As advertised on these pages, we held our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 30 September at St Matthews Hall, Stretford. The venue was just up the road from Old Trafford, where at the same time Manchester United were staging the small matter of a televised European Champions League tie versus Wolfsburg of Germany in front of over 70000 people- so we were a little afraid that a combination of parking-related worries and footballing allegiances might lead to a pitiful turnout for our big night...
Well that is what we feared- but in future we will not so readily doubt the readiness of our membership to turn out for Federation events, come rain, shine or football! As the 6:30PM start time approached, the room was filling up fast and our only worry was whether we were going to accommodate everyone who had come along....
Somehow we managed to shoehorn everyone in- and the meeting got underway, with representation from no less than 14 of the 21 of the Tenants and Residents Associations active in our borough. The meeting was a lively affair- highlights included:
---An address from our guest speaker, Phil Morgan of the Government's regulator for Affordable Housing, the Tenant Services Authority. Phil gave an update on how tenants are being empowered to have a real influence on the standards of service given to them by their landlords.
---A proposal to extend the voting membership of the Federation to include voluntary groups within the borough who share the aims of the Federation. After some debate, the proposal was unanimously accepted.
---The election of an executive committee to manage the day-to-day affairs of the Federation.
The full minutes of our AGM will be posted on the website, just as soon as we have them. They will also be being sent out in the Royal Mail to everyone who attended on the night.
In the meantime, a big thanks from the Federation team from everyone who made such an effort to attend on a busy Wednesday evening- we hope that any football fans among you got back to watch at least the end of the second half (United won 2-1 by the way...)
Monday 12 October 2009
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