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AGM NOTICE

Make a date – 9th October 2021 – the BMF AGM online

Notice is hereby given that the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) will take place on Saturday 9th October 2021 at 11am. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is intended that the meeting will be held virtually using electronic meeting software. However, if circumstances permit there may be the possibility of a hybrid meeting. Please note that any and all updates will be via the BMF website.

All full and affiliate members of the BMF are cordially invited to register their intention to take part in the AGM. Voting rights of those taking part are set out in Section 6 of the BMF Constitution. Registration of your intention to attend will be through BMF membership administration – contact admin@bmf.co.uk. Please take the opportunity to update your details as soon as possible. All future communications regarding the AGM (including the issuing of all papers and documents for the AGM) will be through the BMF membership database. It is important that we have the most up to date contact information for you.

Business of the AGM shall include: (a) Consider the appointment of Patron, President, Vice Presidents and honorary members (b) Elect the Chairman (c) Elect members of the Management Team (MT) (d) Elect the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee (e) Receive a progress report from each member of the MT, including a report from the Chairman on the state of the BMF (f) Question members of the MT on the reports submitted in (e) above (g) Receive financial reports including the annual audited accounts of British Motorcyclists Federation (Enterprises) Ltd (h) Receive and approve the Action Plan (i) Consider motions placed before it (j) Alter, amend, rescind or add to the Constitution, Disciplinary Procedures and Standing Orders of the BMF (k) Hear final appeals under the disciplinary procedure (l) Ratify the election of BMF council members.

The AGM shall be the sole authority as to the interpretation of the Constitution of the BMF. Full details of the procedure for making a nomination or motion to the BMF AGM are contained in the BMF Constitution and Standing Orders.

Go to www.britishmotorcyclists.co.uk and click on ‘ABOUT US" for our constitution. As the meeting will be a virtual meeting you will need to download and print copies of all papers required for the AGM. If you do not have internet access or access to printing facilities, please contact the BMF office who will be able to send you paper copies of the documentation that you need.

You must be a current BMF or club member to take part in the AGM. If you are a voting representative of a club, please submit to the BMF office a letter from your Club Secretary showing that you have been appointed to represent the club. It would be helpful if that letter could be sent to the office at least two weeks before the AGM (ie by 25th September 2021) so that appropriate steps can be taken to deal with the letter.

This notice is hereby given on the 8th day of June 2021. Jim Freeman, Chair, BMF Register to attend the AGM – admin@bmf.co.uk

BMF Annual Regional Meetings

Due to the ongoing pandemic, no Annual Regional Meetings will take place in 2021.

As in 2020, all regional posts and elections will be carried over for another year, until 2022.

This means that all Regional Chairs and all Councillors ratified at the 2020 AGM will stay in post, with a further ratification at the 2021 AGM, to be held on 9th October via Zoom.

Anyone who wishes to put themselves forward, who is not already either a Regional Chair or Councillor, should apply for an official nomination form from admin@bmf.co.uk

All nomination forms should be returned to admin@bmf. co.uk at least six weeks before the AGM ie by 28th August 2021.

Thank you John

The BMF would like to thank the late John Denny for his generous legacy of £1000. He had been a member since at least 1993, when current records go back to. “I’m sure I speak for all my fellow members when I say that I’m overwhelmed by John’s generosity in donating such a generous sum to the BMF,” said BMF Chairman Jim Freeman.