Index > Resources > Members Area > Members' Day and Trust AGM 2008 The Trust's 2008 Annual General Meeting took place at Edington on 26 April, with some 56 members attending. The Chairman opened the meeting by welcoming the members present. Reviewing his first year in office, he said that it had shown him how unwieldy the Trust was, so that less progress had been made with some issues than he had anticipated. He thanked the Committee for all its efforts, but more assistance was needed from other members, or the Trust's activities would have to be curtailed. He was also concerned about the level of unconstructive criticism from some quarters: this would have to change. For 2008/9 his aim was to establish the future direction of the Trust, producing both a statement of strategy and an action plan. The following matters were subject to discussion at the meeting: The future of the Stothert & Pitt crane The ongoing liaison with the Somerset & Dorset Heritage Railway and North Dorset Trusts Liaison with local museums The fall in membership numbers, down 10% for the second year running The future of the Trust journals, with the possibility of merging them into a four times a year publication The lack of volunteers for the Museum and shop, and the consequences of the resulting decline in the Trust's income Progress with restoration projects The response of members to the recent questionnaire The lack of progress with the process of incorporation of the Trust. The Chairman and Treasurer responded to a number of queries about the report and accounts for 2007 and the Annual Report and Accounts were then duly approved. The Chairman also explained the situation leading to the resignation of the Museum Curator. The Officers for 2008/9 are: Chairman: Godfrey Baker Treasurer: Ted Goater Secretary: Roger Newport Museum Curator: David Wright. Committee members for 2008/9 are: Paul Guppy, Rosie Jacob, Andrew Marsh, George Moon, Andrew Naish and Ian Young. The 2009 AGM will be held at Edington on 25 April. © SDRT 2009 and dates shown. All material contained herein is subject to copyright and may not be reproduced, copied, held in an electronic repository system (particularly on another web site) without seeking permission. Every effort has been made to identify the holders of copyright material included within this website. If any material has been used inadvertently without permission or attribution the Trustees of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust will be pleased to receive information with a view to correcting this in furthur updates.