None: all committee members present.
Agreed
The chairman had been trying to contact Deluxe Materials to confirm visit to club meeting. When he had previously spoken they had indicated they were happy to come along. The chairman would follow up further.
Action: Chairman
Church hall. The treasurer reported that he had written to the hall about storage of equipment and whether it would be possible to have somewhere where the tea/coffee making materials could be stored. The person in charge had been unaware that we did not have such a facility in the hall despite being a long standing user. This will now be provided.
There was discussion about the provision of refreshments at a the club meetings and the difficulty of washing up mugs etc. It was agreed to trial again the use of disposable cups. Dave Belcher volunteered to look into this.
Action: Dave Belcher
So far no-one had volunteered for the tea making duties. Tony Roberts volunteered to take on the duties if he could place a collecting box for the air ambulance on the counter. It was agreed that would be perfectly in order.
Action: Tony Roberts
There was discussion about whether to specifically ask for donations when people were collecting teas or coffees. It was agreed that there would be no formal recommendation, but people should be encouraged to do so.
Members area on website. There had been considerable discussion at the AGM about using a dedicated members area on the website for those wishing to find out if others were going to the flying field. Paul Joslyn had given this some thought and felt it was not a good idea. He suggested setting up a limited database of telephone numbers of those who wished to participate in such a scheme. The list would only be circulated to those in the scheme to avoid data protection issues. It was agreed this was a good idea and Paul will put a note in the next newsletter to this effect.
Action: Paul Joslyn
1. There had been no further news concerning the individual flying at Sonning. In accordance with the agreement with the individual, channel 90 remains out of use at Dreadnought.
2.
Additional times for Park Flyers. The secretary had written to the site managers in November but
was still waiting for a response. He
agreed to chase up
Action: Secretary
3.
2.4GHz frequency band.
Equipment was now available following the change in permitted power
output. The range should be the same as
other systems. There was discussion
about the interface with other systems on the same band, but these will be
limited by power. Also the way the
system works should effectively prevent interference. It was agreed to monitor when in use. It was agreed that the club would follow the BMFA advice and have
a black square on the peg board and use a peg in the normal way. Transmitters should carry a black
pennant. Dave Belcher agreed to do the
peg board.
Action: Dave Belcher
It was hoped to confirm that Deluxe materials would attend the next club evening. The club auction is going ahead and details are given on the website and in the club newsletter.
There was discussion about holding a modellers question time where there could be a panel of knowledgeable people who would try and answer any modelling queries.
It was agreed that there should be an activity evening and Dave Belcher volunteered to refurbish the club trainer as part of this.
Manny Williamson from the BMFA would be invited to attend a club evening and give a talk about the work of the BMFA. The secretary agreed to make contact to arrange
Action: secretary
The format of a Concours evening was discussed again and it was agreed there was a need for more than one category of model. The categories would need to be fairly closely defined.
Tony Roberts raised the competition results for last year and how the decisions had been made. Apparently the third place was awarded to someone who had not taken part in all the competition. Ron explained the detail of what had happened.
Paul Joslyn requested any notices for events for the newsletter which he hoped to publish at the end of the month.
The treasurer explained that the fee for cutting the grass was set to rise by 5.5% (£25).
The treasurer reported the club had received its letter of affiliation from the BMFA and that the club currently had 69 paid up members.
The treasurer suggested that the club adopt an identification system adopted by other clubs to show that people were members of the club. This would involve wearing the club membership badge whilst at the flying field. The committee agree this was a good idea and Dave Belcher offered to source suitable badge holders
Action: Dave Belcher
Tony Roberts circulated a letter of thanks from the Air Ambulance for the donation made by the club.
Tony explained that a visit to their base could still be made although it was hindered at present by the uncertainty about where that would be in the future and whether there would be access problems at RAF Benson. Tony agreed to make further enquiries.
Action: Tony Roberts
HMG paints are still going as Tony had received their calendar
Tony explained that he had a large number of books that he is going to try and sell, and would have them available for sale at events at the club. The proceeds would all go to the air ambulance.
The 2007 committee meetings will be held at the David Lloyd Centre commencing at 20:00. The dates are 12 April, 19 July, 8 November.
The meeting closed at 21:35