Minutes of AGM held on Tuesday 19 May 2015
The meeting was opened at 6.15 with 22 members attending.
1) Chairperson’s Report:-
The chairperson reported that we have a membership of 48.
Over the past year we have run a successful Christmas party, supported two charities, run 12 competitions, won the County Teams of Eight AGAIN and done reasonably well in outside competitions.
She thanked her committee, the new teachers, partner finders and directors.
2) Treasurer’s Report:-
The treasurer presented the accounts and reported that we had made a net gain of £49.95 in the year, with £3,767.04 currently in the bank.
A question from the floor asked how we had achieved over £3,000 in the first place, which no-one could answer apart from saying that it was historical.
3) Secretary’s Report:-
We have a good relationship with the management and are happy to agree to their wishes with regard to changing our playing area occasionally to accommodate their big events.
We will be playing in the dining room on 27th October and 15th December.
The heating and lighting still leave a lot to be desired. We must report failed lights directly and they have agreed to making and fixing a long curtain across the passageway to the gents. This should eliminate the draught. However, this was promised some months ago and hasn’t yet materialised. It was raised from the floor that perhaps we could pay for this ourselves in order to hurry matters along. But this should not be necessary as Godolphin has already agreed to pay for it all, and we are entering summer months anyway.
She thanked members for helping with setting up and putting away tables and chairs and taking glasses downstairs at the end of the evening.
4) Senior director’s report:-
There are four directors who take directing in turn and they were thanked for their co-operation.
5) Teachers’ report:-
Jackie Royds told the meeting that we have 9 keen beginners, but that they are not ready to join the Tuesday evening session.
6) Election of Officers:-
The meeting unanimously re-elected the current committee en bloc.
7) Competitions:-
There were no new ideas raised from the floor, so competitions will remain as is.
8) The viability of having Bridgemates was discussed with the figures available (approx £1900 for an eight table system including 3 year warranty). No-one came forward to run them on a weekly basis, so the idea was shelved.
9) AOB
Duplimating boards were discussed as the club has access to the county duplimating machine. The county will charge £2.00 each time a set of boards is duplimated, plus a percentage of the total cost for any servicing/repairing undertaken (hopefully less than 50%). The vote about their introduction at the club was carried by a large majority (20-2).
10) The meeting closed at 6.40 and a normal session of bridge followed.
S.Bickerdike
24/05/2015
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