Annual General Meetings

 

The Burney Society UK

Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 9 July 2025 

at Mayflower Theatre, 22-26 Commercial Road, Southampton

Doors open 9:30 AGM commences 10:50 BST

Draft Agenda

1. Apologies for absence & Attendees

2. Minutes of 2024 AGM and matters arising (Draft Minutes emailed to members on 24 May 2024) 

3. Chair report 

4. Treasurer Report 

5. Secretary Report 

6. Research Bursary Report 

7. Re-election of Officers and Committee members

Officers of Society:

              Peter Sabor – Hon. President

              Miriam Al Jamil – Chair

              Lucy- Anne Katgely – Treasurer

              Trudie Messent – Secretary

Committee members: 

Lorna Clark – Co-ordinator Burney Society of North America

Alison Daniell – University co-ordinator

Francesca Saggini – Research Bursary Lead

Beth Stewart  – Social networks

8. AOB

 

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2023 Annual General Meeting

This was held on Saturday 15 June 2024, in Queen Anne Building, University of Greenwich, Greenwich

Minutes have been emailed to current members.

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2022 Annual General Meeting

This was held on Saturday 11 June 2022, at The Foundling Museum, London WC1

2022 AGM Draft Minutes

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2021 Annual General Meeting

This was held on Saturday 4 September 2021 via Zoom at 14:00 BST. After the AGM there was a talk by Professor Maurizio Ascari. 

2021 AGM Draft Minutes 

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The 2020 Burney Society UK AGM was held online via Zoom on 3rd October 2020 at 14:00 (London: GMT +1). 

We are pleased to announce that the text of the brilliant talk which Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre presented after the AGM is available via the link below. The talk was on her recent BBC Radio 4 play ‘When Fanny met Germaine’. This is still available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0009yxj

Sian has kindly agreed to give us access to her studio script for  ‘When Fanny met Germaine’. Please note script is strictly copyright.

2020 AGM Talk by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre

2020 AGM Draft Minutes

Constitution Revised 2019 Amended 2020

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Previous AGMs

The 2019 Burney Society UK Annual General Meeting was held after the Roundtable discussion at the 2019 Conference in Lincoln, on Wednesday 31st July at 15.45 – 17.00.  

LINKS:

2019 AGM AGENDA 

2019 AGM DRAFT MINUTES

CONSTITUTION 2013 – 2019 AGM

REVISED CONSTITUTION – as agreed at 2019 AGM

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2018 AGM

The 2018 AGM was held at Notre Dame University, 1 Suffolk Street, London on 6 October 2018 at 2.00 p.m.

After the AGM, Joseph Morrissey gave a talk on: ‘The Pleasure and Pain of Musical Accomplishment in Frances Burney’s The Wanderer.’ 

Joseph’s new book is Women’s Domestic Activity in the Romantic-Period Novel,  1779-1820 

LINKS:

2018 Agenda

2018 Minutes

Joseph Morrissey’s talk 

 

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre Photo: T Messent