HBKA AGM 2026

The Hertfordshire Beekeepers Association (CIO) Annual General Meeting 2026 will take place at 11.30am on Saturday, 21st March at Christchurch Peartree Hall, 20 Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1BW.

Agenda

  1. Apologies
  2. Approval of minutes of 2025 AGM and matters arising
  3. Chairman’s Address
  4. Treasurer’s Report
  5. Trustee Elections
  6. Election of officers of the Executive Committee
  7. Any other business

Elections

Under clause 14(2) of HBKA’s constitution, one third of the Trustees shall retire at each AGM but may offer themselves for re-election. The Trustees retiring at this AGM are Laurence Longe and Robert Croft, both of whom are standing for re-election.

The full list of candidates standing for election as Trustees is as follows.

  1. Laurence Longe
  2. Robert Croft

The Trustees delegate the day to day running of the CIO to an Executive Committee. The candidates standing as officers of the Executive Committee are as follows.

  1. Chair – John Palombo
  2. Treasurer – Laurence Longe
  3. Secretary – John Daffern

We will accept nominations for other people wishing to stand for election as Trustees and Officers of the Executive Committee until three weeks before the AGM is scheduled to take place.

Trustees and Executive Committee

Trustees prior to AGM

John Palombo, John Daffern, Les Riley, Peter Willson, Laurence Longe, Rob Croft

Executive committee prior to AGM

Officers
ChairJohn Palombo
SecretaryJohn Daffern
TreasurerLaurence Longe
Function Leaders
MembershipPatrick Maxwell
ExamsRobert Croft
TrainingSteve Smith
CommunicationsJohn Palombo
BBKA LiaisonJohn Palombo
Co-optedChris Mercer
Branch Representatives
Bishops StortfordRobert Croft
Hertford and WareJohn Daffern
North HertsGary Bellamy
St. AlbansLes Riley
South East HertsDavid Townsend
Central and South HertsSteve Smith
West HertsDiane Bruce

Attachments

Agenda for 2026 AGM
Minutes of 2025 AGM
Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025