Bartons Point Model Flying Club
– Minutes of December 2015 AGM Meeting
The 2015 AGM took place on Monday, 7th December 2015 at the Harps Inn attended by 42 members. The meeting was chaired by Dave Cook.
Apologies for Absence –
Mike Etheridge, George Hackman and Adrian Knowles
Minutes from last meeting
A printed version of the October 2015 minutes meeting was provided for member’s last minute reading and was accepted as correct.
New Membership Applications –
New membership applications were received from Eric Friend, Justin Lawrence, Nicholas Northwood, Ken Holmes, Carlos Hernandez and Kelly Marie Bush. All six applicants were warmly welcomed into our club.
Correspondence
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The secretary has received no alternate applications from members for nomination to the committee.
The secretary announced that she has only just been informed by a member that the BMFA has increased its yearly fee to £33, too late to alter the membership renewal forms and cheques that were being presented on the evening.
The club will not be asking members to pay the increase as they were not informed of the change. Consequently the club will subsidise the £1.00 increase.
Matters Arising
Dave Cook spoke about the recent vandal damage to our new field gate. Unfortunately, we do not have an immediate solution to defeat such a determined individual. It was decided to leave the gate in its current state until the Spring.
Jan Bruce confirmed the plan for the club Christmas dinner at the Hungry Fox in Hempstead on Wednesday 16th December at 8:00 pm at a cost of £12.99 for 3 courses or £10.99 for 2 courses.
Chairman’s Report for 2015
Dave Cook summarised the club’s very successful year. Weather and field condition gave us a slow start as rolling of the field was essential. During March and April, rolling got started thanks to Ray Shrubshall and Peter Scanlon who devoted much time and effort into getting the field really smooth. It’s not until you do this sort of thing
that you realise how large the field is.
The field was first properly cut in May which was when we really could see the improvement.
The Flying Spectacular weekend turned out to be an astonishing success, enjoyed by participants,
organisers and the general public alike.
It is considered the best Spectacular to date with the added laser lights and fireworks which were amazing.
Dave and the members were all looking forward to our 2016 event. Much appreciation and thanks was extended to all those who helped organise and work before, during and after the clearly marvellous weekend.
In August the club held its Scale Day event which was well attended. Two new judges invited by Dave Cook came and did a proper job of sorting through all the entries and flying. This was complimented by the excellent work done by Roy Hill on the selection and design of the trophies and certificates at a very reasonable price.
In August and September, work commenced on the new field gate. This was a truly a team effort and was finally finished after much ‘tweaking’ and sweat. Unfortunately, vandals damaged the locking pin bracket.
Dave was glad to see so many proficiency certificates achieved by members.
He also reminded all members to carefully read the club rules as posted on our Blog.
Dave Cook wished all members and their families a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
Treasurer’s Report
Simon Psaila, the club treasurer, provided an overview of the club’s finances over the year. Members were circulated copies of the accounts for the year 1st December 2014 to 7th December 2015 for their perusal.
Overall, the club accounts showed a healthy state and benefited from increased membership income and the gains from the Flying Spectacular
.
Stand-Down and Re-election of the New Committee
Dave Cook asked flying member Steve Hummel to perform the committee election procedure who accepted.
The Secretary confirmed that no alternate applications for any Committee posts had been received.
The old committee stood down. An election for each post was held.
The members voted and the following is the result.
The committee for 2016 will be:
Chairman – Dave Cook
Vice Chairman – Dave Redwood
Secretary – Jan Bruce
Treasurer – Simon Psaila
Heli Rep – Adrian Packer
Plane Rep – Trevor Smith
Safety Officer – Adrian Knowles.
All posts were voted on unanimously.
Any other business
Brian Hughes proposed a vote of thanks for the hard work and hours willingly donated by the club’s committee. Members present enthusiastically thanked and applauded the new/old committee which was gratefully appreciated.
Meeting closed at 20:50
Next meeting will be held on Monday 1st of February, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. at the Harps Inn.
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WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR,
