Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Woodmead Hall, Lyme Regis, 03 March 2011 At 19:00 Hrs.

Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch.
Held At The Woodmead Hall, Lyme Regis,
03 March 2011 At 19:00 Hrs.

Present:

Mr Cecil Quick	President
Mr Ken Whetlor	Chairman
Mr David Manners	Vice Chairman
Mr Tony Smith	Honorary Secretary
Mr Martin Jones	Honorary Treasurer
Mr David Humphrey	Recruitment Advisor
Mrs Sylvia Marler	Poppy Appeal Organiser
Lt Col Ross Bennett	Welfare Chairman
Mrs Ania Driver	Welfare Secretary
Mr Keith Austin	Member
Mr Mike Lloyd	Member
Mrs Angela Manners.	Member

Apologies:

Mr Bill Reed	Vice President
Mr John Hunt	Member

Exhortation:

The President

Chairman’s Opening Remarks:

Nothing to report, (NTR), apart from the fact that the blog on the website is out of date. This should be rectified in a few weeks.

Minutes of the Last Meeting:

held on the 20th of January 2011 were agreed as a true record and signed by The President.

Matters Arising:

Mrs Angela Manners said that due to the Hall being used as a polling station on the 5th of May, the meeting scheduled for that night would take place on the 12th instead.

Mr Martin Jones said that the Treasurer’s Report figures should be amended to:

Cash	£417.48
Bank	£12,024.73
Total	£12,442.21

Additions to the Agenda.

Nil.

Vice Chairman’s Report.

The Annual Quiz will be held on Wednesday the 18th of May at the Nag’s Head, at 19:30 hours.

Honorary Secretary’s Report.

NTR.

Honorary Treasurer’s Report:

The Branch holds

Current Account	£140.85
Branch Funds at Head Office	£12,115.59
Total	£12,256.44

The Total amount will be reduced shortly by around £900, due to the transfer of our membership fees to Head Office.

Welfare Chairman’s Report.

NTR.

Welfare Secretary’s Report.

An ex-client gave permission for his GP be to be approached which resulted in the District Nurses being able to assist in certain areas. This was a success story.

Poppy Appeal Organiser’s Report.

If anyone has prizes for the Quiz Night please bring them to the next meeting.

The Coast Guards have still not paid for last year’s wreath. A reminder will be sent.

Recruitment Advisor’s Report:

Sadly we have lost one member since the last meeting in January. Mr David Rattenbury Passed away on the 13th of February. On a Positive note, I have recruited another two members taking the membership from 181 in January to 182 as of today.

103  Members pay by Direct Debit

77  Members pay by cash

02  are Life Members.

Badges.

I am now in possession of ten Legion membership badges and £50:00. Could I ask The Committee to please ask any member they know if they would be interested in purchasing one at a cost of £5:00 per badge.

Could I also inform the committee that Neil Hampton-Rumbold is running the London marathon this year in aid of the Royal British Legion. On Friday the 11th of March he is holding a charity evening, starting at 19:00 hours, in the Uplyme Village Hall: this will include a bar, raffle, disco and an auction of various other larger prizes.  Please inform as many members and non members of this event so we can support him.

Monthly Draw.

March winners:	£10:00	Mr Cecil Quick
	£5:00	Mr P Flux
April winners:	£10:00	Mr M Irish
	£5:00	Mr J Case

Standard Bearer’s Activities:

NTR. The Chairman is not in possession of the Standard, but is confident he knows its location. He will take action to effect its recovery.

Any Other Business:

Mr Martin Jones had travelled to South America recently and had placed a wreath from the Branch on the Falkland Islands’ Memorial, along with two crosses for Royal Marine Commandoes, whose names are on it, who were colleagues of Steve, who now works in the Boat Building Academy.

The Chairman asked for details so he could post them on the website.

The Welfare Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to Martin “who took time and trouble to do this on his own holiday, and I think it was brilliant what he did.” This was warmly endorsed by all those present.

The Vice Chairman informed the meeting that Steve had made a small oak goblet out of a piece of wood from H.M.S. Victory, and would like to present it to the Branch. This was most welcome news. The details of when and how it should be presented, its use and place of safekeeping are yet to be decided.

Future Meetings:

The next General Committee Meeting will be held at 19:00hours, in The Woodmead Hall, on the Thursday the 12th of May 2011.

Meeting Closed: at 19:21 hours.