This report will be briefer than usual, as much of the reporting is contained in the documents presented at the Annual General Meeting held on 6 September at Sheffield Hallam University.

The annual conference was just superb and I received such good feedback from delegates which I have passed on to the organisers in Yorkshire. Although the conference was held at Sheffield Hallam University, the organisers were based all over the County. Huge thanks go to Murna Downs from Bradford and Merryn Gott from Sheffield. Century 21, the administrative side were brilliant and Jill Hitchenor deserves special mention. The students in their bright orange tee shirts looked after us extremely well, and together with the engaged and engaging group of older people who attended, made the conference truly intergenerational.

The minutes of the BSG AGM held on 7 September at the University of Wales Bangor were agreed subject to minor corrections and can be found following this link: 2006 AGM Minutes

At the AGM, I presented a report from the President which can be found following this link: President's AGM report

It was agreed at the AGM, that we should commence slimming down the size of the Executive Committee by incorporating the currently co-opted officers elect into voting members of the Executive Committee thus reducing the number who regularly attend meetings from 12 to 15. This process should take between 4 and 6 years depending upon individual decisions regarding re-election for a second three year term.

It was agreed at the AGM, that we should pursue the possibility of engaging a permanent administrator and also that we should slim down the Executive Committee over the next 4-6 years.

The Working Party reports were tabled at the AGM and can be found following this link: Working Party reports

It has been a good year, and as I said in my report, the support I have received from the Executive Committee has been invaluable. I thanked them at the AGM, and it gives me further pleasure to thank them in GR on-line.

With good wishes as always