Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday 10 October 2013 At 19:00 Hrs.

Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch.Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday 10 October 2013 At 19:00 Hrs.

Present:

Mr Ken Whetlor	Chairman
Mr Tony Smith	Honorary Secretary
Mr Martin Jones	Honorary Treasurer
Mrs Ania Driver	Welfare Secretary
Mrs Sylvia Marler	Poppy Appeal Organiser
Mr David Humphrey	Recruitment Advisor
Mr Jon Hunt	Member/ Std Bearer
Mr Kevin Taylor	Member

01. Exhortation:

The Chairman.

02. Apologies:

Mr Cecil Quick	President
Mr David Manners	Vice Chairman
Lt Col Ross Bennett	Welfare Chairman
Mr Mike Lloyd	Member
Mrs Angela Manners	Member
Mr Peter Ward	Member
Mrs Jacqueline Ward	Member

03. Minutes of the Last Meeting:

The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 5^th of September 2013 were agreed as a true record and signed by The Chairman.

 Proposed Mr Kevin Taylor   Seconded Mrs Sylvia Marler   Carried Unanimously.

04. Matters Arising:

Jon Hunt apologised for not attending the standard bearer training on the 22^nd , he had noted it down as the 29^th.

05. Additions to the Agenda.

None.

06. Chairman’s Report.

NTR.

07. Vice Chairman’s Report.

Not present.

08. Honorary Secretary’s Report.

           

The Vice Chairman was not there to lead the discussion on 2014 fund-raising. The Secretary distributed a 2014 Year Planner for use at the next, and subsequent meetings. Everyone was asked to bring ideas, that they are willing to run with, for consideration.

Dave Humphrey suggested a Tea Dance on the Saturday of the D Day weekend.

Remembrance Parade. An answer is still awaited from the two Town Mace Bearers as to if they wish to attend as Mace Bearers, part of The RBL, or just join the rear of our parade for the march past The War memorial.

There is a meeting with the Commander of The Woodroffe CCF, Mr Stewart Ruffle, tomorrow to discuss the remembrance parade timings and possible affiliation. Martin and Kevin will also attend.

Correspondence. The County newsletter has been distributed. A special circular about The Annual Conference for 2014 and a letter about prospective candidates for election  in 2014,  were given to The Chairman.

09. Honorary Treasurer’s Report:

The Branch holds:	Last Report	This report
	05.09.2013	10.10.2013
Current Account	£     544.98	£     536.48
Branch Funds at Head Office	£13,213.82	£13,215.82
Total	£13,758.80	£13,752.30

Note:  

No news yet on the mystery trusts held for this branch. I will chase this again. They are in the name of Mrs Gladys Ann Armstrong, whose membership ended five or six years ago.

Trust 1: £20,500	interest £373
Trust 2: £12,500	interest £188

10. Welfare Chairman’s Report.

Not present.

11. Welfare Secretary’s Report.

NTR apart from that the taxi business has been sorted by The Vice Chairman.

12. Poppy Appeal Organiser’s Report.

Collection days are being organised on:

Friday 25 October and Saturday 26 October

Friday 01 November and Saturday 02 November

Friday 08 November and Saturday 09 November.

The Secretary suggested that collectors could be asked if they would be willing to fill  slots after 14:00 hours. These dates are the main source of fund collection for this year and a maximum effort is needed.

13. Recruitment Advisor’s Report:

I am continuing to collect the cash cards.

D Day. I am glad to say that at the D Day weekend next year, a contingent from The Lyme Regis Football Club will be laying crosses for the Lyme Regis war dead in Normandy. This will continue to happen as long as we can supply the crosses.

We have a volunteer to be a Deputy Standard Bearer, Michaela Ellis' daughter, Kelsey who is a youth member of our Branch and a member of the CCF cadets. I would recommend putting her name forward at the next AGM for consideration.

 Proposed Mr David Humphrey Seconded Mr Kevin Taylor Carried Unanimously.

14. Standard Bearer’s Activities.

The County Standard Bearer Competition will be held on Saturday the 12^th of October at Bovington. This will be attended by Kevin, Jon, Martin, Dave Humphrey and Tony.

Kevin and Jon will attend about two hours training on some of the following dates:

13^th, 19^th and 20^th of October and the 3^rd of November.

Subsequent activities will be:

HMS Formidable, The Polish War Memorial, Remembrance Sunday, Armistice Day       and The AGM.

15. Future Meetings:

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

AGM Thursday the 28^th of November.

Meeting Closed: at 19:48 hours.