Friends of St Nicholas
Minute of General Meeting in Holm Hall, 22
nd
October, 2010
Present:
Molly Aim, Linda Cromarty Alfie Flett
(Chair), Erlend Flett, James Goar, Reg
Jamieson, Joyce Johnston, Herbert Johnston, Marlene Mainland (secy), Dorothy
Muir,Helen Paterson, Antoine Pietri, Graeme Ramage, Rhoda Shearer, Richard
Shearer, Tommy Sinclair William Sinclair
,Jean Smith, Diana Swan, Athole Thomson
(treasurer)
Apologies:
Rita Jamieson
Minutes
The minutes of the last general meeting of 28
th
May were circulated and approved.
Matters arising
Referring to the minutes, the chairman summa
rised the sequence of events leading up
to the declaration of interest
in St Nicholas, for the benefit of those who had not been
at previous meetings.
Progress since 28
th
May
The chairman outlined the committee’s work since the general meeting in May. This
had involved visiting the building, and subse
quently placing an offer of £6500 for the
closing date of 2
nd
July 2009.
The transaction had since become protracted
due to the addition by the Trustees of a
Standard Security and Minute of Agreement
relating to future de
velopment value of
the property.
This had now been removed and it was hoped to proceed with the purchase. The
trustees expected the deal to be
settled by the end of the month.
Funding
As the purchase would be entirely depende
nt on voluntary contribu
tions, a Treasurer’s
Account had been opened with The Bank of
Scotland and the account details would
be available for those who wished to donate to the fund. To cover costs, and have a
small contingency fund, £10000 was needed.
It was decided to publicise this as wide
ly as possible within the coming week.
Future Status
In reply to a question about ch
aritable status, the chairman said that this might be an
option in the future, but at the moment the main objective was to finalise the
acquisition of the building.
Next Meeting
A meeting would be called once the tran
saction was completed, but it was not
possible to set a date, since the exact timescale was not known. The chairman thanked
everyone for their attendance.
