2025 Greening Chinnor AGM with Guest Speaker

Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 20th May 2025

7:30 pm, Committee Room, Chinnor Village Hall, Chinnor OX9 4PQ

Your chance to find out what we’ve been up to over the last year with our many projects. After the short business end of the AGM we will follow with an illustrated talk by local archaeologist, 

Paul Green. Come and share his experience of flying over the Chilterns with:

‘A Birds Eye View of The Chilterns and Beyond: 

The search for archaeology from the air’

All welcome, entrance free, refreshments available.

Greening Chinnor Annual General Meeting

Greening Chinnor AGM and Social 

Greening Chinnor Annual General Meeting & Social

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The Greening Chinnor AGM will be held on Tuesday 25th April 2023 at 7.30pm. The meeting will take place in the Lounge at the Village Centre, High St, Chinnor OX39 4DH

First there will be the presentation of the Chair's and Treasurer’s report, as well as the appointment of the committee roles of Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. This will be followed by a short informative film and social.

In accordance with our Constitution, Officers will be elected at an annual general meeting for one year, with no limit on the number of times that they can be re-elected.

Please email greeningchinnor@gmail.com if you would like to make a nomination or would like to volunteer for any of the posts below:

• Chairperson
• Secretary
• Treasurer

Agenda

1. Present and Apologies

2. Welcome & Introduction from the Chair

3. AGM Formal Business

3.1. Approve Minutes of the last AGM link here

3.2. Presentation of Annual Report

3.3. Presentation of Financial Report

4. Election of officers

4.1. Chair

4.2. Treasurer

4.3. Secretary

5. AOB

6. Date of next meeting/s

Notice of AGM

 

Notice of AGM

 

Minutes of AGM and Annual Report

The minutes of our AGM held on the 31st March 2021 along with the Annual Report have now been published and can be found on the 'Governance & Minutes' tab  or by following the following links:

Minutes of AGM

Annual Report

At the AGM the revised Greening Chinnor Constitution was adopted. The Constitution can also be found on the 'Governance & Minutes' tab or by following this link. 

Annual General Meeting

We would like to welcome you all to our (online) annual general meeting on Wednesday evening at 7:30pm. This meeting will be conducted via Zoom and if you would like to attend please email greeningchinnor@gmail.com for the link.

The agenda for the meeting is below and contains links to our last AGM minutes and also to a copy of the new Constitution, which will be adopted at the meeting as well as a link to a document which notes all the changes to the Constitution.

We plan to keep the meeting short and then to enjoy a short film and discussion. Details on the agenda.

31 March 2021 | 7:30 pm | via Zoom link

All welcome to attend

Please email greeningchinnor@gmail.com for meeting link

AGENDA

1. Welcome & Introduction from the Chair

2. AGM Formal Business

    2.1. Approve Minutes of the last AGM link here

    2.2. Presentation of Annual Report

    2.3. Presentation of Financial Report

3. Motions

    3.1. To adopt updated Constitution link here (link to change document here)

4. Election of officers

    4.1. Chair
    4.2. Treasurer
    4.3. Secretary

5. AOB

 
The formal part of the evening will be followed by a short film featuring speaker Louie Schwartzberg on ‘The hidden beauty of pollination’.

 

Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee.

Followed by discussion

Greening Chinnor Annual General Meeting

Like many organisations, our AGM for 2019-20 was postponed by the pandemic and Zoom was just coming into our consciousness.

This year it will go ahead, albeit virtually, on Wednesday 31st March 2021 and you are invited to join us. After the brief business side of the meeting, we will be showing a short uplifting film. Details will be sent out next week along with the agenda and meeting link. 

In accordance with our Constitution, officers are elected at the annual general meeting for one year, with no limit on the number of times they can be re-elected. We have three officer posts as well as general members of the committee available and all are welcome to make a nomination or to volunteer for any of the posts below:

• CHAIRPERSON 
• SECRETARY
• TREASURER

Nomination to be emailed to our Honorary Secretary or posted to Greening Chinnor, c/o 7 Hunters Point, Chinnor, Oxon, OX394TG. Nominations close on Wednesday 24th March 2021. Votes will be counted and officers elected at the AGM.

Next Meetings

Whilst most or our activities are curtailed at the moment, our meetings are still going ahead via Zoom. All welcome to attend.

24 February 2021 | Donkey Lane Community Orchard Meeting | 7:30 pm via Zoom. Please email greeningchinnor@gmail.com if you would like the link to attend.

31 March 2021 | Greening Chinnor AGM | 7:30 pm via Zoom. Please email 

 greeningchinnor@gmail.com if you would like the link to attend.

AGM & Celebration Evening

Thank you to everyone who came to help celebrate our amazing achievements over the last year. An excellent evening had by all.

The minutes from the AGM and a copy of the Annual Report can be found on our website or by clicking on the links

Date for your diary

General Meeting Plus Talk: Old Orchard to Community Orchard Shared Supper

All are welcome to come along and join us at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 18 April at the Community Pavilion for a shared supper, short AGM and an interesting talk by guest speaker about how communities can regenerate old orchards. Meet Greening Chinnor and see what we've been up to, our next major project and how you can get involved.

Bring some food or drinks (non-alcoholic) to share and help us celebrate the sterling work that has been achieved by our volunteers.

If you would like to nominate someone for one of the officers role or would like to nominate yourself, the link to our form can be found here.

Notice of AGM plus Talk on regenerating ancient orchards & ‘bring a plate’

Wednesday 18 April at 7.30pm
Council Chamber, Community Pavilion

All are welcome to come along and join us for an interesting talk by guest speaker Claire Conway-Crapp on how old orchards can be regenerated and turned into a community orchard, our AGM and shared supper. Meet Greening Chinnor and see what we've been up to, find out about our next major projects and how you can get involved.

Bring some food or drinks (non-alcoholic) to share and help us celebrate the sterling work that has been achieved by our volunteers.

If you would like to nominate someone for one of the officers role or would like to nominate yourself, the link to our form can be found here.

Free Entrance

For more details check out our website at www.greeningchinnor.blogspot.co.uk and sign up to our occasional newsletter to keep informed or Email: greeningchinnor@gmail.com