2025 Annual-report

MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 2025 EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS 65 Mr Hunt said that the view expressed by the members who had voted for no reduction would be taken into account by the Committee, along with the views of other members and a wider range of stake- holders including players and staff. In response to a question from Mr Henson about why the date of 11 September had been selected for the EGMs when this was day four of a red-ball match at Worcester, Mr Nick Evans explained that, as part of their collaborative approach, the club had offered him three dates and this had been the most suitable from his perspective. Ms Pursehouse also added that under the Constitution, the club must hold an EGM within 60 days of receipt of any petition. Given that one EGM notice had been received on 16 July and the second notice on 4 August, the latest week- day on which both EGMs could be held was Friday 12 September. She had discussed this with Mr Evans, who had opted for the evening of Thursday 11 September as the most suitable date. The final contribution was from Mr Clive Rix who thanked the club for the quality of the supporting material sent out with the voting packs, which he had found very helpful. On behalf of the General Committee, Mr Hunt thanked Mr Rix for this acknowledgement. The Chair announced that the first EGM of the evening was now concluded. The second EGM would be chaired by Nottingham- shire’s President, Richard Tennant, given that one of the resolutions put forward concerned Mr Hunt himself. EGM 2 The President confirmed that the second EGM was quorate and then went on to say that this meeting had been called to announce the outcome of the vote on the second resolution put forward by Mr Evans. The resolution was as follows: The requisitioning members have lost trust and confidence in the Chair and General Committee, and hereby call on the General Committee to hold an EGM and call for the following resolutions to be voted upon by the members: 1. The members have no-confidence in the Chair,Andrew Hunt. 2. The members have no-confidence in theVice-Chair, Richard Stevenson. 3. The members have no-confidence in the Treasurer, Fraser Montgomery. 4. The members have no-confidence in the GC member,Andy Afford. 5. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Dave Gunn. 6. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Catherine Hammond. 7. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Penny Huggard. 8. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Stephen Lehane. 9. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Diana Peasey. 10. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Navdeep Sethi. 11. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Sue Storey. 12. The members have no-confidence in the GC member, Graeme Swann. As with the previous EGM, the Chief Executive would read the outcome of the votes, after which Mr Evans would be asked to speak to the resolution, and the President would invite the Chair to respond on behalf of the club. The Chief Executive began by saying that, in line with the terms of the club’s Constitution, a postal/ online vote was held. The ballot was supervised by the club’s Auditors. The ballot papers asked members to vote as to whether they had confidence or no confidence in each individual member of the General Committee. She would now read the outcome, which was as follows: The members have confidence in Andy Hunt. The members have confidence in Richard Stevenson. The members have confidence in Fraser Montgomery. The members have confidence in Andy Afford. The members have confidence in Dave Gunn. The members have confidence in Catherine Hammond. The members have confidence in Penny Huggard. The members have confidence in Stephen Lehane. The members have confidence in Diana Peasey. The members have confidence in Navdeep Sethi. The members have confidence in Sue Storey. The members have confidence in Graeme Swann. For the purposes of this EGM, the resolution calling for a vote of no confidence was not carried against any individual Committee member. The President thanked the Chief Executive and asked Mr Evans to speak to the resolutions. Mr Evans began by saying that the vote had been a fair vote run on a democratic basis. His concern was communication. The members elect a General Committee to make decisions on behalf of the members. Representative democracy could be seen in local government and also in national government through the election of MPs, he said. MPs and councillors were, however, in regular touch with their electorate, whereas Mr Evans believed that there was a lack of communication between the members of General Committee and other members. He asked members of General Committee to engage more directly with members and to be more visible and available. He felt that, if this had been the case in the past, the resolutions in EGM 2 would not have been tabled. He ended by thanking everyone who had taken the time to vote.