations by members (tbc).
8:30 – 9:00 pm Break for refreshments.
9:00 – 10:00 pm short presentations by members (tbc) and an ‘Ask a Naturalist’ session, if time allows. Please send questions in beforehand to enquiries@sns.org.uk.

AGM AGENDA

  1. Apologies for absence.
  2. Minutes of the 95th Annual General Meeting 2024 (see Suffolk Natural History Vol.60, p.169)
  3. Hon. Chair’s brief report – Joan Hardingham
  4. Hon. Treasurer’s brief report – Martin Sanford
    (Full reports from Chair & Treasurer will be on the SNS website & in the next Suffolk Natural History)
  5. Current Council Members:
    • Emma Aldous (Website manager & White Admiral editor)
    • Dorothy Casey
    • Gavin Deans
    • Juliet Hawkins
    • Hawk Honey (Social media secretary)
    • Dr. Simon Jackson
    • Nick Mason (Bird Report Editor)
    • Howard Mottram
    • Darren Tansley
    • Peter Vincent
    • Student Representative, Sarah Pynn to remain for another year (this is not a Trustee role)
  6. Juliet Hawkins is retiring at the end of her term and not standing again. Dorothy Casey is resigning
  7. Council received the following nominations:
    • Tim Holt-Wilson, Geologist, naturalist and key member of the Norfolk & Norwich Natural History Society (NNNHS) (4-year term), nominated JH, seconded Howard Mottram
    • Adrian Knowles, SNS Hymenoptera and Hemiptera Recorder (4-year term), nominated MS, seconded Gavin Deans.
    • Anne Wright, Suffolk Bird Group (SBG) Liaison has been co-opted for the last year and has agreed to a 4-year term.
    • Dr. Anthony Speca, has been co-opted to review recording by the Society
  8. Any Other Business – only for questions submitted in writing in advance, except at the discretion of the Chair.