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1. Meeting opening The meeting opened at 17.30 hours. The Commodore welcomed members to the 13th MNABC Annual General Meeting followed by each member introducing themselves. 2. Members present: Committee: C Edwards (Commodore and Chairman), R Card (Rear Commodore), C Woods (Rear Commodore and T Brant (Secretary). Members: Mrs V Foster (MNA Past President), J Sail (MNA Vice President), Mrs R Card, Mrs L Edwards, M Harris, L Payne, G Shimmings and N Williams 3. Apologies for Absence Apologies were received from: D Buckpitt, D Cornes (Membership Secretary & Treasurer), D Hearn (Webmaster), T Eaves, J Johnson-Allen, B Lawrence, R McClean, C Overton, S Partridge, I Pearson, J Rose & S Walker. 4. Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting (19 September 2023) Approval of the Minutes: Proposed by J Sail, seconded by C Woods and were unanimously accepted. 5. Matters arising from the previous Annual General Meetings There were no matters arising 6. Commodore’s Report The Commodore’s report (see attachment) was unanimously accepted. On 1-2 June this year, the Commodore and R Card (Rear Commodore) provided Guard Ship duties, using their own motor cruisers, for the Norfolk Broads Three Rivers Race which covered 50 miles on the Rivers Bure, Ant and Thurne. 7. Constitution (Read Here) The Commodore thanked R Card for all his dedicated work in drawing-up the new draft MNABC Constitution and the meeting unanimously agreed. The revised Constitution was required as the MNA National Councillors had agreed that the MNABC should be recognised as an affiliate Branch and should take care of its own finances. Discussion followed, then R Card proposed that the new Constitution was adopted, seconded by C Woods and unanimously agreed by the meeting. The annual subscription was then discussed and it was agreed that it should be £10.00 paid, preferably by Direct Debit, on 1 January for members who received their MNABC information by email and £12.00 for members who received their information by post due to postage, packing and printing costs. At present, 50 members had not supplied an email address which involved a few hours work for each mailing. A meeting quorum would be 12 members - this was proposed by Mrs V Foster, seconded by J Sail and approved by all except one member. The meeting unanimously agreed that David Cornes would be appointed as Treasurer and a Barclays Treasurer’s Account would be opened requiring two Committee members to be signatories for each outgoing payment. There would be 4 appointed signatories – C Edwards (Commodore), R Card (Rear Commodore), D Cornes (Treasurer) and T Brant (Secretary) to ensure that there were 2 signatories available during illness or leave. 8. MNABC Officers The Election of Officers was not due until the 2025 AGM. P.Battagliola (Vice Commodore) had recently stood down due to his business interests. It was agreed that Mrs V Foster should be co-opted as a Rear Commodore and I Pearson as a Committee member until the 2025 AGM Election of Officers. The Commodore stated that Committee Members were needed from other areas. 9. MNABC affiliations The Commodore stated that in addition to the Merchant Navy Association National, the Club was affiliated with the Institute of Seamanship, Norfolk & Suffolk Boating Association, National Water Safety Forum, National Independent Lifeboat Association, Sea Safety Group of Coastwatch Stations, RNLI and the RYA. 10. Defaced Red Ensign The Commodore reported that he had written to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and a reply was awaited. 11. Any Other Business J Sail proposed that the Club should sponsor a younger person to attend a boating safety course. This was unanimously agreed. 12. Date of the next MNABC AGM The date and time for the venue to be advised but it was agreed that it should be held in Liverpool. J Sail undertook to see if the AGM could be held in a local yacht club. 13. AGM closure The meeting closed at 18.50 hours.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION BOAT CLUB THE NEW VICTORY HALL, NEATISHEAD, NORWICH NR12 8XG TUESDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2024
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Access to the Broads from the sea via Lowestoft will not be possible between Wednesday 12th Feb and Friday 28th March as the only way in is via MUTFORD LOCK which will be closed for that period for essential maintenance work One can sea access the Broads from the sea during that period via Great Yarmouth
Committee Meeting Minutes 21 January 2025
