MINUTES OF EMOA COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT THE RED LION, KEGWORTH ON 21st July 2003

Present :   P. Olivant,  A. Hawkins,  M. Godfree, E. Williams, H. Palmer, John Woodall, R. Macdonald,  D. Gale, P. Leake, R. Edwards, M. Gardner

 1. Apologies for absence :   C. Phillips, A. Portsmouth, Roy Denney, I. Whitehead.

 2. Approval of the minutes of the last meeting.

          Carried.

3. Website version of minutes.

         No deletions.

4. Requests for additional urgent items on the agenda.

         4.1  AGM

         4.2  Bids for BOF Development Fund.

5. Urgent items to be covered.

 5.1  AGM .Vacancies falling due : Chair, Vice-chair and Secretary. Clubs to sound out possible candidates/replacements.            ACTION CLUBS                     5.2   BOF Development Fund. Should clubs bid ? Might all clubs pay towards a part-time Development Officer if they receive matched funding form the BOF Fund ?                                          ACTION CLUBS

6. Matters arising from the last meeting.

6.1     EMOA banner. EW had quote for £108. PO to enquire at a possibly cheaper source.                    ACTION PO

8. Fixtures.

8.1     Yvette Baker heat will be at Scunthorpe, 28^th Sept.

8.2     Bestwood event will not include a Brown course, but will still be a Galoppen event.

9. Committee Reports  

          Council

                  No meeting

          Coaching

9.1     New Coach awards outlines. Level 1 will be available on an                                                                                                                                 assessed basis for non- teachers. Level 2 will be a “First for Sport” award, but can be assessed under the old basis up to June 2004.

9.2     Funding is in place until March 2004.

          Event Standards

                 9.3  Written report circulated.

10. Other Representatives

JK2004

10.1 CP and Planners to be invited to next meeting to report  on progress.

          Schools Development

                No discussion

          Mapping

                        No discussion

          National Forest/Woodland Trust

      10.2  National Forest Trophy took place this year, on the hottest day of the year.

11. Treasurer’s Report.

  11.1  Report circulated by e-mail.

12. EMEWS

12.1     E-mail version discussed but disadvantages appeared to outweigh the advantages.

13. Electronic Punching

13.1     All the equipment is now back, and working well ( no problems at Harvester ).

13.2     LOG should pay DVO for equipment borrowed.

14. Website

                No discussion

15. A.O.B.

15.1     BOF AGM to go back to the JK ?

15.2     Do all EMOA principal jobs have to be time-limited ?

15.3     EMOA Junior squad came 4^th at Inter-regionals.

15.4     Strong feeling that British Junior Champs should go back to being part of BOC.

15.5     Galoppen courses to stay unchanged ( but women’s results and certificate times to be separated from men’s )

15.6     Bonnington Trophy. Nominees wanted for 2002 and 2003. Clubs to send nominees to Map Group at BOF. ACTION CLUBS

15.7     Clubs to appoint a JK liaison officer, to be invited to next meeting.

ACTION CLUBS

16. Date of next meetings.

            16.1  Next Committee meeting : Monday15th September, Red Lion at                                                 Kegworth, at 7.30pm.

            16.2  Other meetings in 2003/4 :