CNHS AGM 2023

Tuesday 31 January 2023 - CNHS Annual General Meeting - 8pm at the Old Heath Community Centre, Colchester.

Your chance to hear what members of the Society been been getting up to during the past year, including reports on plants, birds, mammals and a range of insects. The evening will include presentation of the Bree Trophy for outstanding services to natural history in our area and the Rose Bowl to the winner of the 2022 Photographic Competition.

Please don’t be put off by the title AGM - this is always an interesting and thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of Colchester Natural History Society To take place on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 8.00pm at Old Heath Community Centre, D’Arcy Road, Colchester Agenda 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Chair’s opening remarks 3. Minutes of the 2022 AGM 4. Treasurer’s Report 5. Chair’s Report 6. Election/re-election of Officers and Committee members NB There are currently two vacancies for Committee Members according to the provisions of the Society’s rules. Nominations would be welcomed. Break for refreshments 7. Report on local planning issues (Peter Hewitt) 8. Invertebrates Reports 9. Bird Report 10. Botanical Report 11. Mammal Report 12. Rose Bowl Photographic Competition Award 13. Bree Trophy Award 14. Concluding remarks

Current Officers and Committee Officers Ted Benton (President) Dougal Urquhart (Chair) Sven Wair (Secretary) Michael Padmore (Treasurer) Darren Tansley (Vice Chair) Committee Members Carla Davis Denise Byrne Ernie Wells Liz Cutting Martin Byrne Pascale Genevois (Membership Secretary) Roy Read Russell Leavett (Editor of Cervus and Nature in North East Essex) Sarah Manning