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MINUTES
OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD
ON 25 NOVEMBER 2011
AT
WOOLAVINGTON VILLAGE HALL
Present at the Meeting
Michael Whittaker, David Porter, Bob Warrender, Ann Bawdon, Ken
Bawdon, Gina
Howard, Tony Russ, Daphne Patrick and Sheila Coda
Apologies for Absence
Rachael Brown and Colin Simcox
Minutes of the last Meeting
The Minutes of the last Meeting were accepted as a true record.
Matters Arising
a) Ken is to contact Ian Mitchell regarding the possibility of the EBU scoring the
Michael Coda Cup. ACTION – Ken Bawdon
b) County website licence: Ken is to contact Julian Brown again. Ken told the
meeting that the licence has to held in an individual’s name – it cannot be an organisation – and it was agreed that the licence should now be in the name of the web
administrator. ACTION – Ken Bawdon
c) Congress: Swiss Pairs’ Cup: A new cup had been purchased. As the old one
“turned up” at the Congress, this will be used for a County competition in future.
Michael told the Committee that he had received an e-mail from Rachael who had resigned as secretary, due to other commitments and health restrictions. Unfortunately, he had been unable to contact her personally since receipt.
Treasurer’s Report
a) The Congress profit is £3,900. Without the cost of the new Cup the profit would have been virtually the same as last year.
b) Currently, the County is showing a profit of £1,900, but there are many
expenses to come.
c) Ken reported that £2,000 has been transferred to the deposit account.
Membership Secretary’s Report
Sheila reported that we currently have 738 members, of which 15 or 16 are dual members, and 27 Bridge for All. Apparently the dual members have to be recorded by the County, but the Committee felt that this information should be supplied by the
EBU.
County Director’s Report
Michael passed on Colin’s short report.
All remaining events have directors allocated, but two events, the 3-tier pairs’ event
and the percentage pairs require scorers. Eric Cummings is to be approached regarding
the former and either Michael or Ken will score the percentage pairs.
Tournament Secretary’s Report
Bob reported that all competitions are going well. The Teams events have been very well attended and he was pleased to welcome new entrants to the County League from clubs new to this event.
The Committee now has a set of keys to Woolavington Village Hall (currently held by Bob), but it was felt that we should be advised of the village keyholder in case of problems. ACTION: Bob Warrender
With regard to the Victor Ludorum, points are now being updated on a regular basis,
but Tony had queried the number of names on the list, particularly the number of zeros.
It was reiterated that the Selection Committee had requested this as an aid to the current selection criteria (they need to know the County’s regulars at all events). As long as
this causes Tony no problems, the practise should continue.
Tony Russ asked if the League entries from club officials had actually been checked. It is generally felt that clubs should be trusted to abide by the County’s rules.
Chairman’s Report
Rachael had reported that at the EBU AGM, the P2P fee had been increased to 33p. Apparently the EBU are hoping that additional funds will be generated for them from the Sim Pairs events they are taking over.
Education Officer’s Report
Tony reported that the Paul Bowyer seminars were again very well attended. For the remainder of the year, he had made the following plans:
Saturday, 18 February Bridge Café in Wells
Thursday, 22 March Coaching session for county B & C team players (Paul
Bowyer)
Friday, 23 March Paul Bowyer seminars
Monday, 1 October Possible Andrew Robson seminars.
The
Bridge Café is a new concept, one that proved popular in
Wales
, and should appeal to many players.
The
meeting also discussed the possibility of employing Andrew
Robson to deliver future
seminars which will cost a minimum of £600. It was
agreed to go ahead with this as such seminars have been very
popular in the past. The Committee agreed to under-write the
cost if necessary.
Selection Committee Report
See attached. Tony told the meeting that the Selection Committee are meeting again on
21 December when selections will be made for the rest of the season. He has contacted
all Clubs asking to be made aware of players doing well, but not yet known to the
County.
County Teas
Michael reported on the results of the questionnaire. As the majority was narrowly in favour of teas being supplied, arrangements will be made with the current caterer
(Kathy Fewings) for the rest of the season. It is hoped that teas will be taken by all as if numbers reduce the cost of teas may well rise and the County will have to increase
entry fees.
Any Other Business
David Porter confirmed that the Winter Gardens have now been booked for both 2012 (5th-7th October) and 2013 (4th –6th October). In view of the change of management there, he was very pleased to confirm that costs for this year have continued along similar lines.
The question of using Bridgemates at the Congress in future was then discussed.
The main directors this year strongly recommend that the County should go down this route. The costs for hiring the equipment are reasonable and savings will be made as we will no longer require the services of Winnie Morley (our current scorer).
If we increase the entry fee by £1 per person, this should more than cover the
expenditure across the event.
Consideration was then given to the appointment of a new Secretary. Daphne indicated that an approach should be made to her husband, Joe. (This proved successful – Joe
will undertake the role, at least until the County’s AGM.)
Date of next meeting
24 February 2012.
Selection Committee Report
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