Delegate’s Meeting:10th January 2013


PENARTH & DISTRICT SKITTLE LEAGUE

Minutes of Delegate’s Meeting – 10th January 2013

1.  WELCOME:
The chair welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked them for their attendance.

2.   APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE:
Apologies for absence were received from Evelyn Wainscott, Denise Letts, and Eira Allen.

3.   MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING:
The Minutes of the meetings held on   8th November and 13th December 2012 were taken as read.  It was proposed by Muriel Wills, seconded by  Joan Hughes and unanimously agreed they be adopted. 

4.  MATTERS ARISING:
Apart from the addition of Val Poole to the Apologies for absence from rthe December meeting, there were no matters arising.

5.   TREASURER’S REPORT:
The Treasurer gave the balances of our accounts as follows:  Current Account, £436.79:  Deposit Account, £1,334.84; Holme Tower Account, £188.94.  The Treasurer also reported that she felt that more effort should be made to raise funds for Holme Towers, and there was some discussion on how we could raise interest among the male skittlers.  The report was accepted on the proposal of Keith Watts, seconded by terry Sealy, and carried unanimously.

6.   SECRETARY’S REPORT:
The Secretary reported that 19 of the 28 postponed games had been played to date, and more were being played this evening.  He explained his actions to find alternative alleys for the teams playing at the Ex’s Club following reports of its imminent closure.  However, this morning he had been advised, verbally, that it was to stay open and that the teams could carry on playing there.  Graham Marsh proposed a vote of thanks for the efficient way Terry had taken command of the situation. It was agreed that the outstanding match between Coronation Angels and Common Ladies would be played as soon as possible.

7.  LAUNCH OF WEB SITE:
The Chair stated that a demonstration of the new web site would take place after the meeting for those who wished to stay behind.           

8.  ANY OTHER BUSINESS:
a)  The Chair suggested that there should be a meeting of the Management Committee on Thursday 24th January at 7.00 p.m.  This was agreed.
b)   The secretary suggested that he would continue to print off competition forms until everyone was familiar with the web site and how they could access its information.  This was also agreed.
c)   Joan Hughes asked if the Annual Charity Bash could be placed on the Agenda for the next meeting as an early start could bring considerable benefits.
d)   It was agreed that the date of the next meeting would be Thursday 7th February to avoid clashing with Valentine’s Day  

There being no further business, the Chairman closed the meeting.