March Meeting 2016
League Committee Meeting followed by the
Pre-season General Meeting
8th March 2016
Present:: HAMID, HOWARD, GEOFF, TONY, AZIZ, MARK, NIC
HANDBOOKS::::::::: 10 PER TEAM, RESULT CARDS 20, ENVELOPES 25 WERE PARCELLED FOR EACH TEAM TO COLLECT
THE CHAIRMAN HAS RECEIVED GOOD FEEDBACK RE THE NEW LEAGUE FORMATION
FIXTURES: HIMLEY HAS OFFERED TO HOST TWO “FINALS” DATES 12TH & 19TH JULY CONFIRMING THAT ALL FIXTURES ARE TO BE PLAYED ON FIRST TEAM WICKET.
THERE WERE NO FIXTURE PROBLEMS REPORTED
MARK CHAPPELL TO BE CONTACTED RE: INTER LEAGUE MATCH
UMPIRES BOOKS AND CARDS WERE TAKEN
FINANCE: THE MEETING FORMALLY PROPOSED AND CONFIRMED THE APPOINTMENT OF
HAMID SOHAIB OF 5 CROSS WALK ROAD LYE DY9 8BN
AS THE LEAGUE’S TREASURER.
( ALL VOTED IN FAVOUR THIS WAS RUBBER STAMPING THE NOMINATION FROM THE GENERAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 2015)
FINANCE: IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE THREE SIGNATURES ON THE CHEQUE BOOK
WERE TO BE
HAMID SOHAIB (TREASURER REPLACING DAVID STUBLEY FORMER TREASURER),
MARK HALL(CHAIRMAN),
NICHOLAS HARVEY( SECRETARY).
This decision was unanimous.
FINANCE: IT WAS AGREED THAT THE LEAGUE SHOULD OBTAIN A
DEBIT CARD AND INTERNET BANKING
AND THAT THE TREASURER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. This decision was unanimous.
FINANCE: IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT ALL TEAMS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE
BANKING DATA, ACCOUNT NUMBER AND SANTANDER SORT CODE TO ALLOW EASIER PAYMENTS BY BANK TRANSFER.
THE POTENTIAL FUND RAISER WAS DISCUSSED AND THE MATTER TO BE OFFERED
TO THE GENERAL MEETING WITH AN ENTRY FEE OF £40
THE UMPIRES PATHWAY PROJECT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LIMITED IN ITS PROGRESS
BY ORGANISATIONAL ISSUES.
GENERAL MEETING
ALL TEAMS WERE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
WEST HAGLEY ( FINE AND THE LOSS OF FOUR POINTS)
THE TEAMS DULY COLLECTED THEIR BOOKS, CARDS, ENVELOPES
THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE DATA.
(Matt Thwaites later confirmed a change of address new address
5 BURNSALL CLOSE WORCESTER WR4 OBD).
THE CHANGES TO THE FOLLOWING RULES WERE EXPLAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN (RULE 26, 37, 40,52, 61, 76)
FINANCE: IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE REDUCED AFFILIATION FEE WAS STILL ON OFFER.
CURRENT ACCOUNT £1400 approx WITH THE DEPOSIT £1800 approx.
BEWDLEY ARCHES AND BEWDLEY NOMADS ARE NOW BEWDLEY GREAT WESTERN A & B; COMBINED TEAM PAID THE ADDITIONAL £20 TO COMPLETE THEIR REGISTRATION.
THE CHAIRMAN HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH BOTH NETHERTON AND STOURPORT PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND BOTH HAD AGREED TO PAY THEIR OUTSTANDING FEES BY BANK TRANSFER.
COOKLEY PAID THE TREASURER
ENVILLE HANDED A CHEQUE COVERING FEES AND FINES (POSTING TO HAMID)
AND WATERFRONT ARRIVED WITH NO MONEY (AT LEAST THEY CAME).
ASAF HAS AGREED TO PAY HAMID THE £83 AS A MATTER OF URGENCY
OTHERWISE £10 WILL BE ADDED FROM 21ST MARCH.
UMPIRES: GEOFF ANNOUNCED THE RETIREMENT OF JOHN DREDGE AND RON PRICE. BOTH WERE THANKED FOR THEIR SERVICE.
A NUMBER A NEW UMPIRES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST.
UMPIRES: CONGRATULATIONS TO HOWARD AND HIS BAND WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED TO UPPER AGE LIMIT FROM 85 TO 90 FOR UMPIRING.
This is a national decision…well done.
The chairman will forward any further directives from ECB once they have been understood.
A SIGNED COPY OF THESE FULL MINUTES WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE TREASURER TO PASS TO SANTANDER TO ENABLE THE FINANCIAL CHANGES TO BE IMPLEMENTATED.
