There is a club Comittee on Friday at Julies house,please find below the agenda for the meeting...
Apologies for Absence:
Minutes of Last Meeting:
Matters arising:
Treasurer’s Report
Matters for Discussion:
- Track management
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- Toilets/kitchen office – decorating/tiling
- Fund raising/promotions
- Summer series - trophies, presentation evening
- Braintree regional (Norwich)
- BMX festival/open meeting.
- AGM
- Logo and shirt
Any Other Business:
Date of Next Meeting:
Also the minutes of the April meeting are below
Braintree BMX Club
Committee Meeting Minutes
4 APRIL 2008
Present: Marie, Glen, Lee and Ryan East, Alan Elvin, Julie, Richard and Bradley Watts, Julian Allen.
Apologies: Jane Legrove, Ian Farr, Andrea, Stu Dixon, Mark Seaman, Gary Miller.
Matters arising from previous minutes:
• Lock box for container remains outstanding – AE to sort.
• Flooring for kitchen – RW to sort.
Treasurer’s report: see attached for report.
Monies to be spent:
• Mini digger and driver £140
• Move of above £80
• Lunch for working parties Sat – Marie, Sun – Julie.
Track Management: Weekend from Friday – Monday 11/13 April.
• Hire of equipment as above.
• Ask Wayne/Ryan about loaning quad bike.
• Ask Richard Everitt about dumper.
Toilets/Kitchen/Office
• Tiling/flooring to be completed – RW.
• Office chairs to be purchased – JW.
• BBQ has been purchased – thanks to Marie.
• Painting – CR to approach community service groups.
• Professional graffiti – CR/ME
• Waterproofing of roof – DG.
Fund raising and promotions
GM unavailable for this meeting.
Register of qualified First Aiders
Still to be completed – JW.
Summer Series
• Dates confirmed as:
Practice sessions 9 April – 30 April;
Race meetings 7 May – 10 September.
• £1 charge for gate practice agreed.
• Newcomer’s medals for first three race meetings agreed – JW to organise.
• Suggestion to add a female class to the race formulae – add for winter series – JW. Alternatively allow female riders to ride down a class – for addition on AGM agenda.
Winter series trophies/medals
• Presentation on Wed 23 April.
• Trophies for 4 or more meetings.
• Medals for youngest riders 4 or less meetings.
Any other business:
• RW informed the meeting that the water meter had been read now 2 years since installation and a bill is awaited.
• A new logo is being actively sought by the club and a discussion took place regarding the suitability of using guns in the logo. An invitation to design a new logo would be sent out via the newsletter and website.
• Once the new logo had been chosen, long and short sleeved T shirts would be organised and sold to club members.
• RW informed the meeting that CR had discovered that the land on which the track is built is earmarked for housing. CR to investigate further and organise a meeting with the appropriate council personnel to find out more and identify what we need to do to move forward either with the current facilities or with new facilities.
• JA suggested a summer open race meeting/BMX festival to include racing, music, beer tent and
g for those interested. The idea was considered as a possibility and well received. Other ideas during the conversation were for the hire of floodlights and security and to hire a local band – Robbie Goodman was suggested.
Date of next meeting: Friday 18 July 8pm at 22 The Street, Rayne.
