Please find attached above, the Auchterarder Golf Club Annual General Meeting Pack for the 2024 season.
A Message from the Captain:
Dear Fellow Member
Within the attached pack you will be able to read summary reports of our performance over the past business year from our Managing Secretary and Honorary Treasurer
At the start of this financial year we recognised that there were some financial challenges on the horizon, not only in terms of our cost base due to inflation but also in terms of our membership retention and weather dependant visitor income – all detailed within the Honorary Treasurer’s report.
As a result of these challenges, you will also see from detail within the pack, that the Committee, having protected our annual subscription increases at below inflation in recent years, are regrettably proposing a slightly larger increase for 2025.
This, along with a limited number offer for individuals to purchase a Life Membership will hopefully keep our financial situation stable going into the 2025 financial year. The opportunity to secure a Life Membership doesn’t come along often and has been immensely popular in the past – just ask any Life Member!
We have also benchmarked our Membership Subscriptions against our many neighbouring Clubs and we remain very competitive against these, whilst also maintaining an excellent Golf Course condition and Services provided in the Clubhouse.
In terms of the AGM, and as per the new Constitution brought in last year, relating to ‘Any Other Business’ (AOB). We want to ensure that any item raised at the meeting is answered with a fair, timely and detailed response, rather than deferring to the following year. Therefore, I encourage you to send any question or comment for this part of the meeting in writing to: feedback@auchterardergolf.co.uk no later than Monday 11th November. It shall be a pre-requisite that the author of any item or their proxy attends the meeting to enable any possible discussion on a topic raised.
Finally, I would like to encourage as many members as possible to attend this year’s AGM and to support your Club Committee in the quest to serve you in a way that is expected of us.
I look forward to seeing you on the night.
Les McKirdy
Captain