Visit New Mills – Carnival AGM – Royal Oak – 24 January – 8pm
Attendees
Committee – Steve Wilson, Trevor Zoppi, Lisa Jefford, Sean Whewell
Public – Richard Body (part), Greg McMahon (part)
Apologies – Jan Smith, Rob Hawkins
1. 2016 Carnival – The Committee discussed and thanked the many volunteers, community groups, schools and businesses that made the 2016 the success that it was – over £2,500 was donated back to various groups with a one off donation of £500 to New Mills Art Theatre
2. Committee appointed as follows for 2017 :
Trevor Zoppi – Field manager
Jan Smith – Market manager
Lisa Jefford – Parade manager
Steve Wilson – Administration
Sean Whewell – Finance and fund raising
Rob Hawkins – Safety and marshalling
3. Finance – the committee agreed the accounts to be a true and accurate record and we will continue to use the Quickfile software moving forward – finance summary to be placed on visitnewmills.co.uk web site
4. Previous Carnival and Fete committee – The current Committee agreed to disband the previous group and bank account and transfer funds to VNM Carnival – Sean will write to existing signatories to confirm
5. This year’s theme will be Disney and in 2018 it will be Circus
6. Meeting closed at 20:45