Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday 05 January 2012 At 19:00 Hrs.

Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday 05 January 2012 At 19:00 Hrs.

Present:

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

Apologies:

Mr David Manners	Vice Chairman
Mrs Ania Driver	Welfare Secretary
Mr Peter Ward	Member
Mrs Jacqueline Ward	Member

Exhortation:

The President, who then wished everyone a Happy New Year.

Minutes of the Last Meeting:

The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 03 November 2011 were agreed as a true record and signed by The President.

Matters Arising: None.

Additions to the Agenda: None.

Chairman’s Report.

• Matt’s Cabs have finished: this leaves only one taxi service in town. The Chairman proposed that The Vice Chairman should approach this firm to arrange a deal. Seconded by Mrs Sylvia Marler, everyone agreed. The final bill will be paid soon.
• The Vice Chairman has asked if the branch would be able to pay for the wreath laid by Corporal Buckley on Armistice Day. This would not set a precedent.
  Proposed: The Chairman. Seconded: Mr David Humphrey. Unanimously agreed.

Honorary Secretary’s Report.

• The notion of forming subcommittees has been discussed before. These would assist in the Poppy Appeal, Events and Subscriptions. I propose that they should be formed as and when required. The consensus of opinion was that these would be a good thing and all members present agreed to be available.
  Seconded by Mr David Humphrey.  Unanimously agreed.
• The relevant parts of the County three year plan will be circulated prior to the next meeting.
• The Secretary asked about the procedure for assisting the County with a donation. The meeting was informed that this is done on an annual basis.
  Mr David Humphrey proposed sending £500. Seconded by  the Secretary. Unanimously agreed.

Honorary Treasurer’s Report:

The Branch holds	Current Account	£269.16
	Branch Funds at Head Office	£13,080.07
	Total	£13,349.23

(After Minute Notes: £200 has been transferred from Head Office to The Current Account. A cheque has been issued for £500 to the County Welfare Fund.)

Welfare Chairman’s Report.

• No problems. I have been continuing visits to care homes in the town.

Poppy Appeal Organiser’s Report.

• Dates for this year have been agreed for collections on Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd of November. I will be applying for two days the previous week so that we collect on four days as we did last year.
• Some form of receipt for the wreath for the Engineers will be given to The Treasurer.

Recruitment Advisor’s Report:

• Since the AGM in November 3 people have joined the branch, increasing the membership from 183 to 186.
  109 Pay by Direct Debit
  75 Pay by Cash
  2 are Life members.

Badges

• I hold  9 Legion badges and £55.00
• The 75th Anniversary Pennant does not seem to have been issued to the Branch. Has it been applied for, as the Branch is 81 years old. I will pursue this on behalf of The Branch.

Monthly Draw:

January winners:	£10:00	Mr K Taylor	£5:00	Mr G Tancock
February winners:	£10:00	Mr T Rice	£5:00	Mr G A Gibbs

Standard Bearer’s Activities:

NTR.

Any Other Business:

• Mrs Angela Manners reported that Landlord of the Nag’s has the wooden plaque in safe keeping and he is happy for it to be relocated.
• Lt Col     Ross Bennett proposed displaying it at The Woodmead Halls.
  Seconded by Mr David Humphrey.  Unanimously agreed.
  The Chairman will write to The Nag’s Head.
  The Secretary will write to The Woodmead Halls Committee.

Future Meetings:

• The next General Committee Meeting will be held at 19:00 hours, in The Woodmead Halls, on the Thursday 01 March 2012.

• Dates for the rest of the year 2012:

• Thursday 03 May
• Thursday 05 July
• Thursday 06 September
• Thursday 04 October
• Thursday 01 November
• Date for the AGM to be arranged in November

Meeting Closed: at 19:35 hours.