Annual Meeting

The 2008 British Waterways Annual Meeting was held on 8 October at Austin Court, Birmingham.

Chairman's Speech

Tony Hales, BW's chairman, opened the meeting with a short speech. Please click here for the transcript of Tony's speech (28KB PDF).

Chief Executive's Presentation

Robin Evans, BW's chief executive, presented some of our achievements and activities over the past year, put them into context of our strategic plan and vision, and explained some of the live issues. Please click here for the transcript of Robin's presentation (44KB PDF).

Questions and Answers

Please click here to download the Q&As (55KB PDF).

Attendees

Please click here for a list of attendees (20KB PDF).

Waterways for the 21st Century

The annual meeting was followed by an afternoon debate called Waterways for the 21st Century about future strategy for waterways.

Tony Hales, BW's chairman, chaired the session with panel members:

• John Edmonds, Chair IWAC
• Rt. Hon John Gummer, MP
• Richard Fairhurst, Editor, Waterways World
• Carole Souter, Chief Executive, Heritage Lottery Fund

The panellists presented their thoughts for the future strategy for waterways followed by a short debate, questions and summary of thoughts.

Please click here to download the panel debate summary (31KB PDF) and click here for the full panel debate transcript (85KB PDF).

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