GTC’s AGM turns into "best AGM ever!"
Despite arranging the AGM for 6pm, the club got together at 10am at AirHop in Guildford (www.airhoptrampolinepark.com) for an early morning trampolining session. The team claim that they were ‘practicing their jumping techniques’, as well as using the dodgeball area to ‘practice their throwing and catching skills’ whilst 10ft in the air.
After the trampolining session the club went their separate ways in order to get ready for the sit-down meeting, or so we thought. Hours later rather than being sat at a table, the club were now ‘practicing different types of shots’ in a swimming pool!
At around 6pm the club finally sat down to have, what most would call, the ‘actual AGM’. GTC liking to do things differently, once again spiced it up by providing a BBQ for the club members during the discussion.
Once all the points on the agenda were covered and the voting was complete, GTC ended the evening with a game of volleyball.
Rob Ellis, Guildford’s Chairperson, said that: “We’ve found in the past that when you mention holding an AGM a lot of people seem disinterested as they can get quite long and tedious. This year we put our heads together and decided to make a day out of it to ensure participation was high and to also show the players that it’s not all about politics.”
So, did GTC’s plan work? Were the members impressed with the new format for an AGM? Louisa Fountain, the club’s newly appointed Treasurer, commented: “This is the best AGM I’ve ever been too! If this is what Guildford are doing for the AGM I can’t wait for the next social!“
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