Annual General Meeting 1975 Minutes Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held in the traffic conference room on Tuesday, 24th June 1975, at 11.15 a.m. 1. Attendance A. Atherton, Esq., Q.P.M. and twenty‑nine members of Divisional Clubs whose names are recorded on attendance sheet were present. 2. Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting The Minutes of the last meeting had been circulated previously and were approved and signed by the Chairman and Secretary. 3. Matters arising from the Minutes There were no matters arising from the Minutes. 4. Report of the Council (Honorary General Secretary's Report) The reports which had been circulated were accepted. 5. Financial Statement The Financial Statement having been circulated was accepted. 6. Election of Officers President - The Chief Constable Vice Presidents - Deputy Chief Constable and Assistant Chief Constables Hon. General Treasurer - Mr. T.J. Preston Hon. General Secretary - Superintendent J. Thomas Asst. Hon. General Secretary - Mr. J. Stott Mr. Atherton wished to place on record his thanks to Mr. Preston for the way in which he had carried out his duties over the' past year. 7. Appointment of Auditors Mr. Preston recommended that Messrs Moore and Smalley be appointed Auditors again in view of the satisfaction they always gave and this was unanimously agreed. 8. Motion 'Per Capita Level only on Contributing members of the Divisional Club' ‑ Burnley Division P.S. Birkett raised the question of paying per capita levy on contributing members of the division and not on the establishment of the Division. It was felt that contributions having been increased in some Divisions that membership was falling. Burnley Division had a balance last year of £26 and were asked to pay a per capita levy of £80.This amount had been paid from the Welfare Fund. After discussion regarding the payment into central funds Mr. Atherton asked the meeting if it was their wish that payment from Divisions should be on membership of the Club and not on establishment. The meeting was unanimously in favour of this. 9. Any other Business Mr Atherton raised the matter of prizes being awarded to the winners of various events in the full range of the sporting activities of the Club and after discussion it was decided that in future in view of the current financial situation that medals should be awarded rather than ‑Prizes for various competitions. It was also suggested that the, best idea might be to award medals for team events and in some instances prizes for the winner of individual events but in order to finance the latter it was felt that fees be levied towards the purchase of prizes. Mr. Atherton stated that the P.A.A. was going to make an appeal to all Police Forces to agree to doubling the annual subscription. He read an extract from a P.A.A. paper relating to this matter. After discussion it was decided to refer same to the F. & G.P. for further consideration. The question of sponsorship of P.A.A. events was discussed and eventually Mr. Atherton was asked he would advise the P.A.A. Council that the Lancashire Constabulary Sports Club did not support the idea of outside sponsorship. Inspector Yates asked whether there had been any decision regarding the question of time off for sport. Mr. Atherton informed the meeting that the matter had been discussed at Force level meetings and a paper would be circulated from Headquarters regarding the matter. A decision had been made and Divisional Chief Superintendents were aware of the policy A general discussion followed on this matter and there being no other business the meeting finally closed at 12.47 p.m.  
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