c/_o 39 Bampton Road, Luton LU4 0DD Tel: 01582 508616
E-mail: moviemakers@freeuk.com Website: www.moviemakers.freeuk.com

Members: Paul Clarke (Treasurer and Acting Chairman)

Committee: Frank McPartland, Peter Farrow

Other Members: None

Non-Members: Scott Bailey, Anthony Elmes

1. Apologies for Absence

None.

2. Minutes of the last AGM

The minutes of the last AGM (see Appendix 1) were reviewed and taken as an accurate record of the meeting.

3. Matters Arising


The following actions from 2011 were considered:-

Re. 4(c). Action on SB about setting up Facebook page. No action had been taken. No further action would be needed.

Action on SB about Advertising. No action had been taken. No further action would be needed.

The following actions from 2012 were considered:-

ACTION 7b2:- SB to contact Dapo about showing of his film while incomplete. Action on SB completed.

ACTION 7b3:- SB to contact an actor to give the club a talk. Action on SB: No action had been taken. No further action would be needed..

The following actions from 2013 were considered:-

ACTION 7:- No one could remember asking Nina about being Secretary. No further action would be needed.

4. Treasurer's Report

Paul Clarke explained each item on the Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2013/14 (see Appendix 2).

Frank McPartland asked that it be made clear in the accounts, how much was committed to be spent on the Cultural Olympiad Project Show, by adding an extra line. Action on PC.

With this change, the accounts were approved by all those present.

5. Chairman's Report

Scott Bailey read the Annual Report for 2012/13 (see Appendix 3). It was agreed that this gave a good summary of the activities of the past year.

6. Proposals for Future of Club

There were three proposals on the future of the club:-

1. The club should close - and could possibly continue as an informal "meeting of friends"
2. The club should continue, but with well organised monthly meetings
3. The club should continue without a subscription or a token low subscription.

In the discussion, many comments were made such as "membership is not worth the subscription", "the club needed better facilities", "sometimes there are only two people at meetings", "sometimes there are only non-members at meetings", "the meetings are not worth going to, need better quality meetings to look forward to", "the presence of non-members demoralises the members", "Paul gets all the work, could we spread the load?", "you can see from the minutes that no one else takes any action", "I don't think reducing subscriptions would increase membership", etc.

The members present thought that whatever we did to retain existing members or attract new members would not succeed. We thought that measures such as providing a worthwhile programme or reducing subscriptions would not help.

It was thought that the club existed in a changing market. There are not the people out there any more who would have a desire to be an amateur movie maker, edit their own movies and need a club like this. Consumer camcorders are rapidly disappearing from the shops in favour of smart phones, which are not for movie makers. Increasingly there are those who are either a member of the public with an iPhone or professionals with several grands worth of camera kit and who work independently. Those in-between are rapidly diminishing in numbers.

1. Subsequent Decisions (Depending on resolution above)

7a Election of Officers - action was not needed

7b. Subscription charge for 2014/5- action was not needed

7c. Disposal of Club assets - was postponed until the next meeting.

2. Any Other Business

No other business was discussed.