2024 ANNUAL REPORT

MINUTES OF THE 2024 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 65 9. TO CONFIRM TWO MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE The Chief Executive announced the names of those members elected to serve on the General Committee. As in previous years, there were two routes by which to join the General Committee.Two positions were available in 2023 via the election route and there were three candi- dates, all of whom were existing members of the General Committee. The Chief Executive read out the number of votes cast for each candi- date in alphabetical order: Ravi Badge: 471 Diana Peasey: 652 Richard Stevenson: 838 The Chief Executive could there- fore confirm that Richard Stevenson and Diana Peasey were elected to the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. 10. TO CONFIRM THE TWO NOMINATED MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE The Chief Executive announced the recommendation of the Nomina- tions Panel. The Nominations Panel had met several times this year and had interviewed every candidate, whether they were standing for election or going through the nominations route.Two positions were available this year via the nominations route. The following selections were the unanimous recommendation of the Nominations Panel: The appointment of Andy Hunt and Navdeep Sethi as nominated members of the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. The Chair paid tribute to Ravi Badge who would be retiring from the General Committee after serving a term of three years, saying that Dr Badge had been both a popular member of General Committee and an excellent host on match days. He thanked Dr Badge, both personally and on behalf of the club, for his contribution and wished him all the best for the future.He then asked the Treasurer to speak to item 11. 11.TO APPOINT AUDITORS TO THE CLUB FOR 2023 Mr Ellis proposed PKF Smith Cooper as the auditors for 2024. This was seconded by Ms Kate Davies CBE. The appointment was unanimously agreed in the room and by a majority on Zoom (with two members on Zoom voting against). 12. ANY OTHER BUSINESS The Chair asked if there was any other business, and began by rec- ommending the Nottinghamshire Cricket Annual which had been produced for 2024 by the Notting- ham Cricket Lovers’ Society. Mr David Beaumont wished to acknowledge all of the work done by the club’s Heritage Officer, Steve LeMottee, who was unwell at the moment but whose leadership of the Heritage team was exemplary. Mr Tony Palfreyman asked whether the AlanWheelhouse Foundation was still operating. MrWheelhouse was a former Chair of the club. Mr RichardTennant confirmed that the Trustees of the AlanWheelhouse Cricketing Fund had agreed to wind it up and split the remaining monies between the Nottingham- shire County Cricket Club Com- munity Fund and the AlanWheel- houseWar Memorial Trust. The meeting closed at 8.20pm, with the Chair thanking members for their attendance.