As indicated at last year’s AGM, the Committee would like to propose an increase to the annual subscription from £5 per household to £7. This is to meet the additional costs of the Newsletter and other activities of the Society and reflects the fact that subscriptions have not been raised since October 2000.
It is also proposed to change the subscription year from 1 October to 1 January. By beginning the subscription year on 1 January, which is typically after the AGM, members will have the chance to consider any proposed changes to the subscription before it is due. This also helps with the administration of standing orders which need to be altered before changes to the subscription become effective.
In order to implement the change, members will be asked at this year’s AGM to approve a three-month extension to the current subscription year so that it will end on 31 December 2011. No additional subscription will be required for the extended period. Subsequent subscription years will run from 1 January, beginning on 1 January 2012.
Any increase approved at the AGM to the subscription amount will not take effect until 1 January 2013 and therefore members renewing their subscriptions this year will be unaffected.
Further details can be found in the AGM documents enclosed with this Newsletter.
