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Friday 12 January 2018, 5.30pm, Room 1/26a, Great Minster House, London. |
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Attendees |
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Barry Gigg, Richard Abigail, Jason Marchant, Paul Gaught,
Michael Duggan, Mark Williams, Dan Forman, Matthew Conway, Mike Kamellard, Harish Kumar, James Hewlett.
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Apologies |
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Jamie Ratcliff, Ian Moxon, Konrad Chodzko-Zajko, Simon
Gundry, Mike Berry, Merv Aranha, Will Walker, Steve Meyler, Adam Spencer-Bickle, Vijay Anand, Gary Plahe,
Chris Mountain. |
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Minutes of the last meeting |
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These were agreed. |
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Matters arising |
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There were no matters arising. |
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Chairman's Report |
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Chairman, Will Walker, was unable to attend. In his
absence Paul Gaught gave the Chairman's report. He reported that for once Superstars had not
had a winning season. He reported that the end of season celebrations had taken place in November
and had been well attended. He thanked everyone for their hard work on keeping the club buoyant
and maintaining a friendly but challenging fixture line up. Particular thanks went out to Izzy
again for her awesome cakes and to Steve Meyler for being Steve Meyler. He hoped that many of the
club members would be present at the nets sessions whose dates would be released by Barry Gigg
in the very near future. |
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Treasurer's Report |
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The accounts had been audited. The Treasurer went
through the details of income and expenditure and the forthcoming SPARTA bid. All players were
reminded that if they were in DfT or DCLG then they should join SPARTA at a cost of £2 a month.
This year’s club expenditure included 2 years' worth of trophies due to the presentation
evenings for both 2016 and 2017 both being held in 2017, also the cost of the website was
for three years. The price for nets was due to increase to £540 and the cost of hiring
pitches at South Wimbledon was yet to be confirmed. Barry had not heard from Sparta about
bids for this year and so asked if anyone knew who the correct contact was at Sparta. Jason
Marchant said that he would investigate. The accounts and bid were approved by Members. |
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Action: JM to confirm correct Sparta contact. |
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Election of Officers |
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No nominations had been received. Will Walker was
stepping down as the Chairman, all present thanked Will for his service as the Chairman.
Paul Gaught nominated Matthew Conway for the post of Chairman, this was seconded by Michael
Duggan. Matthew Conway was elected by acclamation as Chairman. The following appointments
were agreed unanimously along with the addition of two new members to the committee,
James Hewlett and Harish Kumar. Elected officers are as follows:- |
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| Chairman | Matthew Conway | |
| Secretary | Jason Marchant | |
| Treasurer | Barry Gigg | |
| Fixture Secretary | Vijay Anand | |
| Committee Members | Mike Taylor, Chris Mountain, Mark Williams,
Paul Gaught, Michael Duggan, Gary Plahe, Adam Spencer, Simon Gundry, Ian Moxon, Vijay Anand, Steve Meyler, Richard Smith, Dan Forman, Mike Kamellard,
Will Walker, Mark Anderson, James Hewlett, Harish Kumar. | |
| Captain | Barry Gigg | |
| Vice Captain | As and when required | |
| Auditor | Richard Abigail | |
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Motions |
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No motions were received. |
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Arrangements for 2018 Season |
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There were already 12 confirmed fixtures for 2018 including two fixtures at LSE. A Sunday game was
also planned for 13th May. Vijay was planning a similar amount of fixtures as to last year. |
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Steve Meyler was sorting arrangements for the tour which was to be held in Wales. So far it was unsure
how Steve was coping with the preparations as he had not confirmed any details with the committee. The Committee was grateful for any ongoing work
into arranging the tour and offered Steve any help he required to complete the arrangements. The tour is a long-standing club tradition
and players are encouraged to come along to what has always proved a very enjoyable weekend. |
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Action: Paul Gaught to continue chasing progress on the tour arrangements with Steve Meyler. |
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Any Other Business |
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Four new players had come forward during the close season these included 2 from DfT, 1 from Communities,
and 1 from DEFRA. Recruitment posters needed to be added to Intranet sites and staff notice boards. It was suggested that Simon Gundry and
Rick Smith could be used as contacts in DCLG. JM and WW would continue in DfT, PG in Home Office and MD in BEIS. Matthew Conway said that he may
be able to get a few good players from Lloyds should the club be in need. Posters needed to highlight the nets when they were put up in the near
future in Departments. Barry would be sending details of the nets around shorty. The nets begin in March. |
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Action: Jason Marchant to email a copy of the poster to all involved.
Barry Gigg to email details of nets to all club members. |
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The potential use of mailchimp for emails regarding club business such as matches, nets etc. was discussed.
Paul G said he would investigate the use mailchimp for our contacts list and liaise with Mark W if he struggled. |
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Action: Paul Gaught to investigate the use of mailchimp for contacts from the club. |
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It was asked if new shirts and caps could be purchased this season. Mark Williams agreed to take this on
in liaison with Mike Kamellard who had suggested a supplier. Caps that don't itch please! |
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Action: Mark Williams to make arrangements for new club shirts
and caps to be purchased this year. |
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There being no other business the meeting closed at 6.36pm. (22 minutes earlier than last year!) |
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Jason Marchant, Secretary. |
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