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We had a turn out of 17 for the stated anual meeting last night. The meeting was led for the final time by our chairman Mike Robertson. Mike begins his probationary year for Church of Scotland ministry in July at the Barn Church, Culloden so he will soon be leaving us after 7 years of very committed involvement at Hilton Church. We had a very positive meeting. After a very challenging year in terms of the economy, we ended up with a modest surplus. In the middle of the year we were projecting a significant deficit, so we have much to be grateful for. We were also able to reflect on significant improvements to the buildings this year. The accesses will be completed by the end of this month and the solar panels will be on the Lighthouse and the Church by the end of June. We also made some new appointments to the Board. Iain Ross becomes chairman, Claire Wheeler takes over as Clerk, and we welcomed Iain Gunn and Donald MacDonald onto the Board. The meeting was completed within one hour which I think we all appreciated.We like short meetings! There might only have been 17 there, and we may have a relatively small Board, but the spirit and the level of action and commitment from those involved is second to none.