2026 AGM

25th March 2026

Dear Member

Please find below a link to the Calling Notice for this year’s Royal Solent Yacht Club Annual General Meeting which will be held at the Club on Saturday 18th April 2026 at 11am.

Also below are links to the draft minutes of last year’s AGM and the online Voting Form, which eligible members not voting in person at the AGM should please submit by 11am on Friday 17th April 2026.

• 2026 AGM Calling Notice
• 2025 AGM Draft Minutes (Reviewed at April 2025 GC Meeting)
• Online Voting Form

Hard copies of the AGM documentation may be obtained via the Front Office and a full set of accounts is available via the Accounts Office, please email Janet at accounts@royalsolent.org.

If any member would like a question answered after the formal part of the AGM, please would they submit their question in writing to the Club Secretary at least two weeks before the AGM to allow time for a response to be properly researched. Any questions submitted at the meeting may require further discussion and may therefore not solicit an immediate response.

Please note that this year’s folded Summer Programme and 2026 membership cards will be landing on your doormats by the end of March, and the 2026 edition of the Royal Solent magazine will be available to pick up from around the clubhouse from next week.

We hope to see you at the Club for the 2026 AGM.

Claire Hallett
Club Secretary

7th March 2026

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE

Rule 13.1 states that for a member of the Club to be eligible to be elected as a Flag Officer or to the General Committee in any capacity, a signed nomination form must be delivered to the Club Secretary at least 42 days before the date of the next Annual General Meeting.

That date was Friday 6th March 2026 and the seven nominations received in respect of the seven vacancies for the General Committee are as follows:

General Committee
Stephen Carson
David Fox
Richard Pierrepont*
David Porter
Caryl Terlezki-Thomas*
John Veal
Julian Wood

(*Re-instatement for fourth year)

Voting forms will be emailed to Members in due course, along with the AGM Calling Notice.

Claire Hallett
Club Secretary

Tuesday 13th January 2026

VACANCIES FOR THE GENERAL COMMITTEE

In accordance with Rule 13.2, Members are hereby advised of the General Committee Members due to stand down at the next Annual General Meeting on Saturday 18th April 2026:

General Committee Members
Peter Crowhurst
Katie Davies
Catherine Holmes
Richard Pierrepont*
Caryl Terlezki-Thomas*
Lesley Tregear

*Richard and Caryl, who will have served on the General Committee for the three years preceding the AGM, have both indicated that they are willing to seek re-election for a fourth and final year under the provision of Rule 10.2.

Members David Fox and Steve Carson have indicated that they will be submitting nomination forms in respect of the above vacancies.

In accordance with Rule 13.1 detailed below, if any eligible Member also wishes to stand for election, nomination forms are available direct from the Club Secretary and must be delivered to the Club Secretary by 6th March 2026. The Terms of Reference for the General Committee may also be obtained via the Club Secretary.

Rule 13.1
For a Member of the Club to be eligible to be elected a) to the General Committee and b) as a Flag Officer in any capacity, they must have been a full Club Member for two consecutive years in the five years prior to the AGM. A signed nomination form must be delivered to the Secretary at least 42 days before the date of the next Annual General Meeting. Nomination forms must also be countersigned by a Proposer and Seconder, both of whom must be Full Club Members of at least two years standing.

In addition, please note that Rule 36.4 states that “All members of the General Committee shall be Directors of the Company and the Commodore shall be its Chairman” and that in accordance with the requirements of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, Directors are now required to verify their ID for Companies House.

MEMBER RESOLUTIONS

In accordance with Rule 15.3, no proposed Member Resolutions have been received.

Claire Hallett
Club Secretary