Minutes of the Chapter AGM 2013

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary – Chapter of St Birinus held on 13th March 2013 at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Kidlington.

Present: Bros. Trevor Langrish, Ben Heffer (chair), Ken Belcher and Dennis Dean; Srs. Susan Greenaway, Jenney Dowdeswell and Angela Dean; supporters Pam Cooper and Barbara Belcher.

Chapter Secretary’s Report 2013

The chapter roll remains unchanged at 24 comprising 15 members, seven life members and two associate members. In December I learned of the death of Bro Sid Cox. He died in Sobell House, Oxford on 22nd March 2012 (shortly after the AGM last year). Bro. Sid was a life member of the GSS and originally attended the Abingdon Chapter before its closure. Living in Didcot, he had the rather awkward journey by train, bus and by foot to get to Guild Offices in Kidlington, but that did not deter him and I know he really enjoyed coming to chapter meetings.

Chapter Treasurer's Report 2013

In 2012, again there was little activity with the chapter’s finances. Income was £146.04 (£82.17 up on that for 2011). This is because we had increased giving in collections during celebrations of the Guild Office, donations (one for a retirement gift and one chapter donation) one membership subscription paid in (therefore also paid out). Expenditure was £102.00 (£94.86 up on that for 2011). This is due principally to no Secretary’s expenses being submitted during 2012 (those for 2012 were submitted early in 2013); there was also a donation to the Candidates for Ordination Fund. The deposit account remains untouched and is accumulating interest – the balance on it is currently £1,153.12. This leads to our total assets for the end of 2012 being £1,306.88.