Guest speaker from McLaren at HRA AGM on Friday 12th April

The 8th Annual General Meeting of Horsell Residents’ Association Ltd (HRA) will be held at The Village Hall, High Street, Horsell, on Friday, 12th April 2013, commencing at 7.30 pm (Doors open 7.15 pm).

Agenda

• Apologies for absence.
• Minutes of the 7th AGM of Horsell Residents’ Association Ltd.
• Matters arising.
• Chairman’s report.
• Treasurer’s report.
• Election of Directors.
• Election of members to the Committee.
• Any other relevant business.
• Guest Speaker from McLaren Group (see below)

Non-members wishing to attend the AGM are welcome to join the Association on the evening (£5 for annual household membership).

AGM guest speaker

We are pleased to announce that Simon Lake, General Manager at McLaren Group, will give the keynote address at the HRAL AGM on 12th April. Following a successful early career in property with Fidelity Investments, Prudential and Chesterton, Simon moved to Toyota. In 2001 the company entered Formula 1 motor racing and he became involved in logistics operations for the Toyota test and race team. In 2007 he became McLaren Group’s General Manager, where he is responsible for managing the operations, McLaren campus, property portfolio, McLaren Group’s environmental activities, new projects and a myriad of activities that fall into the ‘general’ category.

Come along for what is sure to be an entertaining and informative evening.

Horsell Residents’ Association AGM

The annual general meeting of Horsell Residents’ Association (HRA) will be held on the 12th April, at 7.30pm in Horsell Village Hall.

The guest speaker will be Roger Chamberlain, who is chairman of the Horsell Village Hall trustees. He will be presenting the proposals for the new scouts and guides HQ and the extension of the village hall. You can read more about these proposals on our Horsell Village Improvements pages.

All members of the HRA are invited to attend. Anyone who is not a member and would like to join can attend and join on the night. You can read more on our HRA pages, or visit the HRA website.

HRA Annual General Meeting – a great turnout

I attended my first Annual General Meeting as an official Committee member on 7 April 2010. If I’m honest I’m not sure I was expecting such a large turnout for what is, as AGMs often are, a fairly technical meeting to elect officers and approve the accounts.

Well, over 70 residents made the effort to come to the Village Hall, despite BBC’s Question Time being recorded live at the HG Wells Centre on the same night.  We even ran out of chairs!(Luckily I was sitting on the stage taking photos, otherwise it would have been the floor for me.)

Rob Harris, our Chair, ran through his report quickly, and Janice Worgan, our outgoing Treasurer presented the accounts, in the black thanks to her tight financial management. A full report with photos will appear in the June issue of The Resident.

We were then proud to present David Robbins and Paul Rimmer from the Horsell Common Preservation Society, who gave a great talk about the history of the Common and HCPS, and its management today, including the successes such as McLaren’s involvement with Heather Farm and helping to save Pyrford Common. HCPS, like Horsell Residents’ Association, is a members organisation, and relies on members subscriptions for funding. If you enjoy walking or cycling on the Common, please consider becoming a member.