More on inaugral meeting

Saturday February the 8th was a notable date for the Hawker Association when the Inaugural Meeting was held at Hawker Leisure, the old Company Sports & Social Club now run by the YMCA for the Kingston Council.

Percy Collino welcomed eighty Members (and sold them raffle tickets - £92 raised) with a wide range of backgrounds in 'Hawkers'. They were given an informal presentation by the steering committee, introduced by Harry Fraser-Mitchell.

Chris Farara outlined the aims of the Association, Barry Pegram explained the membership demography, Mike Hoskins summarised the financial situation and likely expenditure and Percy Collino told some good jokes..... oh, and presented the programme for the year (see programme, not jokes). The audience was attentive and a number of useful suggestions came from the floor.

Barry's membership analysis showed that, on a post-code basis, 72.5% are "local" to Kingston and 24.8% are "distant". 2.7% of Members live overseas. Interestingly 25% of Members are still working, so we're not all pensioners!

Objectives of the meeting

1. Bring members up to date with the status of the Association membership.

2. Present the ideas that the provisional committee already have for such activities.

3. Seek views on what activities should be planned. e.g. talks/visits etc.

4. Seek help from the membership for the various posts that need to be filled.

5. It was confirmed that the interim Committee will serve until the next AGM.