BDA AGM #36

Rudolf Steiner House with 35 members.

Chair: David Clement, Treasurer: Ron Savage, Max Jackson: Acting secretary. Minutes of EGM and last AGM both accepted. Welcome New treasurer and new acting secretary. Brome farm appeal – report.

Treasurer: George Corrin received a cheque in appreciation. New tax laws of 1980 meant new rules to obey and old system not fit. No need for audited accounts of association. Charity Commission just needs a pro-forma filled out with opening and closing balances signed by the chair. Recommendation that accounts be compiled professionally. 3 separate accounts: The Reserve Fund, The Association and Demeter.

Subscription: defended! Lots subsidised already

Jimmy Anderson: “Whole Farming.”

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More discussions: Regional conference at Coleg Elidyr 20th January 1988: new drawings for stirring machines. R&D with science section – Heard Smith &/or Nick Thomas. Flowforms. Reed beds. Bracken spores. Seed production initiative started within Camphill. More at Emerson. BD vet in February. Georg Wilhelm Schmidt in May. Dr Spielberger in summer.