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HRG Exec Committee 2007 : L to R Dieter Hinke, David Clenshaw
(Vice-chair), Terry Buckett MBE (Leader), Ian Reissmann (Chair) Pippa Hare
(Secretary), Charles Langler, Dianne Browne (Membership Secretary).
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On 6 June HRG members gathered in the Margaret Day room to hold
their 2007 AGM. HRG leader Terry Buckett MBE opened the meeting by welcoming
the membership and paying tribute to outgoing Chairman Allan Follett for
leading the successful election campaign on May 2003 which saw HRG retain
control of the town council despite the loss of some District and Town Council
seats. "I'd like to thank all the candidates and membership for supporting HRG
in all the work of the last year. The election success means that by 2011, HRG
will have controlled Henley Town Council for 16 out of the last 20 years. We
achieved so much over on Henley Town Council over the last few years: leading
the Townlands campaign, grants and loans for the sports clubs such as the
cricket club and Eyot boat club, Gold award in Britain in Bloom and many more".
Allan Follett reported the continuing success of HRG in increasing membership
to over 130, resulting in the reelected Treasurer Bill Gibson being able to
report very sound finances despite the costs of fighting the election. "HRG is
more successful then ever with a buoyant membership, financial stability and a
proven record of supporting the best interests of Henley and its residents"
said Allan Follett.
Elections for the Officers and Executive Committee saw Terry Buckett re-elected
leader and Ian Reissmann elected Chair, David Clenshaw Vice-chair, Bill Gibson
Treasurer and Pippa Hare Secretary. Dianne Browne, Dieter Hinke, Charles
Langler, Greg Read, Dave Smewing and Barry Wood were elected to the Executive
Committee. "It's a great honour to be elected chair of HRG" said Ian Reissmann.
"We need to continue to work on increasing the HRG membership so we can listen
to what Henley residents want us to do". "We also need to get the membership
involved in our policy development, newsletters and website", he continued
"this will help the HRG councillors (Terry Buckett, Allan Follett, Bill Gibson, Liz
Hodgkin, Chris Pye, Laura Pye, Barry Wood, Jeni Wood, Gill Zakss) on Henley
Town Council to continue to deliver the successes that everyone in Henley
wants".
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