MINUTES
OF EMOA COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT THE RED LION, KEGWORTH ON 27th January 2003
Present : R.
Edwards, P. Olivant, A. Hawkins,
R. Denney, M. Godfree. E. Williams, H. Palmer, R. Shooter, I. Whitehead,
R. Macdonald.
1.
Apologies for absence : J.
Woodall, P. Leake, M. Gardner
2. Approval of the minutes of the last meeting.
Carried, with one change to 9.6
3. Website version of minutes.
To be printed in full
4. Requests for additional urgent items on the
agenda.
None
5. Urgent items to be covered.
None
6. Matters arising from the last meeting.
6.1 Potential
clash between W. Midlands Relay competition, to which E. Midlands clubs have
been invited, and Grace Dieu event on 16.5.04. LEI to contact IW, with view to
moving Grace Dieu event.
ACTION LEI
6.2
EW’s logo design for British Champs
was chosen as E. Midlands logo.
6.3
CRB no longer insists on bank details, though including them
may speed up the process.
6.4
Parking for ‘our day’ at JK 2004 may now be sorted, though Day 1
parking, and the venue for the relays are still to be finalised.
6.5
Everington Park, and Arboretum to be mapped for schools use.
7.
Correspondence.
7.1 EOC AGM, HP volunteered
to attend.
8.
Fixtures.
8.1
Galoppen. LOG events at Twyford and Bourne to be added.
8.2
The question of clashes with neighbouring clubs, esp. O.D. and W.C.H.,
was discussed.
9.
Committee Reports
Council
9.1The
new Junior age classes are after all to go ahead, but the changes
will be reviewed after two years.
9.2OS
payments are now to be made based
on total map numbers, but OS maps can still not be used on websites.
9.3BOF
AGM on 7th June, at Victoria High School, Ulverston ( to coincide
with Bigland event ).
9.4Overlap
noted between BOF committees, esp. ESC and Competitions over the new Junior age
classes.
Coaching
9.5Richard
Robinson is now a club coach.
9.6Club
Coaching day, 22nd March in New Forest.
9.7EMOA
agreed to pay half the fee for attending Coaching Conference.
Event Standards
9.8Two
new Grade 3 Controllers ( Paul Wright and Ann Marie
Duckworth
10.
Other Representatives
Schools Development
10.2
Still small
amount for small coaching area to be mapped .
Mapping
10.1 Latest Mapnav, and some BOF circulars, have not been sent to everyone.
National Forest/Woodland Trust
10.3
It was
noted that local level support from Woodland Trust did not match that shown at
national level.
10.4
Woodland
Trust (local), and National Trust
(local), do not want their logos put on maps of areas they own.
11.
Treasurer’s Report.
11.1
There is about £10 000 in the bank, expenditure being up a bit
(Emews), and income being down a little.
11.2
A stolen cheque was used for fraudulent purposes, and Police are
investigating.
12.
EMEWS
12.1 1st Feb deadline.
13.
Electronic Punching
13.1
Some replacement batteries have been bought.
13.2
All clubs should adopt uniform policies on E. Midlands electronic
equipment, viz. all charge £15 for lost ‘dibbers’, and all charge the same
amount ( 50p ) for hire.
ACTION CLUBS
13.3
Junior Squad Printer has been separated from the rest of the equipment.
Treasurer of club did not know this equipment had been used ( and therefore had
to be paid for ), while Treasurer of region does not know where the printer is (
and therefore who should pay for its hire ).
13.4
Clash for E-punching equipment on 14.6.03, between the Junior Squad and
the Harvester. RAFO might help out.
ACTION HP
14. Website
14.1
Old
registration document to be passed to AP.
15. A.O.B.
15.1
BOF
Conference, 5th July
15.2
CompassSport
article on YHOA becoming an association of clubs.
16.
Date of next meetings.
16.1
Next Committee meeting : Monday 24th March, Red
Lion at
Kegworth,
at 7.30pm.
16.2
Other meetings in 2003 :
19th May, 21st July, 15th Sept, AGM 6th Oct.