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March 2005 committee meeting minutes
Tuesday 29 March 2005

Minutes of committee meeting held on Monday 21 March 2005 at Cirencester Park

Present

Brian Hudson (Chairman/Treasurer)
Vin Breen (Under 13 Manager)
Margaret Brown
Phil Carter (2nd XI Captain)
Mark Clayton
Steve Harris (3rd XI Vice-captain)
Nick Price (Under 15 Manager)
John Putney (Fixture Secretary)
Andrew Reynolds (1st XI Captain)
Dan Robbins (Groundsman)
Brian Woodcock (Bar Secretary)

The Chairman opened the meeting by thanking all involved for the tremendous amount of hard work since the previous meeting.

1. Apologies

Andy Barnes (3rd XI captain)
Iain Butler
Rich Hudson (Evening League captain)
Dominic Jeffcott (1st XI vice-captai)
William Leschallas (Under 9 & 11 joint manager)
Trevor Telling (Secretary)

2. Matters arising from previous minutes (February 17th 2005)

Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) status applied for – Inland Revenue have two month backlog

3. Correspondence

None of major significance

4. Treasurer's Report

• Deposit Account £1104, Current Account £922, Cash in hand -£176. Total £1850
• Wedding ring found on square sold for £10.50!
• Subscriptions starting to come in
• St James Place donated £450 without strings. Bridges sponsorship and donation from Equimedia (£1200 for sightscreen) awaited. Agreed that sightscreen should be ordered so that, hopefully, available for Cricket Force
• Business Rates down from £592 -> £270 and Water £684 -> £360…and Electricity down as well

5. Senior Cricket

• Good feedback on first Rendcomb net session – many thanks to John P for organising. We will now try to continue David Essenhigh’s involvement. Action: BDH/JMP. Third session arranged for April 4.
• Wicket-keeping kit purchased for hirings etc.
• Thirds’ fixtures still awaited. BW to chase up
• Andy reported that the First XI now have their first match on April 30

6. Junior Cricket

• The Club is very fortunate that a well qualified Child Welfare Officer (Mrs Irene Gilchriest) has volunteered to take on the role. The CDO has been informed (Post Meeting: This is all that is required). This needs to be added to the web-site (Action: RH) and the noticeboard (Action: IG)
• Purchases agreed following Kit audit. Action: BDH
• Signing-on session on Sunday 17th April - agreed as 2:30 -> 4 pm.
• Cotswold fixtures are still awaited. Action: PAC
• The Under 13s first Stroud fixture is on 24 April. Action: VB
• Margaret has volunteered to organise the Sunday morning Clubhouse rota. Action: MB

7. Ground

• There have been problems with the Roller but Dan and Nick are happy that they are not terminal
• Donation received from Lord Bathurst to repair fence and shed – “Thank you” letter sent. Also Lord B’s agent wants to help Lord A organise his team for August
• Flicx are still planning to re-lay one pitch (or maybe two according to recent telephone call) but concerns about timing of delivery
• Agreed in principle to spray and scarify outfield. Quotes to be obtained Action: BDH/DR Concerns about disposal of residue – burn on car park or contractor to take away. Action: BDH
• John Turton has volunteered to “paint” the Groundsman’s Shed as part of CricketForce
• The repair of some of the mowers has been delayed, and the final cut of the strips for the Kwik Cricket Festival on March 23 will be done using a domestic mower. Nick has complained and a water pump has been donated. Mark suggested an alternative repairer for next winter

8. Clubhouse

• CricketForce!
– Nikki and Brains are doing a cracking job…but we need more people to step up to the plate. It was agreed that all committee members would phone their key associates straight after Easter. Action: All
– Mark volunteered to deliver 3 hours effort. Brian to identify the task(s). Action: BW
– Dan said that his mother had offered to help
– Good corporate support from Travis Perkins, Argos and Stikatak, plus Ermin Plant are loaning a roller
• Estate proceeding apace on the Cottage and front of the Pavilion roof. Hole in the Clubhouse ceiling plastered because the builder fell through!

9. Fixture Secretary's Report

• Agreed that we wanted the Fixture Card to be available as early as possible, but it would be best to wait until the Junior fixtures are available – currently targeted at 23 March (Cotswold) and 2 April (Stroud)
• John will now chase up the regular hirers and also try to arrange additional evening matches. Action: JMP

10. Redevelopment

Next steps agreed on Nick’s low cost, fit for purpose plan:
• Circulate copies to all committee members to feedback comments. Action: NP/All
• Publicise in the Clubhouse in late May/early June. Action: NP
• Start to think about funding. Action: BDH/NP

11. Bar Secretary's Report

Sadly, Brian will be posted abroad from June 11. Margaret reported that Danielle Brown is keen to be involved and Brian said that Nikki plans to continue her commitment after CricketForce.

12. Fund Raising

• Passed on CDC (it may be best to go for a Major grant (circa £15K) for redevelopment) and Sportsmatch (too time-consuming – needs to be tackled in the autumn)
• Raffle licence renewed

13. AOB

On-going Winter Issues list is attached.

• Three events to note:
- Cotswold Sports Partnership Kwik Cricket Festival on March 23 – Alex Harris and Dan and Rich Hudson helping on behalf of the Club
- CDC Sports Access course on March 31 – BDH is contact
- GCB Kwik Cricket Festival on June 8 – BDH is contact
• Steve Harris offered to investigate the feasibility of using the Andy Stovold fund-raising scheme. BDH to pass on the papers

Meeting closed at 21:55

14. Next Meetings

Monday 16 May 2005 - 7:30pm