Thank you to everyone who participated in the AGM on Saturday 27th September by reading the papers and sending in their votes, or attending the meeting in person or on zoom or on live stream. Here is a short summary of the results:
Election of Officers
President
Pauline Woods-Wilson
Re-elected from 1st Jan for 3 years
Treasurer
Peter Celi-Stamp
Elected from 1st Jan for 1 year
Membership Communications Officer
Eliza Russell
Re-elected from 1st Jan for 3 years
Events Officer
Rob Tidy
Elected from 1st Jan for 3 years
Marketing Officer
Helena Painting
Elected from 1st Jan for 2 years
Honorary Life Membership and Friendship
Honorary Life Membership and Frendship of The Morris Federation was awarded to all three nominees:
Melanie Barber
Honorary Life Membership
See Nomination
Michael Heaney
Honorary Life Membership
See Nomination
Eddie Worrall
Friendship
See Nomination
Thank you to our hosts for a magnificent weekend!
We thanked our hosts Sheffield City Morris, Pecsaetan Morris and Five Rivers Morris for hosting such a magnificent weekend, and presented them with badges. Thanks to Barry Pitman / www.pixelsonapage.com for the photos.
EFDSS Gold Badge award for Pauline Woods-Wilson
We were delighted that Pauline had been awarded an EFDSS Gold Badge, which was due to be presented at the AGM. Eliza read the Citation she had written, and showed a slideshow of Pauline she had prepared in various kits through the ages. Mike Heaney was supposed to present the Gold Badge, but had unfortunately been taken ill and was too unwell to travel that day. So, after a time of panic that morning, Eliza plotted to use a Gold Duck with an EFDSS sword lock on it, as an alternative item, which she had planned to give to Pauline at the Committee meeting. She asked Frank Lee to present it, to much hilarity from the audience!
Watch the videos of Eliza reading the Citation, and Pauline’s response, via the link below. Thanks to Owain Boorman for the videos, Brian Kelly for video editing and Barry Pitman for the ‘quacking’ image of Pauline with her duck.
2026 Day of Dance and AGM in Stoke-on-Trent
Next year’s AGM and Day of Dance will be in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, hosted by Domesday Morris on Saturday 26th September 2026. Save the date please.
