At the AGM of 12th of January 2011, which had to be rescheduled from the inquorate AGM of 16th October 2010, the membership overwhelmingly voted to extend the remit of the Forum and change its name to:

The Bristol Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Forum.

For brevity, it was agreed that the strapline 'LGBT Bristol' will serve as a 'brand'.

The members at the AGM also voted on a number of other changes.  See the list, below.

Proposals passed on 12th January 2011 by a quorate AGM of the Bristol Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and transgender Forum (LGBT Bristol) - Note that the exact wording will be inserted, once the Notes have been circulated and approved in principle by the members present.

Trans Inclusion.
That the Forum extend its remit to include Transgender people

Constitutional amendments.
That such changes be made to the text of the Constitution as are required to reflect the change made in decision 3.

Name Change.
That the name of the Charity be changed to Bristol Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Forum

Strapline, option 1:
That the strapline to the name be: Bristol LGBT Forum

Strapline, option 2:
That the strapline to the name be: LGBT Bristol

AGM quorum.
That the quorum for the Annual General Meeting be reduced from 10 or 10% to 10 or 5% of the membership

Proxy vote.
That Proxy votes be admitted at the AGM.

Postal only vote.
That postal vote be admitted for future Constitutional changes.

Removing gender labels.
That the gender labels 'male and 'female' be removed from the Co-chairs' titles.

Trustees term of office.
That Trustees' term of office be increased from 1 to 2 years

Expanding the area of remit.
That the geographical area of the  Forum's operations be widened, to include neighbouring areas.

MC size.
That the number of Trustees on the Management Committee be increased from 10 to 12 and of Cooptees from 3 to 5

Future statutory Constitutional changes.
That the MC be empowered to make such changes to the text of the Constitution as are required by changes in legislation, Charity Commission regulations or other statutory requirement, without need for recourse to an AGM.

Adoption of Accounts.
Owing to the inquorate AGM of October, and the deadline for submitting the 2009-10 Accounts, these were circulated and approved by the Trustees, by email, and the original Accounts signed off by the Treasurer.

Appointing the Independent Examiner.
That BCAP, the Forum's current Accountancy service providers be reappointed as Independent Examiners for the next 12 months.  BCAP  have  discharged their duties satisfactorily and at reasonable rates

Trustee elections.
The following Trustees were elected to the Management Committee:

Alan Palmer

Anna Rutherford

Daniel Smart

Daniel Carpenter

Emily Bennewith

Matt Wallis

Cllr Peter Main

Daryn Carter

MC Meeting dates

The MC will meet monthly, on the second Wednesday of the mont, at the Avon Fire and Rescue Service Head Quarters in Templeback, between 6 and 8:30pm.

The next MC meeting will therefore be on Wednesday 9th February.