Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch.Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis,Thursday 03 January 2013 At 19:00 Hrs.

Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch.Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis,Thursday 03 January 2013 At 19:00 Hrs.

Present:	Mr Cecil Quick	President
	Mr David Manners	Vice 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 Jon Hunt	Member & Standard Bearer
	Mrs Angela Manners.	Member

01. Exhortation.

The President

02. Apologies.

	MrsAnia Driver	Welfare Secretary
	Mr Keith Austin	Member

Absent:

	Mr Ken Whetlor	Chairman
	Mr Mike Lloyd	Member
	Mr Kevin Taylor	Member
	Mr Peter Ward	Member
	Mrs Jacqueline Ward	Member

03. Minutes of the Last Meeting.

The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 1st of November 2012 were agreed as a true record and signed by The Chairman.

Proposed: David Humphrey.        Seconded: Angela Manners.   Passed: Unanimously.

04. Matters Arising.

None.

05. Additions to the Agenda.

None.

06. Chairman’s Report.

Not present.

07. Vice Chairman’s Report.

Dates for meetings in 2013, all to be held at The Woodmead Halls on a Thursday at 19:00 hours:

GM:	7 March
	2 May
	4 July
	5 September
	3 October
	7 November.
AGM:	28 November.

It was agreed at The AGM that henceforth the Remembrance Parade will be held in the morning. The Secretary should draught a letter for The Chairman to send to the Church and the Council informing them of the change. They will be invited to send any comments by the 1st of March and these will be incorporated into the discussion about the Parade at the next meeting.

Proposed: Angela Manners.         Seconded: Ross Bennett.   Passed: Unanimously.

At The AGM it was decided to replace The Festival of Remembrance with alternative activities - has anyone got any ideas?

David Humphrey informed the meeting that The Golf Club has been booked for a meal on Saturday the 6th of April, at 19:00 for 19:30 hours. He will be sending round menus for members to choose a meal. A minimum of twenty people are required.

David also suggested:

• A Band Concert with a military theme in October.
• A Coffee Morning.
• A Children’s Party.
• A Big Breakfast in November.

These were all welcomed as good ideas and could be held at any time in the year, not just November. The Children’s Party was considered to be too difficult. The Vice Chairman will contact the Town Band to ascertain approval and availability; and check with the Town Diary to identify dates that will not clash with other activities.

Ross Bennett suggested holding a small stage show and/or a bingo evening.

The Vice Chairman thanked everyone for the response and said that dates, events and volunteers to run them could be discussed at the next meeting.

08. Honorary Secretary’s Report.

I have sent out the Minutes of The AGM. I have checked with county and they cannot be approved until the next AGM. You all have them, I would emphasise that, although they have been distributed, it is for home consumption only and not to be transmitted outside of The Committee.

09. Honorary Treasurer’s Report.

The Branch holds:	Last Report 29.11.12	This report 03.01.13
Current Account	£1,164.79	£1,077.79
Branch Funds at Head Office	£13,738.10	£13,738.10
Total	£14,902.89	£14,815.89

Notes: 

Current account is inflated by cash membership monies. This cash will be debited by Head Office at the end of Feb 2013, having gained some interest for us over these three months.

The donation of £1000 to County Welfare is not yet reflected in the above figures.

Oct-Dec BFI interest has not yet been advised (about £90) and is not in the above figures.

10. Welfare Chairman’s Report.

Nothing really new. I am visiting someone at the moment at Bymead.

Angela Manners wanted it put on record that we have a bed at Bymead, donated by the Legion for a beneficiary*.

*beneficiary's name withheld from blog version

11. Welfare Secretary’s Report.

Not present.

12. Poppy Appeal Organiser’s Report.

I have had a cheque for £81.90 from the Parish Church for the Poppy Appeal.

The proposed dates for the street collections this year are:

• 25/26 October
• 01/02 November
• 08/09 November.

13. Recruitment Advisor’s Report.

I can inform the committee that there is no change in the membership from the AGM last year and I have sold no badges since last November. But I do have one person in my sights to join.
On another note I have preliminary booked the Golf Club for a meal for members on the 6th April this year, I am just waiting for a menu to be delivered and then I will be sending out a letter to members. With luck there will be enough interest and it can go ahead.

The new County Chairman, Mrs Lucy Eden, was invited by The Chairman at, last year’s Festival, to visit The Branch and she will be attending our next meeting.

14. Standard Bearer’s Activities.

Jon has ordered his regalia.

The President enquired about the condition of the standard; it is slightly dirty but not torn.

The next official occasion for the standard will be Rogation Sunday the 5th of May.

15. Future Meetings.

The next General Committee Meeting will be held at 19:00hours, in The Woodmead Halls, on the Thursday the 7th March in the presence of The County Chairman.

Meeting Closed: at 19:48 hours.