MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE LYME REGIS BRANCH.
HELD AT THE WOODMEAD HALLS, LYME REGIS,
THURSDAY 4th OCTOBER 2012 AT 19:00 HRS.
Present:
Mr Cecil Quick
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President
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Mr David Manners
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Vice Chairman
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Mr Tony Smith
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Honorary Secretary
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Mr Martin Jones
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Honorary Treasurer
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Lt Col Ross Bennett
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Welfare Chairman
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Mrs Ania Driver
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Welfare Secretary
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Mrs Sylvia Marler
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Poppy Appeal Organiser
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Mr David Humphrey
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Recruitment Advisor
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Mr Keith Austin
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Member
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Mr Mike Lloyd
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Member
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Mrs Angela Manners.
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Member
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Mr Kevin Taylor
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Member
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Mr Peter Ward
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Member
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Mrs Jacqueline Ward
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Member
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01. Exhortation: The President
02. Apologies:
Mr Ken Whetlor Chairman
Mr John Hunt Member
Mr David Manners chaired the meeting and opened by welcoming Mike Lloyd back.
03. Minutes of the Last Meeting:
The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 13th of September 2012 were agreed as a true record and signed by The President.
Proposed: Kevin Taylor Seconded: Ania Driver Passed: unanimously
04. Matters Arising:
Peter and Jacqueline Ward apologised for their absence at the last meeting.
No one received an invitation for The Woodmead Halls 30th Annivesery celebration.
05. Additions to the Agenda.
None.
06. Chairman’s Report.
Not present.
07. Vice Chairman’s Report.
Everything is progressing for the remembrance period; everyone has the dates and the format is the same as previous years.
The Festival of Remembrance.
Posters for the Festival were distributed. The County guests have been invited; The Secretary will invite The Mayor of Lyme Regis, Miss Sally Holman, and The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, Mrs Minnie Churchill.
David Humphrey will send a list of current Standard Bearers to The Vice Chairman.
Ross and Ania will manage the door and the raffle as in previous years.
The most important thing is for helpers to assist in the preparation of The Halls from 10:00 hours on Saturday the 3rd of November.
Pip Evans will be comparing again but this will be his last year.
Contributions for raffle prizes should be brought on the day.
The meeting was reminded that Remembrance Day is on the 11th this year; the War Memorial in the morning and the Parade in the afternoon.
08. Honorary Secretary’s Report.
The latest RBL News Letter was handed out.
The new three year County Plan is expected in January 2013.
The Secretary gave his apologies as he will be unable to attend the AGM. All the paper work will be presented at the next meeting ready for completion. The Vice Chairman volunteered to take the minutes.
09. Honorary Treasurer’s Report:
The Branch holds
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Note:
I will transfer a further £500 to the higher interest earning Head Office Account.
The annual accounts are being finalised and signatures from Ross and Ania are required to authorise the auditors to access the accounts.
The accounts will be with the auditors next week and should be ready for presentation to the next meeting, on the 1st of November, when the signatures of The Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary will be required.
There will be copies of the accounts at the next meeting. Everyone on The Committee is responsible for the correct financial procedure for Branch Funds. Any observations, comments or recommendations about policy, or individual transactions, will be welcome.
10. Welfare Chairman’s Report.
Nothing new to report. Home visit programme is on-going.
The telephone number for Lyme Regis taxis is: 07900 69 85 69. Ania will post notices or laminated cards for this number if necessary.
The Vice Chairman added that an item for The AGM would be ways of improving communications between The Branch and the population.
11. Welfare Secretary’s Report.
NTR.
12. Poppy Organiser’s Report.
Still have not received payment from the Coast Guards for their wreath from last year.
After some discussion, The Secretary proposed that no more wreaths would be made for them.
Proposed: Tony Smith Seconded: David Humphrey Passed: unanimously
The collection dates for this year, 2012, were confirmed as:
Saturday 27 October
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Friday 02 November
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Saturday 03 November
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Friday 09 November
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Saturday 10 November
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Lists are being prepared for the street collections.
13. Recruitment Advisor’s Report:
I have still not received the cash cards, I spoke to the county chairman about this last night and he is going to investigate it. As it stands as of Monday 1st October all cash members are lapsed members and can remain in the Legion for three months without paying a membership fee. After that they should re-join the legion as a direct debit payer or leave the legion. This is a worst case scenario if the cards do not show up.
I have been invited along with the poppy appeal organiser to attend the golf club's ladies AGM next Thursday at 13:30 hrs. to receive a cheque from the ladies captain, as the poppy appeal washer chosen charity last year.
News from the County
The County chairman send his apologies as he and his wife will not be able to attend our Festival of Remembrance as he will be away.
Mrs Lucy Eden county vice chairman and her husband
Mr Mick Arnold and his wife
Mr Michael Tuck and his wife will all be attending.
The county secretary will be leaving the post at the end of the month to take up a post in Haig House London. The post of County Secretary has been advertised.
14. Standard Bearer’s Activities.
Not present.
Mr David Humphrey believes that John Hunt has The Standard and has attended training.
15. Any Other Business:
Kevin gave his apologies for not being able to attend the next meeting but is available for street collections.
16. Future Meetings:
Date, time and place of the next meetings:
GM:
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Thursday 1st of November, at 19:00 hours in The Woodmead Halls.
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AGM:
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Thursday 29th of November.
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The Meeting Closed: at 19:37 hours.
