1. Apologies: Jonathan Smith, Dave Donkin, Mark Bagnall, Jim Sumner

In Attendance: Chris Wadhams (Chair), Pete Brainch, Paul Jarvis, Neal Makepeace, Rob McGuigan, Glenn Sherard, Neil Toye,

Alan Bartlett attended as an observer

2. Minutes of last meeting (7^th September): The minutes of the last meeting had been circulated prior to the meeting. They were confirmed and signed as a true record.

3. Matters Arising: Vice-Chair – the item on teas had been partially resolved. Any requests for teas should be negotiated via Carol at the Co-op. The possibility of bringing in chips as needed to be negotiated

4.7 Fixtures on 5^th Dec showed all teams away. Neal tried without success to re-arrange one of these to make use of home booking.

Chairman: The matter regarding the Club Fine is now resolved.

A.O.B. 2 Rob reported that orders for the Club fleece tops had been sorted.

A.O.B. 4 Chris agreed to take over negotiations with Small Heath Centre, previously undertaken by Roy Leeson

 

4. Officers’ Business:
1. 1^st Team Captain: Not present. However, Neal reported on a season of mixed results. Team spirit remains high and the team has more points that at same stage last season. Neal also thanked Pete for his regular press reports.
2. 2^nd X1 Fathom Captain: Chris reported that only two games had been lost. The team had been frustrated by cancellations, non-availabilities and some unreliability by some youngsters.
3. Badgers Captain: Not present. It was noted that the team had started well but had lost a few recently
4. Summer League Captain:  Nothing to report

5.       5.    Vice-Chair: Pete reported that there were new staff employed at the Co-op. The teas situation should now be resolvable. 1^st team
                 match reports were regularly being printed in the Solihull free press. The Club web site is regularly kept up to date.

4.6 Umpires’ Secretary: Glenn reported that the Club is struggling to find umpires. He asked for club members to consider becoming umpires.

4.7 Fixture Secretary: Neal reported that he was trying to get Blossomfield to swap home/away fixtures on 5^th Dec and 30^th Jan. The Badgers fixture on Jan 2^nd is to be cancelled. A Fathom game was being sought for 21^st Nov.

4.8 Treasurer: In his absence Dave had sent a message to report that most subs had been collected and that he will present a half-year financial statement at the next meeting.

4.9 Club Secretary: Pete reported that early season information had been sent to ex-players on the mailing list.

4.10 Chairman: Chris reported that the Club fine had been paid, under protest. There had been some allegations of racial abuse during the match 1^st X1 against Bloxwich. The Club’s concerns had been communicated to the league who had replied with not entirely satisfactory advice.

4.11 Child Protection Officer: Nothing to report.

4.12 Youth Coach: It was reported that Alan Bartlett had been helping Jim at Small Heath. After coaching sessions had taken place in local schools invites had been extended to players to attend on Sunday mornings. Poor interest shown so far.

Alan reported that CRB checks can’t be done individually. It has to be the Club’s decision to have checks carried out on its coaches.

6. Club Mark Review / Awards for All Progress Report: The Club Mark is soon to expire. Advice to be sought from Nisar as to how best to move forward and renew the award. Of the £2410.78 left in the Awards for All money, £1194 is earmarked for planned coaching and £700 for the Calthorpe Partnership. This leaves £1216 as current balance to spend.

      6.    Social Events: All planning for the Race Night had been carried out. Horses had been sold and the Tricast would be sold on the night

              itself. Members were urged to support the event.

   7.  A.O.B.: 1. There was some discussion over possible earlier starts to Management Meeting now that Selection does not take so long. A

            final decision was deferred as several members were not in attendance.

            2. It was reported that Matthew Bartlett’s car had suffered some damage on the evening of the Club Bonfire Night. He had left

          his  car on site whilst travelling to an away game but on return the car had been moved without authorisation and some

             damage  caused. The Co-op is looking into the matter.

            3. The promised new goal posts and nest were still not in place at Small Heath. Chris said that he would investigate, again

       8.     Date of next meeting: Monday 18^th January 2010, starting at 7.00pm ( not the usual 7.30)