President Gordon Burgess welcomed twelve other members. He paid tribute to former member Campbell Jardine, who died last week, and said that he was the only person ever to have chaired the four standing committees which existed while he was a member.
Douglas Dow announced that the date of Friday March 16 had been set for the annual Bridge Night in Helensburgh Rugby Club in aid of Mercy Ships, and Jack Rudram reported that the annual Primary 7 Schools Quiz would be held the previous day at Cardross Primary School, whose team won the 2017 event.
The weekly raffle for a whisky miniature was drawn by Douglas Dow and won by John McCormick.