AGMs and Annual Reports

Ely DA AGM and Striking Competition, Saturday 13th May 2023

Inter-district striking competition and AGM hosted by the Cambridge District.

All members of the association are very welcome to join in open ringing in Cambridge city centre before the AGM. There will be ringing for all abilities from rounds upwards. Suggested donation is £1/tower. 

Traffic and parking in Cambridge are both problematic on Saturday afternoons. We strongly encourage you to use Park&Ride for visiting the city centre towers.

12.15 - 1.15 Open ringing at Great St Mary’s, Cambridge

An excellent opportunity to ring on the only 12 in the Association! Please make yourself known to the stewards at the bottom on the tower when you arrive, as the tower will be open to tourists and we need to coordinate going up and down the staircase. There are no toilets available at this tower - the closest public toilets are in Lion Yard shopping centre.

1.30 - 3.00 Open ringing at St Clement’s, Cambridge

 This brand new light ring of 6 were installed in 2022 as part of the new Ringing Centre at St Clements.

 The draw for the inter-district 8 bell striking contest will take place at 1.45 in St Clement’s, with the contest beginning at 2pm at St Andrew the Great, Cambridge. 

3.00 - 4.00 Open ringing at St Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton

A ground floor ring of 8, about 3 miles from the city centre. Ringing will include a service touch, to precede…

4.00 Service at Fen Ditton

4.30ish Ringers’ tea to follow the service, served in the church. Please bring some cash to make a donation towards the cost of the meal. 

5.30 AGM begins in the church

This is your opportunity to hear about activities from the past year, and to have your say in how the association is run. Striking contest results will be announced at the end of the meeting. 

At the AGM, changes to the Rules of the Association will be proposed. These are changes to Rule 4 (Subscriptions) and to Rule 14 (Change of rules due notice). The proposed changes are as follows (insertions highlighted, deletions struck through)

4. SUBSCRIPTIONS

a) Subscriptions are due on 1st January. Members whose subscriptions are more than twelve months in arrears shall be deemed to have resigned their membership.

b) Members elected after the Annual District Meeting will become liable for a subscription from the following 1st of January

 c) Subscription rates shall be proposed by the General Committee and ratified at a General Meeting of the Association.

14. CHANGE OF RULES AND DUE NOTICE

a) Additions, alterations and deletions to these Rules shall only take place at a General Meeting of the Association and after due notice of not less than one two months.

b) Changes to the subscription rates and peal fees may only take place at a General Meeting of the Association and after due notice of not less than one two months.

c) Details of proposed changes of Rules, subscription rates and peal fees should be published on the Association website and circulated to correspondents of towers at which there are Ringing Members, at least one month prior to the General Meeting.

The Agenda for the meeting is here, and the draft minutes of the 2022 AGM are here.

Ely DA AGM and Striking Competition 2021

The General Committee has decided on the date of Saturday 8th May for the 2021 AGM, at 2 pm. This will be held via Zoom. If possible, the inter-district striking competition will be held later in the year, possibly as part of a 'Return to Ringing' festival.

You will need to REGISTER to attend the meeting, which will be in the form of a Zoom Webinar. Here is the link to register:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eu-jRun6R9K_AAFVnzvRYQ

Agenda is here; minutes of the 2020 AGM, held on 3rd October are here.

JoAnne Rutter, as General Secretary, says:

It is with the greatest pleasure that I announce that the General Committee has voted to recommend Tom Ridgman for an Honorary Membership of the Ely Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers. This will be subject to ratification by the AGM. Notice  of this recommendation is required, and is hereby given.

Alban Forster, as Ringing Master says:

We've decided that a striking contest isn't favourable on AGM day. Instead we shall have a normal practice but if any bands would like to prepare and practise a touch in advance, they can perform it. Depending on numbers, we can create breakout rooms and have different ringing rooms. We should also encourage people that they can just come and listen in to the ringing on Ringing Room and won't be pressurised to ring. We can provide the links of the different ringing rooms and you don't need an account to just access the room to listen.

Ely DA AGM and Striking Competition 2020

The AGM was postponed from Saturday 30th May 2020, and was held later in the year, on Saturday 3rd October, via Zoom. The inter-district striking competition was not held in 2020.

Ely DA AGM and Striking Competition, Saturday 18th May 2019

Inter-district striking competition and AGM hosted by the Huntingdon District at Hemingford Grey and St Ives.

Details for the day are:

• • Eight Bell Striking Competition at Hemingford Grey from 14.30 General ringing at Hemingford Abbots 14.30 to 15.30 and Fenstanton 14.30 - 16.00

  • General and Service ringing at St Ives 15.30 to 16.30, . Service at St Ives 16.30 to 17.00 Tea at St Ives Church Hall 17.00 to 17.30. St Ives Church Hall is on Ramsey Road, nearly opposite Church Place which is the footpath alongside the churchyard.

  • Meeting at St Ives Church Hall 17.30 to 18.30 General ringing at Houghton 18.45 to 20.00

New Rules and Procedures of the Bell Restoration Fund were presented to the AGM.  The approved Rules are here, and the approved Procedures are here.

The Agenda for the AGM is here

Draft minutes of the 2018 AGM are available here. 

The new Rules and Regulations for the Association were formally presented and approved at the 2018 AGM. The new Rules are here, and the Regulations are here. They came into force in 2018. See also Association Rules.