Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday 09 May 2013 At 19:00 Hrs.
Present:
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Mr Cecil Quick
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President
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Mr Ken Whetlor
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Chairman
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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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Mrs Angela Manners.
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Member
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01. Exhortation:
The President
02. Apologies:
Mr Keith Austin
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Member
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Mr Mike Lloyd
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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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Absent:
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Mr Jon Hunt
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Member
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03. Minutes of the Last Meeting:
The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 7th of March
were agreed as a true record and signed by The Chairman.
Proposed: Angela Manners Seconded:
Ross Bennett Carried:Unanimously.
04. Matters Arising:
The Chairman had no idea why The Area Manager did not attend
the Meeting.
05. Additions to the Agenda.
Armed Forces Day.
CCF Affiliation.
06. Chairman’s Report.
NTR.
07. Vice Chairman’s Report.
Remembrance Day Parade. The meeting in the church been
successful. However, at the meeting with the other denominations The
Reverend Skinner reports that they, and
now she, are against the idea.
The Secretary will draft a letter for the Chairman to send to
The Reverend Jane Skinner inviting her and the other churches to a meeting to
resolve this issue.
The Town Band are incredibly busy during the summer but it
is hoped a convenient date may be found for them to hold a concert on our
behalf.
The Masonic Hall is happy to host a breakfast; dates need to
be confirmed.
08. Honorary Secretary’s Report.
A letter of thanks was sent to The Golf Club following our
dinner there.
I would like to propose a vote of thanks to Dave Humphrey
who worked extremely hard to make this evening such a success.
Seconded: Ross Bennett. Carried: enthusiastically unanimous.
A draft letter was agreed for The Chairman to send to Keith
Austin.
Courses: John Hurst is now The County Training Officer. Haig
House has been approached to run Branch Management and Branch Treasurer
Courses. If their staff cannot do so can County run them? An answer is awaited.
The Area manager, Christine Kitchener, deals with caseworker
training and can be contacted direct.
Jillian Hurst will be in touch regarding Standard Bearer and
Parade Marshal training.
Armed Forces Day, 29th of June 2013.
This will be a civic parade. The Salamanca Band from The
Rifles and The Lyme Regis Town Band will play in the shelters. The parade will
march from The Guildhall/Gun Cliff to the shelters, where there will be an
exchange of gifts.
As this will be taking place before the next meeting, I will
send an email after the meeting with The Town Clerk to confirm details. Please
give this wide publicity and encourage people to take part in the parade.
Inventory.
It would be advantageous if we held an inventory of The
Branch assets. The following items were identified by the meeting:
- The Standard, Frog and Gauntlets.
- The Plaque on the wall of The Woodmead Hall.
- The Chairman’s Medal of Office.
- The Goblet and Certificate in The Town Museum.
- The Quiz Trophy with Sylvia.
- The Jack Loveridge Trophy with David Humphrey.
The Chairman said there used to be a cup for the Best Member
of The Youth Club; he will try and trace this.
The inventory will be checked annually and County will
receive a copy.
The Final Agenda for The Annual Conference 2013. This held
by The Chairman and a copy was given to
Ross Bennett.
09. Honorary Treasurer’s Report:
The Branch holds:
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Last Report 06.03.13
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This report 09.05.13
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Current Account
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£69.29
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£256.33
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Branch Funds at Head Office
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£13,847.00
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£13,015.00
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Total
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£13,916.29
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£13,271.33
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Notes: Figures include donations of £230.33 made at Jim
McMurty's funeral service.
Membership fees of £832 have been collected by Head Office.
A copy of The Policy Statement concerning the legitimate use
of Branch funds was given to each member present.
As a former member of the CCF, Martin feels it would be
beneficial to explore the possibility of them becoming affiliated to The
Branch; he will liaise with the school.
10. Welfare Chairman’s Report.
Welfare visits continue to Care Homes and also people's
homes if requested.
11. Welfare Secretary’s Report.
I have missed two meetings, but Ross and I have chatted and
I will visit any female cases as required.
12. Poppy Appeal Organiser’s Report.
Nothing except that I have banked £211 from the raffle held
at the Dinner.
13. Recruitment Advisor’s Report:
We have lost one member, Mr McMurtry, since the last
meeting.
- The membership now stands at 164 members.
- 105 Pay by Direct Debit
- 57 Pay by Cash
- 2 are Life members.
I am pleased to say we should soon have our first youth member,
who is keen to wave a Legion flag.
The Welfare Form Alpha.
Dave explained the various pages that have to be completed
on the form. There are sections for details about the proposed recipient and
family, earnings, assets, income, expenditure and savings. To be eligible,
candidates must have capital of under £10K.
This is a very thorough procedure and takes about two hours
to complete. The final stage is the caseworkers report which is sent in for
consideration.
14. Standard Bearer’s Activities:
No one knew why The Standard Bearer had not been at The
Blessing of The Boats.
The Chairman will investigate and inform the next meeting.
15. Future Meetings:
GM
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Thursday the 5th of September, at 19:00 hours in The
Woodmead Halls.
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AGM
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Thursday the 28th of November 2013.
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Meeting Closed: at 19:58 hours.
