Annual General Meeting 2018

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1st November 2018

Chair: John Archer

Attendees: Mike Rushton (MR), Keith Rickard (KR), Martin Crow (MC), Rita Whiting (RW), John Archer (JA), John Howarth (JH), Andy Barber (AB) 

Apologies: Simon Dawes (SD)

Minutes: 2017 minutes read by JA and Signed by JA

Matters Arising: None

Chairman's report:

JA's first year as Society Chairman.

Summary of report & highlights provided to members as a PPT

Report (in Word) not reproduced here, but will be circulated to Committee for review / amendment then provided via website to members and forwarded to the PC.

Thanks extended to Trustees, Committee Members, Project contributors and members for supporting the Society at events, meetings and project work throughout the year.

Membership was at 66 members in total

Results of member survey were presented in part, then deferred to a later date due to Internet connectivity issue mid-way through.

Treasurers Report:

Keith presented the Treasurer’s Report covering the period to 31/8/2018

Accounts were awaiting examination– funds healthy, with contingency in place.

Gift Aid had allowed another £1k (approx.) to be recovered from membership dues.

Election of Trustees as per Constitution:

Retiring Trustees this year, Mike Rushton and John Archer, put themselves up for re-election.

Vote by show of hands: Mike and John re-elected.

 

AGM closed at 20:33UT

 

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Meteor Observations 2018 October

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October saw us identifying 308 meteors from 32 different showers, the October Draconids and the Orionids being the most interesting.

The brightest meteor was -3.7 vMag

October Draconids Report

21 October Draconids were identified in the charts below you can see they are a very narrow peak, suggesting a narrow stream of dust the Earth is passing through. The average magnitude was 1.2018OctDraconids

Ground map of the Draconids showing the meteors that were triangulated with the Nemetode group, our observations are the ones detected by the 'Dartford' Observatory

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Orionid Report

We identified 53 Orionids, peaking on the 21st October and an average magnitude of 1

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Below is a 15 minute video of all 308 meteors verified in October.

Ground map of the Orionids showing the meteors that were triangulated with the Nemetode group, our observations are the ones detected by the 'Dartford' Observatory.

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