Brisbane Strikers Supporters' Association Inc.
Minutes - General Meeting
Held Thursday 19 June, 2003
The President, John Wainwright, opened the meeting at 7.05pm.
Attendance
Adam Coleman, John Evans, Sam Crozier, Graham Dickinson, Lee-Anne Ford, Wade Hart, Ev Kohlmann, Lavinia McEwan, David Marshall, Steve Pitman, Samantha Quirk, Paul Robinson, Victor Sobral, John Wainwright, Derek Hume (guest).
- Apologies
Amanda Atherton, Jim Christie, George Jefferies, Matt McKay, Allan Town, Alex Wainwright, Gordon Wilson.
- Reading and confirmation of Minutes
- General Meeting April 2003.
It was moved by Paul Robinson and seconded by Wade Hart that the minutes of the April 2003 General Meeting were a true and accurate record. The motion was carried unanimously.
2.2.Annual General Meeting May 2003.
It was moved by Ev Kohlmann and seconded by Graham Dickinson that the minutes of the May 2003 Annual General Meeting were a true and accurate record. The motion was carried unanimously.
- Business arising
- Public Liability Insurance. John Wainwright referred to information on Soccer Queensland's website about an 'umbrella' insurance arrangement for soccer clubs, and put forward the question of whether we would be able to arrange something similar with other NSL fan clubs. It was suggested that this be referred to FAN to investigate accordingly.
Action: contact Sam Crozier of FAN
Action by: Lee-Anne Ford
3.2.Micro Cassette Recorder. No action. To be deferred to August meeting.
Action: note for August agenda
Action by: Lee-Anne Ford
- Correspondence In
None to report.
- Correspondence Out
John Wainwright tendered correspondence to:
Brisbane Strikers re Collectors Cards, Regional Fans and BSSA meetings.
Brisbane Strikers re Mascots, Player of the Match, Player of the Season and the first Social Function of the Season.
Lee-Anne Ford reported correspondence to:
The Office of Fair Trading to report the change in office bearers
Brisbane Strikers re website link to the BSSA site
- Reports
- President
John Wainwright reported on and summarised the minutes of the first committee meeting, held Tuesday 27 May.
Discussions occurred regarding a number of items in this report.
6.1.1.Regarding the website, Wade Hart offered a contact who may be able to assist with web design and administration. Wade also suggested that news items be on individual pages, to enable direct linking.
Also regarding the website, Stephen Pitman reported on discussions with the Brisbane Strikers about have a link from their site to ours. A letter has been sent to the Brisbane Strikers to request this (see Correspondence Out).
6.1.2.Goals of the BSSA. John Wainwright moved, and John Evans seconded, a proposal that Goal 1 be removed (to increase to size of crowds at Brisbane Strikers matches). The motion was carried by the majority, with one abstention.
6.1.3.Mission Statement.
6.1.3.1.John Wainwright moved, Graham Dickinson seconded, a proposal that the BSSA adopt the mission statement, "to help the Brisbane Strikers". Carried by the majority.
6.1.3.2.Samantha Quirk moved, David Marshall seconded, an amendment to change the mission statement to "to support the Brisbane Strikers". Carried by the majority.
6.1.3.3.John Wainwright moved, Lavinia McEwan seconded, a proposal to have a mission statement that says "to help and support the Brisbane Strikers". Carried by the majority, 7 in favour, 6 against, 1 abstention.
6.1.4.Sponsorship
6.1.4.1.Lavinia McEwan submitted a report re this discussion, which will be discussed at the next committee meeting.
6.1.4.2."Turtles at the Creek" was suggested as a possible sponsor.
6.1.5.Social functions
6.1.5.1.Derek Hume presented a new proposal for a player recognition/presentation function that recognises and congratulates the players with individual presentations to all players from the BSSA. Derek advised that had spoken with Ray Evans about a training strip presentation functions, and reported a favourable response. Derek's proposal included mutual responsibilities, from Crosby's and the BSSA, which was received favourably by those attending.
John Wainwright suggested a framed player card, from the card collection, be presented to each player. This idea was also well received by those attending.
Derek Hume advised that a lead time of approximately one month for a function would be preferred.
Dates were discussed, and it was agreed to try for a mid-September date, taking into account the end of season for junior clubs.
6.1.5.2.Derek also advised that conflicting dates could be an issue, especially with rugby World Cup commitments. Lavinia McEwan suggested the Goodearth Hotel as a possible alternative venue.
6.1.6.Collectors' cards
6.1.6.1.A costing spreadsheet and feasibility study, done by Wade Hart, was briefly discussed. John Wainwright asked that those who planned on attending the committee meeting view these documents prior to attending. John will also post advice to the list that a feasibility study was available if anyone was interested in commenting or contributing.
Action: post to the list
Action by: John Wainwright
6.1.6.2.It was agreed that card and raffle information should be included in letters to the Strikers.
Action: include in correspondence
Action by: John Wainwright
6.1.6.3.David Bearman suggested that the card distributed at a game could be a child's pass for entry to the next game.
6.1.7.David Bearman/membership benefits
6.1.7.1.John Wainwright introduced David Bearman as one of the longest-serving members and sponsor of the BSSA.
6.1.7.2.David reminded all of the 10% discount available to members.
6.1.7.3.David suggested negotiating a membership benefit of discounts for members' functions at Crosby's and discounts for members' printing at ABC Printing.
6.1.7.4.David suggested that Anfield Sports could give away match tickets with purchases over a specified value at the shop to promote attendance at matches.
6.1.7.5.He also suggested that Anfield Sports could run a promotion where purchasers of a specified item would get a free membership in the BSSA, paid for by Anfield Sports.
6.1.7.6.David also suggested that email addresses could be gathered via his shop, to be set up as a news mail list, with content like Amanda's notice about website updates.
6.1.7.7.David also put himself forward as the BSSA's sponsorship coordinator. Thank you, David!
6.1.7.8.David's final suggestion was that Anfield Sports has a folding machine, which he offered for use by the BSSA for mailouts.
6.2.Treasurer
No treasurer's report, due to the absence of the Treasurer.
6.3.Secretary
6.3.1.Mailout: Meeting attendees were requested to help with signing, folding and addressing the mailout arranged by the committee, to go to past financial members.
- General Business
- PFA league proposal: discussion was curtailed and the item to be dropped.
- Goals of the BSSA: addressed previously in the meeting.
- Raffles:
- David Marshall agreed to take on the role of organising raffles again.
- David M. asked for clarification about where raffles could be held, to enable him to commit to better prizes, i.e. at BSSA social events, meetings, post-match.
- John Wainwright suggested that prizes could be signed shirts.
- David B. advised that we may be able to obtain shirts and soccer balls form the Strikers.
- Playing/collectors cards: addressed previously in the meeting.
- Affiliations: the item was dropped.
- Other business:
- Wade Hart suggested a kick-about with opposition supporters' clubs attending matches in Brisbane.
- Regional fans: Samantha Quirk advised that a Gold Coast bus company had been approached; that the Gympie association was interested, and had also asked about promotional material for an upcoming fundraising match for disabled soccer. David B suggested that the association speak with Buffalo/Declan Rooney about this.
- Victor Sobral offered to do match reports for this season's games.
The meeting closed at 9.05pm.
The next General Meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday, 17 July, at Crosby's.