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For all the latest news, see www.msagb.com<br />
MSA GB Annual General<br />
Meeting 2021<br />
MSA GB National Chairman Peter<br />
Harvey mbe officiated over the<br />
association’s 86th AGM at conference.<br />
He was delighted to report that,<br />
despite the year under review being<br />
mostly covered by the pandemic,<br />
finances were in better shape than in<br />
previous years. Cost-cutting measures<br />
and reductions in administrative<br />
expenditure had helped stabilise the<br />
balance sheet, and the association’s<br />
future looked brighter.<br />
Some of these savings had been<br />
created by the huge reduction in<br />
activity since March 2020, with board<br />
meetings, etc now taking place online,<br />
reducing costs. However, the good<br />
news was that those savings put MSA<br />
GB in a position where it could look<br />
forward with confidence for when<br />
society was fully re-opened.<br />
Peter was particularly delighted with<br />
the high levels of membership<br />
retention. The association knew how<br />
much financial pressure members had<br />
come under during the past year, and<br />
he was grateful so many had<br />
prioritised MSA GB membership fees<br />
during this time. A number of<br />
measures had been brought in to help<br />
those ADIs who were struggling with<br />
fees, and all had been grateful for the<br />
support they had received.<br />
Looking forward, Peter said the<br />
association hoped it would be able to<br />
get out and about more over the<br />
summer as<br />
lockdown<br />
restrictions<br />
eased/ended. A<br />
new member<br />
recruitment drive<br />
was planned for<br />
May.<br />
Peter was<br />
delighted to<br />
welcome the new board for 2021.<br />
Peter and Geoff Little had been asked<br />
to continue in their roles as Chairman<br />
and Deputy Chairman, and the board’s<br />
make-up was as follows.<br />
National Chairman: Peter Harvey MBE<br />
Deputy National Chairman / Chairman,<br />
West Midlands: Geoff Little<br />
Scotland: Alex Buist<br />
North East: Mike Yeomans<br />
North West: Graham Clayton<br />
East Midlands: Kate Fennelly<br />
West Midlands: Geoff Little<br />
Eastern: Paul Harmes<br />
Western: Arthur Mynott<br />
Greater London: Tom Kwok<br />
South East: Fenella Wheeler.<br />
Thanks were expressed on behalf of<br />
MSA GB to the administrative staff<br />
who work so hard for the association<br />
over the past 12 months, led by<br />
Charlotte Cartledge and her team.<br />
• Full minutes from the AGM can be<br />
found at www.msagb.com<br />
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the full story<br />
The MSA GB Board.<br />
It also includes<br />
Graham Clayton and<br />
Fenella Wheeler<br />
(pictured on facing<br />
page with awards)<br />
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