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| Directors' Meeting 7 January 2009 Championship Co-ordinator, Club Administrator. As has already been published on the Website, Forum and in Startline, Simon Davey is taking over these posts from Mary Cox. David Cox summarised the selection process and welcomed Simon (in his absence). Seven applications were received (two after the deadline). All were ‘strong’ candidates. Unsuccessful candidates were thanked for their applications. David anticipated Simon being proactive. His experience and contacts should be of great value to the club. Stephen Brooks has already provided Simon with access to the ‘Championship Announcements’ section of the Forum, the limited access to this section of the Forum. Simon Davey will not be a board member but he does intend to attend directors’ meetings. 2009 Calendar. Peter Whitmore briefly outlined the process by which the Race sub-committee organised the 2009 racing calendar. He explained that CSCC offered the best value, being up to 35% cheaper than BRSCC for identical events. Entry fees for individual races are not yet finalised. The directors’ intention was that the decrease in cost of race entries wrought in 2008 be maintained. The consensus was that these ‘low’ entry fees be publicised outside the club by issuing appropriate publicity material. Directors decided that the appropriate meeting to stage a summer BBQ was at Mallory Park. Mallory Park was to be the venue for the 2009 Ray Dackombe Memorial Trophy. The club is committed to paying for races prior to the meetings. In the absence of financial backing from an outside source, maintaining cash flow was discussed. One suggestion was to inviter competitors to block book races and pay prior to the start of the season. Technical Regulations 2009. David Cox explained that these had been circulated to directors, had been sent to the MSA, were available on the website and would be published in the 2009 yearbook. AGM and Prizegiving. Directors anticipated that the prize giving dinner with disco will take place as planned at Tewkesbury Park Hotel despite the financial problems of the group owning this hotel. The recommendation was that club members pay their bills to the hotel by credit card. A disco is booked (managed by Ewan Sergison, but on this occasion he is not the DJ). As previously announced, after long tenure David Cox is standing down from the post of Club Chairman. Two directors were nominated for the post but one of the nominees declined the nomination. Nick Harrison accepted the nomination. Directors discussed the roll of Club President. They were of the opinion that it was a post that could potentially be advantageous to the club, but that it was currently ‘looking for a role’. Several directors suggested suitable roles and linked names of possible candidates to these roles. It was anticipated that directors would sound out their contacts. David Cox and Patrick Huston offered themselves for rotational retirement and re-election. Co-opted directors Nick Harrison and David Parkinson offered themselves for election to the board. All board members are willing to stand for re-election. Sarah Harvey-Fern wished to stand for election to the board. As we currently have the maximum number of directors permitted in the Articles of the company, a small modification will need to be made to allow this to happen. Stoneleigh Show. The club will have a stand at this
show. To encourage the public to provide contact details, a draw entered
by providing contact details, was to be run at the show. |