Our committee
Registered charity - 1171722
Most of the day to day practical arrangements of Holme Valley u3a are looked after by an elected committee. Members of the committee are also trustees, so they have obligations to make sure we all respect the Third Age Trust ethos.
The committee meets once a month, usually on the fourth Friday, timed to help us prepare for the Friday all-member meeting. We welcome ideas, so if you have one please share it with any committee member. We have reports on finance, membership and progress with setting up groups.
The first elections for your committee took place at the AGM in April 2015 when the shape of the committee was also approved. It is set out in our constitution which was also approved at the 2015 AGM. Constitutions can be changed at a subsequent AGM or EGM subject to approval of the national u3a and two thirds of those present voting. Any change to the constitution must be published well in advance. With that in mind the committee looked at the constitution in some detail early in 2016 and decided it worked well as it was. An amendment to section 3. Charitable purposes, recommended by the national u3a and required by the Charity Commission, was made to the constitution in March 2018.
The constitution sets out that we elect some individuals to specific posts. They are the ‘Chairman, not more than two Vice Chairmen, Treasurer and Secretary’.
In 2022 you elected:
| David Barnett | Chairman | As well as chairing most committee meetings and your monthly meetings, David is adjudicator and leader, making sure all works smoothly. |
| Helen Wilberforce | Business Secretary | Helen is our main liaison with the regional and national U3A. |
| Sally Hedges | Treasurer | Sally keeps a close eye on our finances and ensures each group manages their finances. |
Our constitution says there are a maximum of ten people elected to the committee. The remaining committee members have taken on specific tasks, but to ensure flexibility these are not specified when they are elected.
| Jenny Bagworth | Membership Secretary | Jenny is the first point of contact for most members and deals with many phone enquiries. She keeps records and issues membership cards. She also ensures new members know how to find out about activities and adds them to our email database. |
| Rose Cuthbertson | Groups coordinator | Rose works to establish the groups our members want. She works closely with Group leaders and keeps members informed of changes, including the creation of new groups. |
| Roy Biggs | IT, Website & Database | Roy is our Beacon database administrator and he ensures our IT technology is up to date and working correctly. |
| Rena Souten | Vice-Chairman | Rena manages our Facebook page , edits the website and produces the newsletters. |
| Keith Wilberforce | Committee member | Keith is charged with the welfare of our members and safeguarding. |
| Andrea Goodall | Committee member. | |
| Judith Gibbons | Committee member. | |
| Geraint Johnes | Committee member. | |
| Michael Burn | Committee member. | |
| Janet Watson | Committee member | coopted. |
| Sandra Hosker | Committee member | coopted. |
| Peter Robertshaw | Speaker finder |