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department, PHSE and the English department.


Educational visits were


reviewed during the year by John Charlesworth and Sarah Lane. The following policies were


reviewed: Assessment, Sickness Absence, Stress and Employee Wellbeing, Admissions, Missing Child, Student Computer Acceptable Use, Medical Capability, Family Friendly and Data Protection.


At each committee meeting the Head presented a report. In March the school held a Symposium to inform the school’s staff of new strategic plan. The meeting was informed that the Friends at Saffron Walden will be closing at the end of the summer term; this will leave six Quaker schools.


8. Proposed Amendments to the Constitution Ashley Shirlin Proposed (Seconded by Harriet Langridge) that Clause 8b to have an additional sentence: “No signatory may sign a cheque


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to themselves or any person or organisation associated with themselves.”


This was unanimously adopted. 10. Any other business


9. Elections All the following individuals were elected unopposed:


General Secretary (1/8/17-31/7/20) Ashley Shirlin Proposed by Margaret Shelley. Seconded by Harriet Langridge. Ordinary Committee Member (1/8/17-31/7/20) Edd Frost Proposed by Ashley Shirlin, Seconded by Margaret Shelley. Reunion Secretary (1/8/17-31/7/18) Navid Sadrzadeh Proposed by Harriet Langridge. Seconded by Ashley Shirlin. Ordinary Committee Member (1/8/17-31/7/19) Annie Broe Proposed by Ashley Shirlin. Seconded by Amanda Brown. Treasurer


(1/8/17-31/7/18)


• The Meeting warmly thanked Ashley Shirlin for the work he has done as President.


• Ashley Shirlin announced that Paul Levy had been invited to become the next Vice President. The Meeting unanimously approved this election.


• Harriet Langridge announced that Ashley Shirlin had been invited to become an Honorary Life member. The Meeting unanimously agreed this invitation.


• Some members do not appear to be receiving the paper copies of ‘The Rocket’. Ashley Shirlin explained that paper copies were not sent out depending on what preferences members had made on the SOSA website. The Committee will review this at their next meeting.


Richard Hughes Proposed by Ashley Shirlin. Seconded by Ian Weatherhead.


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