Annual General Meeting February 2025

Sixty-three members attended our Annual General Meeting on Monday 17^th February in the Old Library at Charlton House. There were opportunities to renew membership, check the data CABAHS holds on members for GDPR purposes and book the next CABAHS outing to RHS Wisley on 6^th May, as well as the Raffle.

The AGM included a review of achievements over the past year and the election of the Committee and Officers of the Society for 2025.

Reports from the AGM
CABAHS AGM 2025 – Chair’s Report
CABAHS AGM 2025 – Treasurer’s Report
CABAHS AGM Minutes 2025
CABAHS AGM Revised Constitution

Three Committee Members have stepped down
Stella B stepped down as Chair of CABAHS and Anna L and Lynda F stepped down as Committee Members. Each was presented with a bouquet and a book in thanks for their contribution to the work of the CABAHS Committee.

New Committee for 2025
With departures from the Committee, new Committee members are required and Vija V was elected as Chair. She responded that “It was good to see so many of our members at the AGM. I am delighted to be returning as Chair of CABAHS and look forward to working with you all again.”

Show Table Winners 2024
The Show Table Cup is presented to the member with the most points on the monthly Show Table, over the past year. This year’s Winner was again Annie H. Second place went to Terry G, and Pat K was Third. Well done all.

The Fun Quiz
After the formal business of the AGM, there were some light-hearted quiz sheets posted up around the Old Library for everyone to have a go at, not seriously (mostly!) just whilst chatting. Below are a few of the sections, but really it’s one of those things where you had to be there! The last section involved identifying actual seedheads and seeds – notable that this seemed to attract the most interest. After the Quiz, some members happily went off with samples of the seeds to try in their own gardens. We can always include a Seed Swap at our monthly plant sale tables..!

Congrats to Ali H who got the most points, and to the surprisingly high number of other members who were contenders.

Lynda & Kathy

(Answers: Section 1: 1False 2False 3True 4True 5True 6True Section 2: 1.Magnolias 2.Daisies 3.Rose 4.Marigold 5.Pimpernel 6.Lavender and Section 3: 1b 2c 3b 4b 5a)