60s 16ers

60s 16ers

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Held at Moorside Grange Hotel, Disley

At 10.30 on Sunday 14^th October 2012

1 Bereavements, Welcomes and Apologies

A minutes silence was held in memory of Rae White and other departed friends.

Noreen Dixon chaired the meeting and welcomed all the new members to the event.

Apologies were received from Wayne and Brenda Edwards, Tony Teague, Caesar and Angela Bowen and Marlene O’Hagen.

2 Minutes of the Previous Meeting

The previous minutes were distributed with February’s Mercury and placed on the Website to enable everyone to see them.

The members were asked if there were any comments or matters arising from those minutes. None were received therefore the minutes were taken as a true record of the Meeting.

3 Chairman’s Report

Noreen Dixon thanked Ted & Gwen Theis for their hard work in organising the event and liaising with the hotel staff, who provided good food and service since arrival.

She also made mention of the following:

The coach trip around the area turned out to be reasonably priced and did not require subsiding, therefore no cost to the club.
The Committee Roles had been reviewed, updated and are on the website for all to see.
The Members acknowledged the presence of our own Olympic Champion – Teri Crow, who carried the torch through Ingoldmells, Lincolnshie.

4 Treasurer’s Report

Peter Crane put up the Budget Sheet for 2012 – attached.

It has been a successful year and we have £2,600 in bank

We now have the funds to invite guests to future events if so desired.

There are79 paid up members, which is more this year than last year

Budget for current year:

Subscriptions are likely to fall
We received £210 from the raffle
Bradbury Mercury costs less to send out now as it is emailed to all but 4 people

5 Secretary’s Report

Beverley Robb reported that there was a mail out of 252 UK letters and 3 International letters at the end of 2011 to update the database. The outcome was:

13 were ‘Return to Sender’
6 Bereavements
4 Requests to be removed from the database
- IN TOTAL – 23 Names were removed

New Members – there have been 11 new members since October 2011

Taff Allen

Bob Cash

Ron Ferguson

Steve Iceton

Carry Mooney (Wilson)

Liz Styles (Parnham)

David Ward

Wendy & David Brown

Marion & Andy Hearn

Searches have been undertaken to find potential new members, however to date no-one new has been found and from 3 alerts , no-one from 16 Signal Regiment during the ‘60’s.

Finally, there was a request to anyone whose contact details had changed, to fill in their new information so that the database could be updated.

6 Entertainment Co-Ordinator’s Report

Dave Aldous thanked the Entertainment Committee for all their hard work and commitment over the years but stated that he felt it was now time to hand over to someone new who could bring some fresh ideas to the table. He had enjoyed his time organising the events but would be available to assist in a support role if asked.

7 Mercury Editor’s Report

Ian Haldane stated that only 4 copies of the Bradbury Mercury need to be posted twice a year at a cost £20 per year. All the others are sent by email. This helps to keep the cost down, however any changes of email address should be notified to the Secretary.

The next issue of the Bradbury Mercury is due out in February 2013

Final submissions to be with Ian by January 31st

So far, 3 articles have been received

Ian requested more articles on any topic

Photographs from the Reunion Weekend will be put on the Web as usual.

8 Web Master’s Report

Ted Hebden stated that he tries to keep the website as topical as possible with themes relevant to the time of the year or events in the news:

Halloween
Olympics
Para Olympics
Golden Jubilee

Not only is the Website and information source for members, it is also a gateway to other sites:

Daily Mail Online
BBC News
MOD News
RSA
RSA Updates

Marion and Andy Hearn were found through RSA, which was a joy to Rose and Skip Harding as they had not seen them for over 40 years.

The Comcen is used on a daily basis by many of the members, however the Chat facility is not really used.

There are now two ways to read the Bradbury Mercury. You can either click on the edition you want to view and scroll down, or you can op to go for ‘Page changes’ and read it as you would a newspaper.

And, last but not least, there had been live coverage of the handover of Teri’s Olympic torch.

9 Vice-Chairman’s Comments & RSA Report

Pete Weedon spoke to the members about his concerns regarding the negative interaction of some people in the Comcen. He asked that should anyone have a gripe that they discuss it with the person in question privately and not have a slanging match through the Comcen.

Pete also voiced his appreciation for Ted’s hard work on the website and this was echoed by the members.

RSA Report

The Royal Signal’s site at the National Arboretum has been much improved by staff at branch & 22 Signals.
There will be286 redundancies in The Corps, with 2 more tranches to go. The Corps is held in high regard, so it is hoped not to lose anymore.
Accommodation at Blandford – The Corp Col of 11 Sigs is going to look at it and see what can be done.
Pete Cuckow presented with 2 candle sticks and The Reunion club’s donation had been £25.
Caroline Addison has taken over from Peter Cuckow and is doing a very good job.

