Minutes of the meeting of 27 September held at the Crossing, St Pauls' Church.

 

Present:

 

Richard Hall

Bob Barnard

Paul Giess

Ray Rowley

Adam Winnall

Jeff Winnall

 

1.      Shares

 

RR reported that he had found another 50 shares and had processed the sale. RH noted how pleased we were with RR's work and thanked him for it.

 

BB noted whether we should include the shares in the Trust accounts, as we had transferred revenue for shares.

 

Action 1: RH to talk to Phil Sturgess about processing the transfer.

 

Action 2: Dave Roe to investigate accounting for the shares as assets in the annual accounts.

 

Action 3: RH to talk to PS about including a photocopy of the share certificate in the next newsletter to members.

 

2.      Market research

 

PG noted that he was talking to the Human Geography department at the University of Wolverhampton about using the market research questionnaire as a level 2 or 3 student project. He should have a decision this week. RH noted that a draft could be produced from the initial data in January, which could go to the club and the press in March. RH also noted that we would need a fall-back position if the UoW link fell through.

 

Action 1: PG to talk to Human Geography and to let RH know the outcome.

 

Action 2: RH to talk to PS re: the Technical College as a fallback position.

 

3.      Liaison Committee

 

PG noted that Roy Whalley did not want to do a joint Community Buildings Project bid with us. The group decided that we should write to Mick Kearns to discover what they had bid for and how we could work together in the future.

 

Action 1: PG to write to Mick Kearns copied to Roy Whalley.

 

4.      Raffle

 

RH noted how well the raffle had in raising £602 and that the prize winners had been contacted. AW suggested that we have a single charity that we support each season, and PG suggested that Purple Dreams could be this season's charity. AW was contacting other organisations to obtain support for the Trust.

 

JW noted that the press coverage of the raffle was poor and should be improved for next time.

 

Action 1: all - what lessons have we learned and how can we improve the raffle next time?

 

5.      Any other business

 

RH asked for questions for the club's AGM.

 

Action 1: all - to email RH with proposed questions.

 

Membership drives - this was not mentioned. However, we need to arrange to run a membership drive or two. RH suggested Wigan on 25th October and Norwich on 1 November.

 

Action 1: all - to agree dates and attendance.

 

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