The caretaker discovers a water leak under the kitchen sink and, as the situation is urgent, contacts a plumber to get the problem fixed without getting the approval of the hall committee first:
The committee is finding it difficult to fill the post of treasurer. An accountant who lives in the community offers to do the job in return for a fee of £500 a year which is lower than their commercial rates:
The hall management committee/trustees are discussing some structural changes to the hall and a member of the committee who is a builder offers to do the work 'on the cheap:
At a meeting a member of the committee says that they would not be held responsible if something went wrong as the result of a decision taken as they were not present and did not vote for it:
At the AGM the treasurer presents the accounts to those present and answers questions raised. The chair then asks for a proposition that the accounts be approved and adopted.
The hall's governing document says that a quorum will be a minimum of one half of the number of members present but at a meeting there is one short of this number:
During a committee meeting a representative from a user group says s/he is not a trustee as they were never elected as such, they are just there to represent their group:
