British Kendo Association

The following were nominated by the 7th April deadline and elected unopposed:

POSITION
NOMINEE
NOMINATED BY
SECONDED BY

NC Vice Chair
Hilary Hadley 2315
Errol Blake 344
Malcolm Smalley 8100

Iaido Bucho
Christopher Buxton 1627
Len Bean 163
Douglas Evans 1280

Iaido Grading Officer
Judith Farncombe 3154
Douglas Evans 1280
Terry Cook 1969

Jodo Bucho
Andy Watson 5351
Greg Drewe 863
Dragomir Lubomirov 5008

Jodo Events Officer
Al Colebourn 4648
Alan Nash 3192
Harry Jones 4974

Jodo Grading Officer
David Fanning [...]

Please note that the AGM post here has been updated with several additional reports.  This includes the draft accounts for 2009 issued in revised form on 21st May 2010.

A 33 seater coach providing a shuttle service will be available between Northampton Station and the AGM venue at Caroline Chisholm School, Wooldale Centre for Learning, Wootton Fields, Northampton NN4 6TP.
The coach will leave Northampton stn at approx 8.50, 9.20 and 9.50am.

The coach will leave the school at approx 5.35, 6.05 and [...]

Reports published for the 2010 AGM (pdfs):

NC AGM Final Agenda
Chairman’s Report
Iaido and Jodobu Coaching and EMP Report
Jodobu AGM – Bucho Report
Jodobu AGM – Final Agenda
Iaido AGM – Bucho Report
Iaido AGM – Final Agenda
PRO Report
BKA Health & Safety Report
Membership Report (added 3/5/10)
DIA Report (added 3/5/10)
Kendo Bu AGM – Agenda (added 3/5/10)
Kendo Bu Strategy proposals from Events [...]

Dear Members,
The National Committee of the BKA would like to propose the following (see Word document download here) changes to the constitution at the AGM (Saturday, 22 May 2010).
These recommendations are based on our experiences over the past year. Some of the changes are already in effect via the Special Powers given to the NC, [...]

A list of nominations received for vacant posts at the 2010 BKA AGM can be found here.
Election statements for four of the candidates for posts can be downloaded as follows:

National Committee Vice-Chair

Iaido Bucho

Iaido Grading Officer

Jodo Bucho

Nominations have not been received for the following posts (therefore, under 14.4.3 of the constitution, nominations may be accepted from [...]

The nomination form for posts open at the 2010 AGM can be downloaded here and will be posted in the Resources section of this site.
Full details of the AGM can be found here.

The 2010 AGMs will be held on Saturday 22 May at Caroline Chisholm School, Wooldale Centre for Learning, Wooldale Road, Wootton Fields, Northampton, NN4 6TP.
http://www.kajimacommunity.co.uk/caroline_chisholm/index.html

At the AGM last week the post of Kendo grading officer was not filled.
If anybody attending the Bowden/Premier taikai in Reading this weekend is interested in being the Kendo grading officer, please talk to the Kendo Bucho (Mike Davis) who will be there.
If you are not in Reading this weekend you can always email Mike [...]

Those who live by the sword…. as the saying goes….
Well, we will see about that, but it is certainly the case that the engineers of the new Constitution, approved overwhelmingly at the BKA Annual General Meeting (AGM) today, will have to live with the changes they have wrought – as four members of the constitutional [...]

The Annual Accounts for 2008 and Treasurer’s Report, prepared for the Annual General Meeting taking place on 30th May 2009, have been published.
The Treasurer’s Report gives a written summary of the overall state of the BKA’s finances and includes the Auditor’s Statement while the Accounts show the actual figures.
Full details of the AGM including the [...]

News Online May 2009 edition

A new edition of the BKA newsletter has been emailed to members and is available online here.  The newsletter carries lots of information about the Annual General Meeting as well as recent grading results and event advertisments.  
Apologies to members who received the email several times – there was a technical [...]

Constitution Approved at the 2009 AGM
Constitution Working Group Chairman’s letter & recommendations for the AGM
Details of Annual General Meeting
For full details of the AGM see here

Date : 30th May 2009
Venue
Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre
Fairfax Street, Coventry, CV1 5RY