RSA Events

10 Dec - Corps Carol Service, St John and St Stephen, Rochester Row, London

10 Election of Officers

The following roles were up for re-election:

Chairman
Entertaintainments Co-Ordinator
Treasurer – done 4 years, need fresh faces

Peter Crane has done 4 years and it is time for a new face. The process is all computerised and the budget is on an XL spreadsheet. Whoever takes it over will have Peter’s full support.

Due to the fact that the Chairman’s role is up for re-election this year, it was decided that the Vice Chairman, Pete Weedon would continue for another year.

Proposals & Elections

Entertainments Co-ordinator

Gordon Harper was proposed as Entertainments Co-ordinator, however he appreciated the proposal but declined the role.
Laurie Moore was proposed by Sid Wilson and seconded by Carol Birch. Laurie accepted the role.

Treasurer

There were no proposals, so Peter Crane will do another year

Chairman

Charles Wickham was nominated by Dave Aldous and seconded by Gordon Harper. Charlie accepted the role.

11 Venues for next year

Venue	Dates - 2013	Cost	Comments
Three Counties Hotel, Hereford Propose by Elizabeth Gibb	20^th – 23^rd September	£10 single supplement per night Total £366 per couple £213 Single person	English / Welsh Border 1 mile to town centre
Best Western Bridgend Proposed by Elizabeth Gibb	11^th – 14^th October 18^th – 21^st October	All in for weekend £356 for two sharing £222 for single room
The Fownes, Worcester Proposed by Carol Birch	11^th – 4^th October	Double / Twin 3 nights £312 2 nights £220 Single 3 nights £209.85 2 nights £146	5 min walk to town centre 10 mins Jcn 7 of M5 International Airport 40 minutes away
White House, Worcester	No interest shown	No details taken

Vote on Next Year’s Venue

The members voted for the Fownes, Worcester. Carol Birch will undertake the arrangements.

Any Other Business

Bill White thanked everyone for their messages of condolences and support since Rae’s passing.

Bill White also passed on the sad information that the following people had also passed recently:

Sean McHale-Smith
Roger Harris

Laurie Moore asked if anyone would like to be co-opted into the Entertainments sub-committee, to come and see her at the end of the meeting

From Noreen Dixon:

Sue Firth was present and had her father’s book for purchase
There had been a previous discussion about a 60’s 16ers flag as most branches have a standard for reunions. Sid Wilson had priced a flag up at about £250, however it could not be decided at that moment. It was agreed that Reme would do some research and report back to the Committee.

From Yorky Leyton:

Yorky mention that it was possible to visit Chelsea Barracks and to take a guided tour for up to 60 people.

Numbers of 10 or under would eat in the Great Hall
Numbers of up to 30 would eat in the Army Museum
- Sandwiches - £7 a head
- Curry - £10 a head

Anyone interested should contact Charlie Wickham or Pete Weedon

Charity Donation

It was proposed to donate £100 to the charity named by the Organiser of the event – Ted & Gwen Theis. This was agreed.

60’s 16ers

There was a discussion on the future of the club and the selection criteria for membership.

Laurie Moore said that she had met with Chris Bartlett (the Founder) and he said that he wanted the club to carry on.

The membership had grown from its inception to about 120 in 2004 but had dropped back to approximately 70. The main discussion point was whether the membership should be opened up to people who served with 16 Signal Regiment during the 1970’s. Reme Harper said that there was now a 70’s group. The possible integration of the 60s and 70s clubs and the logistics of organising larger groups was considered and a vote was taken.

The vote was carried to stay as 60’s 16ers and not open up membership to anyone from the 1970’s – with the exception of those who were already members of the club.

Membership

Two years ago there was an amnesty for those who had not paid their subs, however from that point on all subs had to be paid up – that included:

Members
Associate Members (Partner of the member, Guests who keep coming to the reunions)

Everyone needs to be aware of the following:

If a Member/Associate Member fails to pay their subs, they have no priority
Fail to pay regularly, they are no longer a member
If no subs paid in 3 years, they have to re-join

Booking for Next Year’s Reunion

Help the Organiser – book early!

There was no other business.

The meeting closed at 12 noon.

COPY OF ACCOUNTS 2012

Files converted for viewers not in possession of spreadsheet ( Excel ) software




RSA BRANCH ANNUAL ACCOUNTS SHEET


Accounts sheet for 60s – 16ers Reunion Club for year ending 31 December 2012

	Cash in hand as at 31 December 2011: £			Nil
	Bank account as at 31 December 2011: £			2,584.59

	Income		Expenditure

	Subscriptions	880.00	Postage & Stationery	75.20
	Raffles, etc	218.10	Newsletter	20.00
	Donations	0.00	Reunion Guests	0.00
	Advertising	10.00	Reunion Entertainment	600.00
			Other Reunion expenses	81.08
			Website	25.00
			Donations & Flowers	86.98
			Sundry Expenses	25.00
		1,108.10		913.26


	Cash in hand at 31 December 2012: £			Nil
	Bank account at 31 December 2012: £			2,779.43


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Certified true copy ……………………………………… Signature of Hon Treasurer

Name of Hon Treasurer……………………………………….


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