Management Committee Appointed

At the open meeting held at Averham church a management committee was formed. This was after voting on the legal format and the ‘Model Rules’ the Community Benefit Society will be governed by.

The level of interest and commitment is growing at a good rate, for the uncertainty involved in acquiring the Manners Sutton School in Averham as we await a proposed selling price from Nottinghamshire County Council (due August 2024).

From those attending and apologies received along with their nominations, a management committee of eleven directors have been appointed. These directors will be the driving force in acquiring the property and funding to set this wonderful Community Hub on its way.

Once the company has been established “ASK HIVE LIMITED” will have seven months to hold the official AGM where officers will be formally voted on for a term of three years, although in this first AGM the officers with most votes will serve the full three year term and the others a two and one year term (as per our Model Rules) so that the whole committee isn’t up for reelection together in three years time. The Rules also allow the committee to appoint people from outside for their experience or expertise is this is appropriate.

Details of the minutes will be published here after the next management committee meeting agrees and signs off the previous minutes.

Finally we would like you to join us and help in whatever way possible, this may be adding to the great ideas on how the Community Hub candidate be used, it may be that you are willing to express an interest in being either a pioneer shareholder or becoming a member shareholder. You may feel that you have skills or knowledge that will help this ambitious idea grow roots and grow into something that we can take pride in.

If so please let me know at:

askhive@icloud.com or

Any of the village WhatsApp sites to

Bob McGhee

Secretary

Ask Hive (Limited)

I’ll try my best to get acknowledge as soon as possible.

Ambitiously yours

Bob