{"id":9533,"date":"2023-06-22T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=9533"},"modified":"2026-01-29T20:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:25:30","slug":"annual-council-meeting-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=9533","title":{"rendered":"Annual Council Meeting 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1036 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM.png 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ACM took place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Holiday+Inn+Guildford,+an+IHG+Hotel\/@51.2369015,-0.6051176,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!3m8!1s0x4875d0e6b3c80b39:0xd737b400e07514d4!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d51.2369015!4d-0.6029289!16s%2Fg%2F1tdzqlv7?entry=ttu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiday Inn Guildford<\/a> on Tuesday 20 June.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The meeting discussed the county activities from the previous year. The report is <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/Annual-Report-of-County-Activities-2022-23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Stiven.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Stiven<\/a> (Surrey Schools&#8217; Swimming Association), <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/StuartMarsh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stuart Marsh<\/a> (Croydon Amphibians Swimming Club) and <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tyrone-Blackett.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyrone Blackett<\/a> (Dulwich Dolphins Swimming Club) were made honorary life vice-presidents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mike-Hodgson-Presidents-Plate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Hodgson<\/a> (Woking Swimming Club) was the recipient of the president&#8217;s plate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The meeting reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM-finance-report-20.6.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finance report<\/a> for the preceding year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The following were elected committee members for 2023-24:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Alan Thurlow (Wandsworth Swimming Club)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Carole Chaplin (Surrey Schools&#8217; Swimming Association)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Christina Victor (Guildford City Swimming Club)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Francisco Diaz Romero (Star Diving Club Guildford)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Hannah Davies (South Croydon Swimming Club)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Justine Ryan (Guildford City Swimming Club)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=4478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated constitution<\/a> was ratified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/CGS.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmen Georgescu-Spiers<\/a> (Elmbridge Phoenix Swimming Club) was installed as the president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The following were elected executive officers for 2023-24:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Chair: Diane Gamble (Croydon Borough Swimming Association)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Secretary: Irene Holden (Woking Swimming Club)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u2022 Treasurer: Jim Boucher (Guildford Water Polo Club)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The minutes of the meeting are <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACM-minutes-20.6.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACM was held at the Holiday Inn Guildford on Tuesday 20 June. The finance report for the preceding year was reviewed, the committee and executive officers elected for 2023-24 and the new president installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-executive","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9533"}],"version-history":[{"count":90,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12434,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9533\/revisions\/12434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}