THAMES DITTON CRICKET CLUB
Founded: 1833President: St.John Farley
Clubhouse and Ground: Giggs Hill Green, Thames Ditton, SurreyTelephone: 020 8616 3470 (Match days only)
2016Spring Annual General Meeting
Minutes from Sunday 24thApril 2016, 12 noon at the Clubhouse
Present:
Committee Members:
President: Geoff Opie (GO)
Chairman: Patrick Kennedy (PK)
Honorary Treasurer: Brian Nathan (BN)
Honorary Secretary: Geoff Dryden (GD)
Membership Secretary: Jai Patel (JP)
Ten other Club Members:
St.John Farley (SF), Jonny Annable, Chris Rigby (CR), Lizz Rigby, Kirsti Newbold, Chris Dixon (CD), Graham Ashton, Steve Wallace (SW), Tim Williams, Prabhakar Vasudev (PV)
Open the Meeting:
PK opened the meeting and thanked those present for attending.
Apologies for Absence:
Apologies received from Andrew Salter and Joe Jarvis
Minutes of the previous meeting:
The minutes of the 2015Spring AGM were proposed as an accurate record by St.John Farley, seconded by Chris Dixon and agreed by those present.
Presentation of the Treasurer’s Report and Statement of Accounts:
BN addressed the AGM to present the Honorary Treasurer’s Report, highlighting that the net operating surplus shown in the accounts is insufficient due to the ongoing mortgage repayments which require £6k per year.
Brian added that there is a need for the Membership to support and spend in the bar, and to raise sponsorship.
Any event the Club organises needs to return some surplus funds.
SF asked whether stocking draft beer instead of bottles only lead to increased cost. BN said this was not a major concern as bar takings were up almost 100% on last year so the cost of draught beer wastage is less relevant.
Amendments to the Club Rules:
GD read through a number of proposed changes to the Club Rules which were voted on by the AGM on bloc.
Acceptance of he changes was proposed by Brian Nathan, seconded by Graham Ashton, and passed by a majority of 13 votes in favour to one against (SW), with one abstention (PV).
Any Other Business:
CD asked whether it was expected the Club would sign Stanny Simon as overseas player for the 2016 season.
CR has been in contact with Stanny and explained this depended on his possible selection for the Leeward Islands squad, which would make him ineligible to play, and that more would be known on this developing situation on the next week.
Meeting Closed:
12.27 pm