IWA’s 65th Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 28th September at 11.30 a.m. at De Montfort University in Leicester, Hugh Aston Building – The Newarke, Leicester LE2 7BY
Members will be able to join the Meeting remotely or in-person (but will need to be present in-person to vote on the day). Here is the link to register for the Zoom meeting: Meeting Registration – Zoom. If joining remotely, you can still vote by completing a proxy form and submitting in advance – see below.
Please register in advance to help us plan arrangements (ideally by 20th September).
The Hugh Aston Building will be open to our members from 10.00 am with refreshments available. From 10.30 am there will be a presentation on IWA Campaigns followed by a presentation on Restoration at 10.50 am, before an interval for tea and coffee.
The formal Annual General Meeting will be at 11.30 am, followed by a presentation of IWA National Awards at 12 noon. Two further presentations on Residential Boating and Sustainable Leisure Boating will follow, after the formal meeting has closed.
Lunch will be available at 1 p.m. from the University café. If booked in advance by Friday 20th September, members will be provided (free of charge) with a £6 voucher towards the cost of lunch, which includes a choice of sandwiches, wraps, tea and coffee. Please advise on any special dietary requirements. Attendees will be asked to pay food and drink costs in excess of £6 on presentation of their vouchers.
There will be plenty of time for networking and the opportunity to take part in a guided walk in the afternoon at about 1.45 p.m.
Our guide for the Guided Walk will be award-winning CRT Volunteer Rob Hetherington. The tour will start at Castle Gardens on what has become known as the ‘Mile Straight’ of the Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, which is a canalised section of the River Soar. From there, Rob will take us along the navigation to Lime Kiln Lock, where IWA 1967 National Rally of Boats was held, and enlighten us with numerous historic insight enroute. The distance is approximately 3 miles, which will take about 2 hours for a leisurely stroll, including commentary stops and your unguided return to De Montfort University via the city centre.
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Annual General Meeting 2024 (AGM)
IWA’s 65th Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 28th September at 11.30 a.m. at De Montfort University in Leicester, Hugh Aston Building – The Newarke, Leicester LE2 7BY
Members will be able to join the Meeting remotely or in-person (but will need to be present in-person to vote on the day). Here is the link to register for the Zoom meeting: Meeting Registration – Zoom. If joining remotely, you can still vote by completing a proxy form and submitting in advance – see below.
Please register in advance to help us plan arrangements (ideally by 20th September).
The Hugh Aston Building will be open to our members from 10.00 am with refreshments available. From 10.30 am there will be a presentation on IWA Campaigns followed by a presentation on Restoration at 10.50 am, before an interval for tea and coffee.
The formal Annual General Meeting will be at 11.30 am, followed by a presentation of IWA National Awards at 12 noon. Two further presentations on Residential Boating and Sustainable Leisure Boating will follow, after the formal meeting has closed.
Lunch will be available at 1 p.m. from the University café. If booked in advance by Friday 20th September, members will be provided (free of charge) with a £6 voucher towards the cost of lunch, which includes a choice of sandwiches, wraps, tea and coffee. Please advise on any special dietary requirements. Attendees will be asked to pay food and drink costs in excess of £6 on presentation of their vouchers.
There will be plenty of time for networking and the opportunity to take part in a guided walk in the afternoon at about 1.45 p.m.
Our guide for the Guided Walk will be award-winning CRT Volunteer Rob Hetherington. The tour will start at Castle Gardens on what has become known as the ‘Mile Straight’ of the Grand Union Canal Leicester Line, which is a canalised section of the River Soar. From there, Rob will take us along the navigation to Lime Kiln Lock, where IWA 1967 National Rally of Boats was held, and enlighten us with numerous historic insight enroute. The distance is approximately 3 miles, which will take about 2 hours for a leisurely stroll, including commentary stops and your unguided return to De Montfort University via the city centre.
Details
AGM Papers
The proxy form for those not able to attend the meeting in-person to vote is available here.
IWA’s Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2023 are available here.
Minutes of the 2023 AGM are available here.
All nominees for appointment as trustees are existing trustees – their biographies are here.
The day’s itinerary and AGM agenda is available to download here.
Download the full delegate pack here.
AGM Agenda
- Opening remarks and welcome.
- To review and approve the minutes of the 64th Annual General Meeting.
- To receive the Annual Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December 2023 and the Report of the Auditors.
- To confirm the appointments and reappointments of the following members, recommended by the Board, as Trustee Directors of the Association, namely: Robert Atkins, Christl Hughes, Colin Porter, Hannah Rigley and Ian Sesnan, each for terms of three years.
- To re-appoint Sayer Vincent LLP as auditors of the Association in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Acts and to authorise trustees to agree their remuneration.
Travel
You can download a map showing the building location and University car parks.
By train: Leicester Rail Station is just under 1 mile away – 20 mins walk
By boat: The University is alongside the River Soar Navigation
By car: There are two car parks (Edith Murphy and John Whitehead) at the University (both marked on the downloadable map), which will be open and have the barriers lifted during estimated arrival and leaving times for the AGM. Parking is £2 up to 4 hours, over 4 hours it is £4. Limited spaces. The nearest public pay-and-display car park is on Newarke Street, LE2 7AD.
