AGM Update

The Twelfth Annual General Meeting of the Company was
held at Perth Racecourse on Saturday 9 June 2012.  The
following summary is provided as an update for
members.

Twenty-one clubs were in attendance (a traditionally poor
percentage of all affiliated clubs). There was, however, a
representation of thirty-one valid proxies. There was a good
attendance of directors and staff and, included in the non-voting
attendees, were Hilary Templeton and Chris Robison (both
sportscotland) and Bryn Williams (Great Britain Hockey). The
statutory part of the meeting was chaired by Denis
Robertson-Sullivan as Chairman of the Board.

The Company Secretary, Peter Monaghan, presented the Directors’
Report & Accounts and was satisfied that the company had, for
the eleventh year in succession, returned a positive result.
Reserves stood at just over £149,000 and when one added the
reserves of the non-consolidated subsidiary company, SHU Events
Ltd, of some £29,000, the total reserves of £178,000 gave more than
a degree of comfort.

The meeting approved a modest increase in affiliation fees (for
the first time in four years) but rejected the introduction of a
new Youth Member fee.

The Board Governance Package was approved, the Auditors, PKF,
were re-appointed but the Special Resolution in connection with the
change in the Articles was deferred until the next General Meeting
of the Company which would be scheduled to be held within the next
three months. The resolution to remove a director was withdrawn and
the appointments of a new Director and Honorary Vice-President were
again deferred until the next General Meeting.

The retiral of the President, Lee Cousins, and Director, Anne
Wotherspoon, was marked by a round of applause.

The Open Forum, now chaired by the Honorary President, Martin
Boag, followed with the election of the following conveners:

Umpires & Officials: Norrie Urquhart
Discipline:  Alistair Dick
Youth:   Stephen Bain

The Discipline Report revealed interesting statistics. There was
a decrease in cards shown in men’s outdoor matches (but an increase
in the indoor code) and there was an overall increase in cards
issued in all women’s games.

The Youth Governance Structure was approved and there were
enlightening presentations by Chris Robison (sportscotland) and
Bryn Williams (Great Britain Hockey) on Governance and Olympic
Hockey respectively.

Louise McIntyre provided an update on the recently conducted
membership survey and the CEO, Robert Heatly, outlined some of the
priorities for Scottish Hockey with a particular focus on Glasgow
Green and Aberdeen Asset Management investment.

A number of club topics were discussed before the meeting was
drawn to a close.

Please visit the AGM 2012 page for further information.

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