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Add minutes from AGM of Sep 2023

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+General Meeting 09:00 24-Sep-2023
+=================================
+
+Held at City Hall, Cardiff during PyCon UK 2023 and chaired by Owen Campbell.
+A video of the meeting is available on the `PyCon UK YouTube Channel <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuaJ1-b7LOc>`_.
+
+Trustees Present
+----------------
+
+Kristian Glass, Becky Smith, Owen Campbell, Vince Knight, Ann Barr
+
+
+Report
+------
+
+Owen Campbell presented the report to the members. Owen presented the
+achievements for the year:
+
+- PyCon UK ran again in 2022 after being postponed during the pandemic.
+  This is a notable achievement given the difficulties related to the pandemic.
+- The UKPA owns UKPA Trading Limited and for the first time the company was
+  operationally ready for the conference. There is still some more progress to be made:
+  surplus funds from another entity need to be moved.
+- The UKPA provided business and operational support for the running of DjangoCon Europe 2023. This is the first event
+  that was not PyCon UK that was supported by the UKPA in this fashion.
+
+Trustees
+--------
+
+Becky Smith has to retire as a trustee according to clauses
+13.1.4 and 13.1.5
+of the constitution.
+
+Vince Knight has to retire as a trustee according to clauses 
+13.1.1 and 13.1.2 of the constitution.
+
+
+Vince Knight and Becky Smith have put themselves forward for election as a
+trustee.
+
+- Vince Knight was elected by a show of hands.
+- Becky Smith was elected by a show of hands.