Minutes Of The Extraordinary General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held At The Nag's Head, Lyme Regis, Thursday The 5th June 2014 At 18:30 Hrs.

Minutes Of The Extraordinary General Meeting Of The Lyme Regis Branch.
Held At The Nag's Head, Lyme Regis,
Thursday The 5th June 2014  At 18:30 Hrs.

Present:

Mr David Manners	Vice Chairman
Mr Tony Smith	Honorary Secretary
Mr Martin Jones	Honorary Treasurer
Lt Col Ross Bennett	Welfare Chairman
Mrs Ania Driver	Welfare Secretary
Mrs Sylvia Marler	Poppy Appeal Organiser
Mr Jon Hunt	Member/Std Bearer
Mr Peter Ward	Member
Mrs Jacqueline Ward	Member

Exhortation:

The Secretary.

Apologies:

Mr Cecil Quick	President
Mr David Humphrey	Membership Secretary
Mr Kevin Taylor	Member/Parade Marshal
Mrs Angela Manners.	Member

Minutes of the Last Meeting:

The Minutes of the last Meeting held on the 1st of May 2014 were agreed as a true record and signed by The Chairman.

Proposed: Sylvia Marler

Seconded: Jon Hunt

Carried: Unanimously.

Matters Arising:

There has been no answer from The Rifles regarding Armed Forces Day. Therefore, there will not be a parade this year. (After Minute. An informal gathering will be held at 18:00 hours on Saturday the 28th of June at The Nag's head.)

Vice Chairman.

David Manners explained that the meeting had been arranged to confirm the details of The D-Day weekend.

Programme of Events.

Friday 6 June.

06:00 Hours	Act of Remembrance. St Michael's Churchyard Garden of Rest
	Revs Stephen and Jane Skinner.
	Media will be present.
	Dress as per Remembrance Sunday.
07:00 Hours	Walk the route for Sunday's parade. Erect flags on The Marine Parade.
11:00 Hours+	Fly Past
13:00 Hours	St Michael's Primary School Tea Dance. Woodmead Halls.
19:30 Hours	Variety Show. Woodmead Halls. Ania and Jacqui to arrange collection boxes.

Saturday 7 June.

10:00 Hours	1942 Film “Went the day Well.” Regent Cinema. Entrance - £1 downstairs, £2 upstairs.
19:30 Hours	D-Day Dance. Woodmead Halls.

Sunday 8 June.

13:00 Hours	Unveiling of the bronze plaque from the 16th Infantry Veteran’s Association, U.S.A. By The Mayor.
13:15 Hours	Mayor's Speech.
13:30 Hours	Parade muster at Gun Cliff. Dress as per Remembrance Sunday. 10 County Standard Bearers have been invited. Order of march: Standards, RBL, Woodroffe CCF, RNLI, Fire Brigade, Coast Guard followed by The LRTC. Route: The Marine Parade, right wheel 180o  and halt in front of The Jubilee Pavilion. Order of Service will be distributed.
14:00 Hours	Service starts. Standards to be lowered during National Anthems

All proceeds from the weekend will go to The RBL.

David recorded his thanks for the hard work and dedication of the staff of the LRTC, The Rev. Jane Skinner, the traders of Lyme Regis who had purchased flags, T\he RBL, the schools and all the volunteers from the town. A special vote of thanks to Matt Puddy for his efforts to get the flags waving.

Future Meetings:

The next General Committee Meeting will be held at 19:00hours, in The Woodmead Halls, on the Thursday the 3rd of July 2014.

Meeting Closed: at 19:24 hours.