Annual General Meeting

The annual general meeting of the Gownboy Association will be held in The Great Chamber, London Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6AN on 13 October 2011 at 7.15pm.

The business to be conducted at the annual general meeting will be:

  1. to approve the minutes of the last meeting;
  2. to receive the Chairman's report;
  3. to receive the report of the Honorary Treasurer and to approve the accounts of the Gownboy Fund; and
  4. to elect members to serve on the Committee.

The present members of the Committee are:
GE Pratt (Chairman) - 1954 HE Pratt - 1979
The Lord Hacking - 1956 JMG Bell (Hon. Secretary)** – 1987
PE Burke-Murphy - 1960 EW Peet (Hon. Treasurer)** - 1987
CHAR Bennie - 1969 F Jackson - 1993
MH Faldo - 1972 T Raven - 1996
NJ Kempner - 1974 ACM Burrows - 1998
CB Carter A Wilton - 1995
**Ex Officio

NA Bonham-Carter has retired from his honorary position on the Committee as President with effect on 31 December 2010 and F Jackson retires from the Committee with effect at the AGM. NJ Kempner, HE Pratt, T Raven and ACM Burrows are also due to retire from the Committee at the expiry of their three year terms. These retirements create five vacancies for election. NJ Kempner, HE Pratt and T Raven each offers himself for re-election and, if re-elected, will fill three of the vacancies. Andrew Gandell (2000) and Miranda Joseph (2004) have been nominated for election to fill the remaining two vacancies. Other nominations to the Committee can be accepted by me up to forty-eight hours before the meeting. Nominations should be accompanied by the written consent of the nominee to serve on the Committee.


Jeremy Bell, Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2HA, 020 7638 1111