Eryri Harriers AGM

This year’s AGM was going to be a lot more eventful than last year’s. I would know a lot more people, and I was actually standing for a committee position. I also knew that no one else has stood for it. So we're all likelihood, this would be a sizeable change!

When the AGM was coming up, there was a call for people to stand for positions, as several would be vacated, and some of them have been vacant the entire year. The club needs a committee! And given that in summer, I had retired from the rescue team, I figured I would be able to find time to taken a new function. I had initially thought of membership secretary, but Anna, who currently is actually functioning as both the honorary secretary and the membership secretary, recommended I would instead apply for the former. So I did.

The venue this time was only a few minutes on bike away. That was convenient! It was in the cricket club where I had never been. When I came in I saw familiar faces, and immediately got a hug from Nia Meleri, our chair, who looked unusually glamorous. I normally only see her in running kit! 

I spotted the table with the unwanted running kit, and dumped my stuff on it. Then I went to get a drink. We would almost start, so when I had a drink I sat down at a table that still had space. 

It started with the reports of the chair and the secretary, and then we would have dinner. Vegetarian curry for me! And then it continued with the reports of the other committee members, such as the cross country officer, the mountain running officer, and the road running officer. As I am mainly a roadrunner, I was most interested in that last one. Arwel is the relevant officer, and mainly spoke of the rather spectacular Caernarfon 10k this year, which would be the last one he would organise, and the Borders League. But he also mentioned the club road championships. It turns out I am in the lead among the women! What does this mean? Probably that I just did the most races of all the female Harriers. But it still felt good. There is only one more race to go!

Nia Meleri and Anna taking the stage

When that was done we had dessert. And then we came to (minor) changes in the constitution, and the voting in of a new committee. There were no positions for which more than one person stood, and everybody was voted in with a large majority. It is a bit worrying that quite a lot of positions are empty, but I am a bit hesitant to take too much on. I have a busy job! But there is one position I might take. Mike, one of the stalwarts of the club, suggested I also become vice chair.  I am willing to consider that! But we'll talk about that in the next committee meeting.

When that was done we basically only had the ‘any other business’ to deal with and that wasn't an awful lot.  And at a reasonable hour, we closed the meeting.  I made sure to buy a few raffle tickets; the club has a Christmas fun run, and that comes with a raffle. I can't make it; I am busy turning 50 that day. but I thought I should get myself some raffle tickets because hey, it's my birthday, I might be lucky. You can win entry into several races! 

When that was done I talked a bit with Anna and Nia Meleri  about getting started in my new function. But then I left. I suppose a new era has begun!