Durham Bridge Club

Minutes of the 47^th A.G.M.  Tuesday, 24^th April 2018

at 12.50 p.m. in Framwellgate Moor Community Centre
 

1. Apologies:        
                     Irene Burns, Joan Crompton, Sandra Ruskin, George Milner, Keith McKenzie
 

2. Minutes of the 46^th  AGM:
                     were accepted and signed
 

3. Matters Arising:  
                     a) Slow Play : The meeting reaffirmed the timings decided upon at last year's
                         AGM and confirmed that the Club rule was that unless the lead card had 
                         been faced when the move was called the director would judge the board
                         “not played?.

                     b) Monday evenings: It was agreed that Novice status Monday evening
                         sessions should continue in the coming year.  Jill Hancock agreed to
                         oversee a rota of members prepared to organise/direct players. Charles
                         Bucknell volunteered to teach beginners in the coming year.
 

4. Reports:

   Chair: The Chair?s report had been circulated to members with the agenda
   (and is available on the website with these minutes).
   There was no response from the meeting to his request for questions. The
   Chair reiterate his thanks to the other members of the committee and especially
   to Roger Hancock who was standing down this year after serving on both the
   Club committee and on the FMYCC.

            Treasurer : The accounts for 2017-18 (signed by the auditor) were presented
            and accepted (available with the minutes).
            The Club?s finances were healthy and showed an operating surplus on the year 
            largely due to the attendance at the afternoon sessions

            Club Captain : Martin Nigel  reported that it had been a very succesful year. 
            In total 36 members had played on club teams. The A team remained in the A 
            Division which they rose to last year, the B team had graduated from Division
            C to Division B and the C team had ended 3^rd in its Division which should mean
            that, with the reorganisation planned for the bottom two divisions,  the C team
            should play in the E division next year. He thanked all those who had played for
            the Club

            NEBA representative: Roger Hancock said that there was nothing of
            significance to report. Adrian Darnell reported that, as he was designated as
            the next NEBA secretary, he could act as the Club?s NEBA representative as
            Roger was resigning from the committee.

   FMCC Management : Jill Hancock reported as the Club?s official
   representative on the FMYCC committee that the plans for the
   development of the Centre were progressing well.

   Subscription/Table Money for 2018-19: It was accepted that the
   subscription (£5) and the table money (£2.50 members; £3.50
   non-members; £1 students)  should remain unchanged.

 5. Election of Officers and Committee

   The following had been proposed and seconded and were accepted
    nem. con. by the AGM:-
 

   Chair:                          Adrian Darnell

   Secretary:                    Ann Squires

   Treasurer:                    Susan Penswick

   Club Captain:                Nigel Martin

   Chief Tournament Dir:   John Portwood

   Webmaster:                 John Dobson

   FYMCC Rep.                 Jill Hancock

            Committee Member:     David Thompson

   Committee Member:     Den Kerry

   Committee Member:     Charles Bucknell
 

6. Emendations to the Club Rules :
                    The Chair had proposed various emendations to the Club rules (arising  out
                    of problems that had arisen during the year) and the document had been
                    circulated to members with the agenda (and is available with these minutes).
                    The meeting accepted his proposals.

    New Data Protection procedures :
                    To comply with the new regulations on data protection the Secretary had
                    circulated a document (available with these minutes) detailing the way Club
                    members' personal data would be kept and used in the future. New members
                    who were not already members of the EBU would be asked to complete a
                    form agreeing that they were willing/not willing for their data to be passed to
                    the EBU.

7. Presentation of Trophies (by the Chair)

            Sykes Cup:                                                Adrian Darnell and Nigel Martin

            Club Championship Salver:                        Bill Dixon

            Afternoon Club Champion:                         Joan Crompton

            Club Summer Champions:                          Peter Sykes and Bill Dixon

            Afternoon Club Summer Champions:        John Dobson and Malcolm Dawson

            Durham Cities Trophy:                               Adrian Darnell and Nigel Martin
                                                                               (winners of the evening bridge
                                                                               session on the day of the AGM)

            Chair’s Progress Award:                            Ronald Rutherford

There being no further business the meeting closed at 1.15 p.m.
The Chair reported the decisions of the meeting and presented the relevant
trophies to members attending the evening session on 24^th April 2018.