2012 Autumn - The Fell Pony Society

of members – Mrs Charlton proposed the suggestion, Mr Kelly seconded and members
agreed that this should be done. Mrs Newall thanked everyone for the trophy
and for her election as an Honorary Member of the Society.
Miss Longsdon then reminded members of the Eileen Davis Trophy for Endurance
Riding – this was to be presented to Vyv Wood-Gee, who unfortunately was unable
to be present. She had sent a message via Mrs Murray to thank everyone and to
say that she felt very honoured to be chosen.
Miss Longsdon thanked the people who were serving the teas – the catering had
been done by Katy Edgar Catering and there would be a charge of £3.50 per person.
She thanked everyone present for their help and support for the Society.
5 Result of Postal Voting for Council
Miss Longsdon told members that there had been one retirement from Council
and only one nomination, so there had been no need for a vote. Betty Walker had
decided to retire from Council after many years, during which she had many different
jobs for the Society. Miss Longsdon hoped that we would still see her at
events, and thanked her very much for her work over the years. She then welcomed
Sue Brunskill back onto Council. Miss Longsdon said she had been slightly
concerned that no-one else had come forward to stand for Council – she didn’t
know if that was because Council were doing such a good job or because they
were such a bunch of losers, no-one wanted to join them. On a more serious note,
the Society did need new people to carry on into the future and asked members
to consider if for next year if they thought they could contribute.
Miss Longsdon thanked Mrs Robinson for her work as Vice-Chairman, and reminded
members how lucky they were to have such an excellent Council. Council
had thought it might be a good idea to try and involve the Area groups more and
proposed to invite a representative from each group to one of the autumn Council
meetings, so that they could see how things work and to widen all our horizons.
Miss Hilary Fell thanked Council for doing a good job for the Society.
6 Adoption of Accounts for year ended 31 October 2011
Mrs Parkin told members that last year the Society had made a small loss of just
over £2,000. There had been a reduction in income for the second consecutive
year, this time of almost £8,000 compared with the previous year. Subscriptions
were down by £1,000 and Registrations by £500, but the biggest fall was in Merchandise
sales which were almost £5,000 less than the previous year. Income
from shows was down by over £2,000 as there was no South Cumbria Show and the
Breed Show was cancelled – this had also affected merchandise sales. The only
increases in income were in Transfers and the Pony Sales list. All of this was
probably due to the current recession, branded merchandise being relatively expensive,
people breeding fewer ponies and more ponies being sold.
Total Expenditure reduced by £4,000 compared with the previous year. Show
expenses were down, but not by much as expenditure had been incurred for the
Breed Show prior to its cancellation. Office expenses were lower and salary ex-
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