Minutes Of The General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday 2nd January 2014 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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Mr
David Humphrey
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Recruitment
Advisor
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Lt
Col Ross Bennett
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Welfare
Chairman
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Mrs
Sylvia Marler
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Poppy
Appeal Organiser
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Mrs
Angela Manners.
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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:
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Mrs
Ania Driver
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Welfare
Secretary
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Mr
Kevin Taylor
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Member
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Absent:
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Mr
Ken Whetlor
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Chairman
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Mr
Jon Hunt
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Member/Std
Bearer
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03. Minutes of the AGM:
The
Minutes of The AGM had been received by all those present. There were no comments.
04. Matters Arising:
None.
05. Additions to the Agenda.
Distribution
of money to be raised at The D-Day events in June this year.
David
Humphrey suggested that any proceeds should go to this year's Poppy Appeal.
Proposed:
David Humphrey Seconded: Peter Ward Carried: Unanimously.
06. Chairman’s Report.
Absent.
07. Vice Chairman’s Report.
Dates
for 2014:
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06
Mar
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GM
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Woodmead
Halls.
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??
Apr (TBC).
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Quiz
Night
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01
May
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GM
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Woodmead
Halls.
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17
May 10:00 hrs.
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Coffee
Morning,
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Pilot
Boat
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25
May.
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Blessing
of The Boats
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05
Jun
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EGM
re D-Day (if required).
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14
Jun.
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Dinner
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The
Golf Club
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03
Jul
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GM
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Woodmead
Halls.
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04
Sep.
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GM
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Woodmead
Halls
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02
Oct
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GM
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Woodmead
Halls.
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06
Nov
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GM
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Woodmead
Halls.
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09
Nov
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Remembrance
Sunday.
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27
Nov
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AGM
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Woodmead
Halls.
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I
would like to mention that Graham “Nomad” Smith died recently. He did a lot for
The RBL and will be missed; our thoughts are with his wife Mary.
08. Honorary Secretary’s Report.
A
donation of £261.70 was received in memory of the late Florence Elizabeth
Williams. A letter of thanks has been sent to her daughter, Mrs Long.
There
was a Lyme Regis Town Council meeting on the 19th of December 2013. It is
planned that the Town Events Diary will be published on a website in future.
The details have been passed to The Vice Chairman.
09. Honorary Treasurer’s Report:
Last Report
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This Report
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28 Nov 2013
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02 Jan 2014
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The
Branch holds
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Current
Account
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£423.08
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£403.08
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Branch
Funds at Head Office
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£13,281.95
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£13,281.95
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Total
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£13,705.03
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£13,685.03
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Note: I am still investigating how we may utilise
the £32K held in the trust funds.
10. Welfare Chairman’s Report.
No
new cases. Routine visits continue.
11. Welfare Secretary’s Report.
Not
present.
12. Poppy Appeal Organiser’s Report.
The
box at the tree collected £5.90p.
13. Recruitment Advisor’s Report:
The
membership has not changed since The AGM.
Badges.
I have sold all the badges and can now hand over to The Treasurer £105. I will
not be purchasing any more, but if any Member of The Committee would like to
take this on please see me for the contact details.
14. Standard Bearer’s Activities:
Absent.
15. Future Meetings:
The
next General Committee Meeting will be held at 19:00hours, in The Woodmead
Hall, on the Thursday the 6th of March
2014.
Meeting
Closed: at 19:30 hours.
