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Chairman's report to the 2009 Annual General Meeting |
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I am very pleased to report that the AEJ UK
Section has maintained a very healthy level of membership in the past
year, and our regular lunchtime meetings were well attended, with a wide
range of speakers and themes. European politics and social issues have
remained very newsworthy and the AEJ has been able to provide good
opportunities for members to engage with leading players and speakers with
various perspectives. Among our guestS during the past year
were the UK Europe Minister and senior diplomats representing the Czech
and Swedish EU Presidencies and one of the top policy-makers in the Bank of
England. The European Parliament elections seminar
which we co-hosted with the EP London Office in April was again the main
occasion for the UK media to be briefed on the European Parliament's
elections, with strong speakers on voters' concerns, the prospects for
the party groupings and in-depth analysis of various policy issues of special
interest. David Lennon continued to make a valuable contribution as our
Events Director. The Section's finances are also in good
shape, as our Treasurer Mike Springate's accounts show. It is with much regret that we have told members Celia
Hampton is giving up the role of Secretary to concentrate on other
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See also Secretary's report, Report to International AEJ, Minutes of the AGM She has given a huge amount of commitment and
professionalism to the task of managing the Section's affairs. She has done a
great deal to develop the Section as a friendly, sociable and
rewarding professional association, both in her years as Secretary and before
that at various times as Chairman and Treasurer. We owe her a big debt of
gratitude. And our thanks also for agreeing to continue her excellent work as
webmaster. Internationally, some Section members
enjoyed a stimulating AEJ Congress and Assembly at Maastricht in
November. The AEJ's Media Freedom project has grown more serious and has
borne fruit in various ways, as reflected in reports on the website. Please
also take a look sometimes at the international site www.aej.org to see the kind of things our
colleagues in the more than 20 other sections are doing. I wish everyone a very rewarding and
successful year in 2010. William
Horsley Chairman, UK
Section of the AEJ 9 March 2010 |
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