MINUTES
of the 2015 FMCC AGM
Members
present: IN, KZ, RC, DB, NL, JE, PR
Venue:
Woodford Hall Scout HQ, Ruislip
The
voting went as follows:
Chairman
Richard,
John and Dave were nominated and Dave won the Chairmanship with 5 balls,
John and Richard both got 4.
Treasurer
Keith,
John and Ian were nominated and Keith won the Treasuryship with 6 balls.
Secretary
Remained
Pad with no other nominees.
Treasurer’s
Report
Pad
as acting treasurer for the second half of 2014 reported that funds in
the Summer stood at £491.17. Then £100 was spent at The Sausage Tree,
£300 for Norfolk Broads and Surfing floats and £25 for Denise Xmas
flowers leaving £66.17 which was duly paid to Keith by cheque.
An
increase in subs was decided upon from £80 to £100, which would also
pay our web guru John for the website fee of £69 for 5 years.
Activities
& Dates
Always
a thorny issue. The compiled FatWACs showed a free weekend on 17th Jan,
but then nothing until the end of May. As for activities, members voted
as follows:
Via
ferrata 3
Cycling
UK 7
Walking
Southsea 7
Zip
wire 3
Zorbing
2
Horse
riding 2
Sailing
abroad 4
Caving
3
Canoe
Thames last leg 4
Sand
yachting France 5
Jersey
cycling 6
European
city & cycling 5
Switzerland
trotty bike 6
Bushcraft
in Wantage 4
Manor
Hotel multi activity 5
Rhu
Ddu Snowdon walking 4
NT
volunteering 5
Cycling
France St Malo ?
Canoeing
Dordogne ?
After
some debate, the following activities were chosen:
1)
Cycling UK, 18/19 April organised by JE (PR to join after his conference
in Bristol?)
2)
Jersey (electric biking?) 6/7 June. NL
3)
Walking (Southsea) 19/20 Sept. DB
4)
Multi activity 31 Oct / 1 Nov. RC
Additional
dates were allotted as follows:
-
Golf Tournament at Oxhey on Sunday 18th January
-
‘School Dinners’ annual meal on 18th July
-
Delayed 2014 Chairman’s BBQ at John’s on 8th or 9th August
Next
meeting: 1st February
Secretary’s
Addendum:
Talking
about cycling activities, the day after the AGM, a friend recommended
the Alsace Wine Route - a cycle route past 100 vineyards, accessible by
train to Strasbourg. Just a thought for another year perhaps.
