National Youth Folk Troupe of England
NEWS Archive 2023
2023 Annual General Meeting
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION
The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the National Youth Folklore Troupe of England will take place on
Sunday 26th March at 2pm
and will take place as a video conference.
Connection details will be sent to the current members or may be obtained by application to the Chairman or Secretary through the contact form. Minutes of the last AGM, officers reports and other documentation for the meeting will be made available either through the members only section, or on request. In the interests of an efficient meeting we ask that you review the documentation in advance.
Chair – Rhodri Davies
Secretary – Lucy Skinner
Agenda
The provisional agenda is:
1. Guidance on the operation of the virtual meeting
2. Apologies
3. Minutes of previous meeting
4. Matters arising
5. Changes to status of the organisation (charity status)
6. Operations Annual Review
7. Artistic Annual Review
8. Financial Report.
9. Setting of Membership Fees for the next year (level, payment date and term)
10. Election of Office Holders & Committee Members
11. AOB
Notes
Any nominations for the committee or additional items for the agenda should be sent to the secretary (secretary@nyfte.org.uk).
Recent News
NYFTE took Sidmouth Folk Festival by storm, performing over the first weekend. Current and past members of the team also took part in many other events, from calling, the John Gasson Jig Competition and the Eye on the Future concert.
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2024 saw three NYFTE teams take part in DERT / DERTy in Whitby. Well done to all involved.
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The Spring Concert held in Denstone College for the first time was an amazing display of the 2024 repertoire.
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NYFTE is a charity! Whilst this will not outwardly affect the day to day running of the team, it will help us financially and will change things behind the scenes. For more information, please see here.
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We have recently received a donation from Oxfordshire Folk in memory of John Graham. For a brief biography, please see here. Thank you to all involved.
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Many congratulations to the NYFTE Longsword team that came runners up in the 2023 SDU sword dance competition. Read more here.
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