Tri Services Radios Sailing Association Annual General Meeting
Held Saturday 12 October 2008 in the Gosport MYC Clubhouse.
Present:
Nigel Taylor (Commodore) Dave Cox (Secretary) Roddy Simpson (Army Captain)
Chas Jordon (RAF Captain) Roy Stevens (RN Captain, Mike Tattersall, Mike Nichols,
Peter Nichols, Vinnie Zammitt, Doug Genders, Brian Leighton, Neil Baxter,
Roger Plumb, Steve Rudd, John Cleave, Roy Scott.
Apologies:
John Taylor (Absent on duty)
The Commodore opened the meeting and welcomed everyone for attending.
The Minutes from the 2007
Brian Leighton proposed and Roy Scott seconded the proposal that the minutes
be accepted as a true record and this was fully agreed by the meeting.
Arising from the 2007 minutes
There were no matters arising from the minutes.
REPORTS
The Commodore reported that he was pleased with the turn out and looked forward to the next year.
He also pointed out that he was happy to carry on this year but will be standing down as Commodore next year at the AGM.
The Secretary brought up the fact that the committee in the constitution need to be elected annually,
he stated he felt this should be extended to a period of three years. After a brief discussion this was agreed
and a vote was cast and carried unanimously. Therefore the present committee will remain in office until October 2010.
The secretary went on to advise that we now have twenty two members registered on the books and asked everyone
to ensure that they kept their details up to date.
The Treasurers report was placed onto the web site for all to see as John was away on duty.
There were no questions regarding the financial standing.
1. John Taylor put forward via email that he felt the association should consider having a press officer,
after a fairly short discussion it was felt by everyone that John was best placed to do this and
that we would wait until he was available and put it to him. His work on the website was appreciated by
everyone and his dedication was second to none.
2. John also asked if more members would consider taking out their MYA memberships via the association
and also to sail under the Tri Service Banner. This was discussed and a few members agreed to change over.
However some members still felt they had allegiances to their home clubs and wanted to remain registered
there, after discussion this was agreed. It was also pointed out that when members enter events under the
Tri Service banner we would get ranking points.
3. Dave Cox had once again provided some weather tops and fleeces, he asked the membership what they
thought about trying to get some badges, which we could put over the London Marathon logo. He asked
the membership if anyone had a copy of the Tri Service badge that we could copy. Brian Leighton and
Neil Baxter said they would see what could be gotten and would come back with answers.
4. The question of the website was discussed as we have had an offer to rebuild the website for us at no cost,
It was felt this was a good idea and left with the secretary to follow this up and report back to the committee.
Any other business
The question of entry fees was raised by the secretary as the £10 paid this year only just covered the cost of the
trophies and the engraving, Brian Leighton proposed that we charge £15 next year, this was voted on and
carried unanimously, therefore the entry fee for 2009 will be £15 per person. If a social is required then this
will be an extra cost and funded by those attending.
The question of venues was discussed as we had been advised by Gosport that it may not be possible to have
the big lake for two consecutive days next year, however Brian Leighton was going back to the Gosport committee
and would report back.
(I have pleasure in advising everyone that we will have the use of the club on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October 2009).
There being no other business the Commodore closed the meeting but before doing so proposed a
vote of thanks to the secretary for putting up the clothing and organising this years event, and also to Gosport MYC for their hospitality.