Committee
Notice of Braintree Area u3a AGM at 2pm on 17th April 202.
I would like to inform you that the Braintree Area u3a Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2024 will be held at The Institute on Wednesday 17th April 2024 beginning at 2pm. This will be followed by the usual general meeting with invited speaker then refreshments.
Debbie Winchester (Chair)
The committee is re-elected each year. To view the Braintree Area u3a Constitution please click here: Braintree Area u3a Constitution.
If you would like to join the committee please complete the nomination form which can be viewed by clicking here: AGM - Braintree Area u3a Nomination Form.
The AGM documents are available to view on the Links tab or click here: Links.
| Honorary President | Geoff Mead |
| Chair and Web Editor | Debbie Winchester | |
| Vice Chair | Linda Hellewell | |
| Vice Chair and Newsletter | Christine Deal | |
| Treasurer | Brian Armstrong | |
| Secretary and Information Board | Ann Hunt | |
| Membership Secretary | Philip Deal | |
| Groups Co-ordinator | Linda Hellewell | |
| Speaker Co-ordinator | Pauline McAllister | |
| Committee Member | Kathryn Varley | |
| Committee Member | Anne Britton | |
| Committee Member and Publicity | Andrew Ings |
Non-committee roles:
Website Editor: Elaine Orpe
You can send an email to a specific Committee Member by clicking on their name above.
Braintree Area u3a AGM was held on 19th April 2023 at 2pm at the The Institute (formerly known as the Bocking Arts Centre). At each AGM all existing committee members have to seek re-election. Please see above for the new committee. At the AGM Elaine Orpe, stood down as Chair following six years on the committee. We welcome Debbie Winchester as the new Chair, Christine Deal and Linda Hellewell as Joint Vice Chairs and June Thompson as new Secretary with Alan James re-elected as Treasurer. Brian Armstrong became Membership Secretary as Rebecca Fuller had served her maximum time allowed on the committee. Pauline McAllister, Kathryn Varley, and Anne Britton were re-elected. We welcome new committee members Andrew Ings and Ann Hunt. Geoff Mead was re-elected as our Honorary President. The Honorary President serves until the next Annual General Meeting. An Honorary President may be re-appointed at each AGM for a further term for as long as is agreed.
Any Braintree Area u3a member may stand for the committee. All membership enquiries should be sent to the Membership Secretary, if you have other enquiries, and are unsure as to whom they should be addressed to, they will be forwarded as appropriate.
The committee meets on the first Wednesday of each month and the minutes are available at monthly meetings by the information board.
Data Protection
The Braintree Area u3a Data Protection Policy, agreed by the Committee in September 2018 and the Braintree Area U3A Privacy Policy, agreed in November 2019, are currently under review.