About Govas

GOVAS works closely with the Stockport Children and Young People Directorate, but we are a fully independent association of governors affiliated to the equally independent National Governors Association. Every governor in Stockport is automatically a GOVAS member (as long as your institution pays their subscriptionof £10.00 PA)and our Management Committee is made up exclusively of serving volunteer governors in Stockport’s schools – nursery, primary secondary and special. Our biggest strength is our links with all the school governors in Stockport through our newsletter, special communications, and this website.  

 

AGM 2023 -Minutes 2022

Govas Annual General Meeting
held on Wednesday 2nd November 2022

 

MINUTES

1 Welcome by the Chair
The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed those attending the meeting.
About 20 people were in attendance.

2 Apologies
Stephen Campbell, Jurgen Roling

3 Approval of minutes of last AGM held on 21st January 2021
The minutes were approved.

4 Matters arising from minutes
There were no matters arising.

5 Notification of AOCB
There was no AOCB.

6 Chairs Report
The Chair thanked members of the Management Committee for their support throughout this difficult year.She announced that Jurgen Roling, Ian Roberts and Mike Milne were standing down and thanked them for their contribution to the work of Govas. It was noted that Jurgen Roling would still provide technical support. Thanks also to the Local Authority who we had met several times over the year for its assistance.
As they recover from Covid,many schools now face severe financial problems including the need to finance pay rises and the increasing cost of energy.These
issues will inevitably require the full involvement of Governors.
The Government require all schools to become Academies by 2030. The following 8years will soon pass and there will be complex issues for Governors to resolve.
Report ended by thanking the many people who volunteer their time and skills to ensure the governance of schools throughout Stockport.

7 Treasurer’s Report and Balance Sheet
The Treasurer’s Report was presented. It showed how Govas is funded and how the money is spent.He said we are still encouraging Academies to join Govas.

8 Election of Management Committee Members
4 existing members of the Committee had applied for re-election. Stephen Campbell,
Anne Rogowski,Anthony Hesford, Dave Trafford. They were elected for a further two years.
There were no other nominations.

9 AOCB
None

10 Date of next AGM
To be arranged