Minutes of The General Meeting of The Lyme Regis Branch. Held at The Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis, Thursday the 8th Of January 2015 at 19:00 Hours.

MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE LYME REGIS BRANCH.HELD AT THE WOODMEAD HALLS, LYME REGIS,
THURSDAY THE 8th OF JANUARY 2015 AT 19:00 HOURS.

Exhortation:

The Vice Chairman.

Present:
	Mr David Humphrey	Vice Chairman/Membership Secretary
	Mr Tony Smith	Honorary Secretary
	Mr Martin Jones	Honorary Treasurer
	Mrs Ania Driver	Welfare Representative
	Mrs Jacqueline Ward	Poppy Appeal Organiser
	Mr Kevin Taylor	Parade Marshal
	Mr Jon Hunt	Standard Bearer
	Mrs Sylvia Marler	Member
	Mr Ian Marshal	Branch Member
Apologies:
	Mr Cecil Quick	President
	Mr David Manners	Chairman
	Mrs Angela Manners.	Member
	Mr Peter Ward	Member
Absent:
	None	.

Minutes of the Last Meeting:

The last Meeting was held on the 27th of November 2014.

Matters Arising:

Ania asked if a letter had been sent to the previous chairman, Ken Whetlor, as there was no mention of one in The Minutes. The Secretary replied that it had been part of The AGM, but he would check with The Chairman if one had been sent.

The Vice Chairman had pointed out to The Secretary that Page 3, paragraph 9, concerning The HMS Formidable timetable should read “[Buffet courtesy of The Landlord]”. This has been amended.

The Minutes were then agreed as a true record and signed by The Chairman.

Proposed:

Sylvia Marler

Seconded:

Ania Driver

Carried:

Unanimously.

Additions to the Agenda.

None.

Chairman.

The Chairman was not present, but The Vice Chairman was sure he would have reported that, during HMS Formidable Day, he had been presented with a plaque from HMS Vivid. This will be displayed in this meeting room and it is hoped that a framed explanatory certificate would hang underneath. Martin will investigate how to fund this.

Vice Chairman.

Protocol. The only people entitled to attend meetings of The Lyme Regis Branch are members of The Branch or members of other branches by invitation. This is true for General Meetings, Extraordinary General Meetings and Annual General Meetings. Non-members may attend before a meeting to give a talk or for a photograph for instance, but must leave prior to the start of the meeting. This information can be confirmed by The County Membership Officer.

Details of Lyme Regis personnel that died in conflict were passed to Jon Hunt, who will commemorate their passing at the War Memorial.

Honorary Secretary.

Training. In an ideal world all Committee Members should have attended a course to assist them to carry out their role. The important one is The Branch Management Course and this year one is to be held in Shaftesbury on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of July.

Also, there will be a Branch Committee Training Session to be held at Bovington some time in March. The Vice Chairman will confirm the date and programme.

Honorary Treasurer.

		Last Report	This Report
		27 Nov 2014	08 Jan 2015
The Branch holds	Current Account	£594.55	£366.95
	Branch Funds at Head Office	£14,390.17	£10,772.26
	Total	14,984.72	£11,139.21

Note:

Money that was requested from Head Office by fax on the 1st of December has now arrived at our local bank; the cheque for £3,000 to The County Benevolent Fund can now be presented. It is unclear what caused such a slow money transfer; Dave Humphrey will follow this up at County.

Welfare Representative.

The official hand-over from Ross to myself was completed on the 4th of December.

Poppy Appeal Organiser. 

NTR.

Membership Secretary.

You all have a Membership Application Form in front of you. If everyone recruits one new member before the March Meeting, and we will increase our membership. DD  Members only please! Dave then explained how to complete the form.

We have lost one member since the last meeting;

The membership now stands at 155:
	111 Pay by Direct Debit,
	40 Pay by Cash,
	2 are Life Members,	2 are Youth Members.

I have a list of Correspondence from the families who attended the commemoration on Tuesday that I will pass on to the Secretary.

Parade Marshal.

The Standard Bearer is attending the Competition on October the 10th .

Standard Bearer.

Commemoration dates  received from The Membership Secretary.

Members.

NTR.

Future Meetings:

The next General Committee Meeting will be held at 19:00hours, in The Woodmead Halls, on the Thursday the 5th of March 2015.

Meeting Closed:

19:36 hours.