October Committee Meeting 2007
MINUTES OF THE RNRMAA COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT HMS TEMERAIRE ~ FRI 19 OCTOBER 2007
Meeting commenced at 1000
Present: Hon Sec, Game Sec, Coarse Sec, Sea Sec, Carp Section Reps (Observers), Web Master, Lt Cdr Bob Dunkley (HMS Temeraire)
Apologies: Chairman, Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary's Report
Minutes of Last Committee Meeting 18 Dec 06 published on the Website. No amendments or comments had been received by the Hon Sec. 2007 AGM Minutes not accessible. Action: Webmaster
RN Colours: None Awarded for 2007.
Sponsorship: Hon Sec requested details of any current or likely future sponsorship deals from Section Secs. Details of Sponsorship and/or Discounts are to be highlighted on the Website. Action: Secs and Webmaster
Barbour have closed the RNRMAA account due to lack of use in recent years. However they remain positive towards the RN. The Outlet store in Gunwharf Quays offers an additional 10% discount on production of Service id.
Representative Travel Bids have been received by all Sections for the period 1 Oct 07 -31 Mar 08. Bid Requests for the period 1 Apr-30 Sep 08 will be requested by Temeraire before Xmas Leave.
Equipment Grant Bids are required to be with the Hon Sec with supporting paperwork NLT 31 Jan 08. Grants of £500 are available to the Sea and Coarse Sections following Game Sections successful bid to the RN Sports Lottery for Waterproof Clothing for Representative ie Inter-Service Championships. Game Section have volunteered to forgo their Annual Equipment Grant for three years following the Sports Lottery's refusal to fund further clothing bids by the RNRMAA for a similar period in order to allow Coarse Section to build up stocks of waterproofs. Action: Secs
Treasurer's Report.
No report available. Hon Sec will endeavour to get update for publishing on Website idc. However it is understood that finances are currently sound and in-line with normal levels for the time of year!
Action: Secretaries should advise their 'wish lists' and planned expenditure to the Treasurer by end Feb 08 in order to allow update to the Business Plan (Rolling 5 year projection) to be presented at the AGM planned for March 08 - see DONM.
Affiliations to National Bodies will be paid for out of the Central Fund.
Coarse Secretary's Report
Coarse Angling is seeing something of a resurgence with the Section encouraging Novices to participate in Inter-Command Matches. Ie in 2006 participants averaged 12-16, whilst in 200y7 numbers have consistently reached mid/high thirties. FAA won the Inter-Command League, but the RAF won Inter-Services with the RN in 3rd place. On a positive note the RN Team came 29th out of 66 in the National Championships, an increase of 16 places on 2006 (45th).
Carp Angling continues to grow in popularity with articles on The RN Carp Sub-Section attracting positive publicity appearing in both 'Navy News' and the Angling Press.
It is hoped that funding for max six participants in the Holland International Match will be supported by Temeraire.
Membership
| Year | Full | Carp Sub-Section | Associates | Carp Assoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 35 | 13 | 21 | 0 |
| 2007 | 47 | 43 | 12 | 2 |
Game Secretary's Report
Current Game Sec Lt Chris Anderson will stand down at the end of December. His relief is Lt Cdr Al Mundy RN currently the AMFFC Liaison Rep. He will be replaced by Lt Damien Shiels.
Game followed Coarse with 3rd place at the Inter-Services again won by the RAF. The RM on a flying visit back from OP Herrick - Afghanistan won the Inter-Command. A chance encounter with the St Marks FF Club (Marks & Spencer) and Met Police has led to invitations to compete in new matches. A Crown Services match (Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Prison Service etc) is envisaged for the future.
Membership stands at 75 comparable with 2006 but with 15+ new members gained via the Website.
Sea Secretary's Report
CPO pian Roach has just taken over from WO Tom Worth as Sea Sec following the latter's recent retirement from the Service to run his own Tackle Shop in Plymouth. No formal Hand-Over has yet been completed. Any Sea member is requested to contact pian ASAP.
Webmaster
Of the Association's 250 members, 128 have registered on the Forum. The site has had 40,000 hits a major increase on 2006. The Domain will be renewed with 250MB capacity. The increase in funding from £70 to £130 was approved. Action: Webmaster/Treasurer
A vote of thanks to Lin for running such a useful and successful website was unanimously recorded.
Temeraire Comments
Bob Dunkerly advised that Temeraire viewed the RNRMAA as a well run and financially sound Association with healthy membership levels. The Fund Auditor was very content with the way the Association's finances were being run.
Membership Secretary
In view of the difficulty in managing the Membership and requests for cross-discipline activity, it was unanimously decided that a non-voting Membership Secretary be co-opted onto the Committee. Chris Anderson volunteered to act in this capacity for an initial 12 month period with immediate effect following his forthcoming relinquishing of the Game Sec position.
He will take responsibility for Recruiting, Joining Admin, Membership Cards (useful for discounts etc), Annual Subscriptions and a central repository for all RNRMAA membership details/records.
A new updated Membership Form will be produced for approval by the Committee.
Payment of Subs by DD will be encouraged from January 2008.
AGM
The 2008 AGM will be held at HMS DRAKE at a date tbc in Mar 08. Final details will be promulgated via the Website. Any Notice of motion for the Agenda should be submitted to the Hon Sec in writing 14 days prior.
Meeting closed at 1150.
[Signed on original]
S J LEWIS RD RNR
Lt Cdr RNR, RNRMAA Hon Sec