Zoom Meeting

Derek welcomed the members who had joined this, the first “drop in” meeting. He explained that, following the meeting, he would welcome members views and suggestions on the format of the evening. He stressed that this was a social, not a business, meeting and, other than urgent matters, business would be discussed via the normal channels. He reported that Maggie had received an update from Ashmores which would be reopening on 6^th August. He and Gordon would be visiting Ashmores before that date to see what arrangements would be in place for our meetings. Additionally, he reported that Gordon had booked next year’s Charter.

 The members present then discussed at length the relocation of the Art Exhibition display boards from Allington to a new storage facility. Roy stressed the need for an appropriate Risk Assessment to be in place for this activity as well as one for a return to Ashmores in addition to any guidelines prepared by the restaurant itself.

Chris raised the issue of the President Nominee position which, following the resignation of Chris Henley and the subsequent elevation of Derek and Gordon, was now vacant. Additionally, he pointed out that a further President nominee would be required in December. Following discussion, it was agreed that the joint secretaries would send out a nomination form for the post as soon as possible.

Following a question from Chris, David E gave a brief update on the current position in respect to supporting the local Community. Apart from one donation pending there were no other projects in the pipeline. Following discussion, it was agreed that at the present time we were better supporting local initiatives e.g. food banks, rather than instigating our own.

Alan F put forward the idea of running a weekly, voluntary intra-Club raffle to raise funds for the trust account. The idea met with general approval from the members present and Alan agreed to move the project forward.

Rob questioned why the Club was only meeting on a fortnightly basis rather than weekly and suggested that each meeting should have a focus e.g. a quiz or a speaker rather than just a general chat.

Concern was expressed that a meeting was limited to 40 minutes under the current Zoom arrangements and it was felt an extended subscription should be acquired. As a current subscriber Stan offered the use of his subscription for future meetings.

Derek announced that Jill Bethell would be joining Club for the Zoom meeting on 6^th August and had been invited to next year’s Charter.