Annual Meeting
The 2009 British Waterways Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday 6 October at Austin Court, Birmingham. The focus of this year's meeting was BW's proposed 2020 strategy and move to the third sector.
Chairman's Speech
Tony Hales, BW's chairman, opened the meeting with a short speech. Please click here for the transcript and here to listen to the audio recording.
2020 Strategy
BW's chief executive, Robin Evans, explained the background to the proposed 2020 strategy. Click here for the transcript and here for the audio recording.
Robin then handed over to Mike Hudson from the Compass Partnership and Stephen Lloyd, from Bates, Wells and Braithwaite, third sector experts who have been helping BW develop the 2020 strategy.
Click here to read the transcript from Mike and Stephen's presentation and here for the audio recording.
This was followed by audience discussion and Q&As on the new strategy and general issues affecting waterway users and stakeholders. Click here for a transcript of the Q&As and here for the audio recording.
Attendees
Please click here for a list of attendees.
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