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Minutes
of Annual General Meeting
held
at Oake Village Hall - 25 June 2011
After
the Chairman had welcomed everyone to the AGM, there followed a
short period of remembrance for Colin Floyd, Ken Pye and
Margaret Duckett.
Apologies
for Absence
Rachael
Brown, Tony Russ, Jean & Roy Lowe, Anne & Gordon
McBride, Peter & Leonie McEwen, Audrey Pike, Philip &
Helen Batt, John & Marjorie Dilworth and John & Betty
Smithson.
Minutes
of last meeting
The
Minutes of the Meeting held on 27 June 2010 were approved, this
having been proposed by Sheila Coda and seconded by Sheena
Lanham.
Matters
Arising from Previous Minutes
The
only matter arising was the subject of the County
using/purchasing Bridge Mates at its competitions.
The Chairman confirmed that this had been discussed at
Committee but it was felt that the costs far outweighed the
benefits. He did
undertake, however, for the Committee to discuss again and for
contact with Taunton Bridge Club to be made to see if they would
be willing to help the County in this respect.
Chairman’s
Report
(View
here)
Treasurer’s
Report
Frank
Coltman proposed and Roger Sweet seconded that these be formally
adopted. The
meeting agreed.
(View
here)
Vote
on the recommended subscription fee and County component P2P fee
for the 2011/12 membership year
The
Treasurer recommended no change;
therefore the nil County subscription and nil County
component within the pay to play fee paid by the Association’s
affiliated Clubs is to continue.
This was approved by the meeting.
Tournament
Secretary’s Report
(View
here)
Education
Officer’s Report
(View
here)
EBU
Delegate’s Report
In
the absence of Rachael, our EBU delegate, the Chairman outlined
the main issues currently being considered by the county
association shareholder representatives.
The
EBU’s current annual deficit is greater than budgeted for
during the first two years post P2P.
This is mainly due to inadequate provision for inflation
since 2007 in the P2P fees that have been set.
The EBU is already taking cost-cutting measures and
trying to develop new revenue streams, but the ongoing deficit
will have to be eliminated through an increased P2P level for
2012/13.
There
is concern about whether appropriately qualified volunteers will
be able to fill current EBU board and standing committee roles
in future years.
The
EBU’s education plans, and the role the county associations
are expected to play, are at last starting to emerge.
All
the above were to be discussed at the county association
chairmen’s meeting in the week following the AGM.
Election
of Officers and other Executive Committee Members for 2011/12
The
Chairman expressed his disappointment that nobody had been found
who wished to take on the chairman’s role.
Michael has agreed to act for another year and hopes that
next year a new Chairman will be elected.
One
member of the Executive Committee is resigning – Roger Sweet
– yet, similarly, no nominations have been received to replace
him. However, the
remaining Committee Members are willing to continue. The Chairman then requested that the existing Officers and
Committee be approved en bloc.
This was proposed by Bob Baker and seconded by Sheena
Lanham and duly approved by the meeting.
Any
other business
Sheena
Lanham asked that the postcodes of competition venues are
included in the Handbook in future.
The Chairman confirmed that this will be done.
Les
Botting raised the fact that although the EBU is advertising
“free” teacher courses for Clubs, this does not prove to be
the case as there were conditions a club needed to commit to,
which had not been prominently set out in the advertising
material. The
Chairman agreed that he would bring this up with the EBU.
David
Howard reiterated the Chairman’s thanks to the previous
Selection Committee Members and also wished to acknowledge Bob
Warrender’s contribution to the County.
David
Porter advised the meeting that the County cannot be complacent
regarding continuing profit from the Congress.
The Council at Weston-super-Mare have ceded the
organisation of the Winter Gardens to private enterprise.
It is felt that our bookings for 2011 and 2012 will be
honoured, but the current favourable rates may not continue
thereafter, thus affecting future income. The
Chairman acknowledged this information and confirmed that the
Committee will take appropriate action if this proves necessary.
Dave
Latchem expressed the importance of teaching new players in
order to ensure future continuity of the game in Somerset. The
Chairman agreed and said that if Dave, or any other member, had
any ideas as to how the county association could help in the
development of new players, then please could they let Tony
Russ, the SCBA’s Education Officer, know.
The
meeting closed with the presentation of trophies & prizes by
Ann Bawdon for the various competitions during the
2010/2011 season.
(View here)
There
then followed a very enjoyable Swiss Teams.
The prize winners of the 20-table event were:-
Sheena
Lanham, Andy Ridgers, Mike Roberts and Norman Massey
Valerie
Dunn, Anona Taylor, Gillian Toogood and Mike Readman
The
Ascenders prize was awarded to Wendy Miller, Tish Hopkins, Phil
Dyer and Pat Bedwell.
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