Friends
of King Edward Mine
Over the last 20 years volunteers have steadily worked towards recreating King
Edward Mine, Troon, as it was at the turn of the 20th century when it
became the Camborne School of Mines training mine. To safeguard the future of
the Mine it has been decided to create the ‘FRIENDS OF KING EDWARD MINE’ It
is the aim of the Friends to be an exciting, innovative and forward-looking
organisation in its support of the Mine. All contributions will go directly to
King Edward Mine and funds raised will go towards: -Preservation, Conservation,
Education and Raising Awareness of the Mine
The inaugural meeting of the Friends was held on Monday 23rd April
2007, at 19:30 in the historic survey office at the Mine.
Vernon Baldry acted as chairman for the initial part of the meeting. This
discussed the draft constitution of the Friends, copies of which were available
for inspection. There was a discussion on this draft and with two minor
amendments the constitution was approved unanimously.
The question of the Management Committee of the Friends was then tackled and the
following were elected unanimously: -
Chairman
Stephen Polglase
Vice
Chairman
Philip Hosken
Hon
Treasurer Lincoln
James
Hon
Secretary Sid
Geake
Committee
members: -
Richard Williams
, John Beale
, Sue Maunder
At this stage Vernon handed the chairmanship of the meeting over to Stephen.
There was then a discussion about the relevant annual subscriptions to the
Friends. It was proposed that a subscription of £15 should apply for a Friend,
and £50 apply for a Patron. The constitution as agreed allows for an individual
to become either a Friend or a Patron and likewise any formally constituted
association, society, school, college, company or business can apply to become
either a Friend or a Patron. These subscription levels were accepted
unanimously. It has been suggested to the Carn Brea Mining Society and the
Trevithick Society that a nominal subscription of £1 a member shall be made to
the Friends to cover the Associate membership category. The Carn Brea Mining
Society has accepted this. The Trevithick Society are still considering this
proposal.
Membership of the Friends is now open to all interested parties;
monies raised will be spent wholly at King Edward Mine. If you are interested in
joining please contact the Secretary Sid Geake, either at Elm Cottage, Middle
Row, Ashton, Helston TR13 9RX, or at sidgeake@geake.eclipse.co.uk. He will be
only too glad to discuss the Friends with you and even more glad to accept your
subscriptions.
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