The Merchant Navy Association Boat Club Commodore: Clive Edwards, 19 Horsford Street, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UH Tel 07785 392892, email clivecgedwards@gmail.com Minutes of Committee Meeting via Zoom 21 st January 2025 In Attendance - Clive Edwards (CE, Chair) Richard Card (RC) Tim Brant (TB) Mark Harris (MH) Ian Pearson (IP) John Sail (JS) 1. Apologies: Chris Woods (CW), David Hearn(DH) . David Cornes(DC) 2. Bank Account Work in progress with Nat West (DC) and Zempler,(CE) IP to investigate Credit Union application process. Letter to all members requesting subs and AGM Advance Notice to be agreed by CE and TB – TB to circulate when bank A/c details known 3 2025 Agreed Venue (HMS Wellington) and Date (Wednesday 18 th June (CE) 4. Insurance Noted that Public Liability & Professional Indemnity Insurance now in effect 5. Website & Shop: Agreed check website and shop info (now up-dated by MH) to include bank account details as soon as known (DH) 6, Affiliations & Operational Partnerships - RNLI, NSBA, NILA, NWSF all continuing, Norfolk Constabulary Marine Police (Broadsbeat) possible relationship being explored (CE) 7. RYA Affiliation and Regionalisation - RC proposed MNABC Affiliation to be developed regionally starting with East Anglia (agreed) and that the Club should seek to identify further potential regional “hubs” for further MNA Boat Club RYA regional involvement (agreed|) RC 8. Future Events Several suggestions were floated as regards future events including a trip on the SS Shieldhall, a visit to the Medway Queen at Chatham and a visit to Greenwich. 9. Next Committee Meeting Agreed via Zoom Thursday 6 th Feb at 14.30 10. AOB – Insufficient Zoom mtg time for discussion - meeting closed 15.00
The Merchant Navy Association Boat Club Commodore: Clive Edwards, 19 Horsford Street, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UH Tel 07785 392892, email clivecgedwards@gmail.com In Attendance - Clive Edwards (CE, Chair) Richard Card (RC) Tim Brant (TB) Ian Pearson (IP) John Sail (JS) David Cornes (DC) 1. Apologies: David Hearn( DH) . 2. Bank Account Progress at last! Thanks to IP it looks likely that we will very soon have a Community Bank account with the Hull & East Yorks Credit Union (HEY) although DC will keep the application running with Nat West pending a decision – Votes of thanks to IP and DC for their hard work were unanimously agreed 3. Co-option of new Treasurer CE proposed and JS seconded a proposal to co-opt IP as Treasurer pending election at the next AGM and for DC to continue his role as Membership Secretary 4. Membership Subscriptions Bearing in mind that the Secretary would be on holiday from 9 th - 28 th Feb it was agreed that as soon as we have a bank account CE would circulate all those members who have an email address with a letter providing our bank account details and seeking their subscriptions be paid by 31 st March via BACS. TB would circulate a similar letter to all those members without email addresses as soon as possible after his return from Antarctica 5. AGM 2025 Agreed Venue (HMS Wellington) and Date (Wednesday 18 th June CE chasing up the Wellington Trust re detailed arrangements and costs for discussion at our next meeting and dissemination to members asap thereafter 6. Insurance Noted that Public Liability & Professional Indemnity Insurance now in effect. CE has paid first months premium and will probably need to pay second month before we have bank account 7. Website & Shop: Website up-dated including shop info up-dated by MH) - we need to include bank account details as soon as known (DH) 8 Affiliations & Operational Partnerships - RNLI, NSBA, NILA, NWSF all continuing, and Norfolk Constabulary Marine Police (Broadsbeat) now on-board too 9. RYA Affiliation and Regionalisation - CE and MH attended RYA East Region workshop and established useful relationship with Regional Chair Alice Davies and Regional officer Robbie Bell MNABC / RYA relationship to be developed further with other regions so members of committee are encouraged the Club should seek to identify further potential regional “hubs” for further MNA Boat Club RYA regional involvement (agreed) 10. Future Events Several suggestions were floated as regards future events including a trip on the SS Shieldhall, a visit to the Medway Queen at Chatham and a visit to Greenwich. 11. Next Committee Meeting Agreed via Zoom Wednesday 5 th March at 14.30 NB The Zoom Meeting ID for ALL our c’tee meetings is 862 906 1846 Passcode MNABC 12. AOB – Insufficient Zoom mtg time for discussion - meeting closed 15.05
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