An update on the information for the Guild AGM on Saturday at Irchester. 

The Agenda and Minutes of the last AGM and the meetings at the Summer Festival and Spring meeting have been added for review ahead of the meeting. We have also added an extract from the Annual Report. Due to issues in production, this was not printed and distributed at the Spring Meeting, as usual. As the AGM votes to accept the GMC report and accounts, these have been extracted and provided electronically, such that they can be read ahead of the meeting. All information is available here:https://pdg.org.uk/latest-news/agm-2026

The timetable for the day is as follows:

• 2.30 – 3.30: Open Ringing at Bozeat, Easton Maudit and Rushden towers (Easton Maudit have their new rope guides in, which I’m told have improved the ringing experience quite noticably)
• 3.30 – 4.30: Ringing at Irchester
• 4.30 – 5.00: Service at Irchester conducted by Rev Debbie Smith-Wilds
• 5.00 – 6.00: Tea in the church
• 6.00 : AGM followed by more ringing at Irchester

Names for tea to Jenny Ball on secretary@wellingborough.pdg.org.uk please include any dietary requirements. 

This year sees a large number of posts vacant. There is currently no Youth Officer, Report Editor or PRO. The Master, Secretary Training officer and Newsletter Editor are standing down. There are role descriptions on the Guild website, but these are always open to discussion and alteration, depending on the preferences of the potential role holder. See here for the current holder and role. https://pdg.org.uk/homepage/officers Some roles lend themselves to being shared, and that is always a possibility. Have a chat with someone about it if you might be interested. 

Nominations have to be made in writing to me ahead of the meeting, e-mail counts as in writing. Nominations cannot be taken at the meeting itself.  

See you Saturday, before I waltz off into the sunset after one last meeting. 🙂 

Thanks

Helen Allton