MINUTES OF THE LANTAU BOAT CLUB COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT THE DISCOVERY BAY RESIDENT’S CLUB ON WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY 2010 AT 1900
| Attending: | Tom Nunan | Commodore |
| John Rempel | Treasurer | |
| Jeremy Blackwell | Training | |
| Simon Ludlow | Secretary |
Item 1: Commodore’s Address
The Commodore welcomed the committee members to the meeting.
Item 2: Previous Meeting’s Minutes
The previous meeting’s minutes were read and it was agreed that they were an accurate record of the meeting. There were no outstanding items
Item 3: 2010 Memberships.
Payment for 2010 memberships will be by cheque or internet transfer only. Also, a cash payment may be made on Sunday 14th of March when the Treasurer or his appointee will be in the plaza to take payment. .Membership will only be renewed once confirmed by the Committee and members who have not been active in 2009 may not have their membership renewed. The possibility of employing someone for two weeks to process the applications should be explored and funds will be made available.
Action: Secretary and Treasurer
Item 4: 2010 Calendar.
There needs to be some co-ordination between the other clubs to ensure there are no conflicts before the calendar is discussed. The Secretary needs to co-ordinate with Kevin Lewis before decisions can be made. There was no pressing need to organize a racing series for the start of 2010 due to the cold weather.
Action: Secretary
Item 5: Committee Members.
The three key positions (Commodore, Treasurer and Secretary) need to be nominated in advance of the AGM as these positions need to be notified to the HKSAR Registrations Secretary. A note in the next flash will as for names of those wishing to nominate themselves. The creation of two new posts of Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary was discussed and it was agreed. The idea is that the assistants will help with the workload and understudy the posts with a view to taking over. Chinese
members need to be actively encouraged to take Committee posts as despite some 40% of the club members being Chinese, there was no representation in the Committee.The Race Officer will have to stand down in 2010 due to work commitments and the post of Social Secretary still remains vacant.
Item 6: Lantau Island Rowing Club
The Commodore and Secretary met three rowers who wished to form a rowing club to be named the Lantau Island Rowing Club (LIRC) and who wished to be based at the LBC with affiliation along the lines of the LIOCC. The plans for the LIRC fit in with the stated aims of LBC and the club supports the formation of the LIRC. However, the main problem of boat storage rests on a decision from HKRI to allow another rack to be built. The LIRC founders are preparing a document to presented to HKRI which will be perused by the Commodore and Secretary before submission.
Action: Commodore and Secretary
Item 7: Any Other Business.
Beach. The beach is becoming untidy. The next flash will issue instructions that covers need to be secured, halyards secured so that they do not to slap against masts in the wind and that sail boxes need to be put under boats and not left lying on the ground near the hut.
The club needs more launching trollys. It was agreed that the large trolly with the long handle was the best design and funding would be provided to have three more like this one built.
Action: Training Officer
Awah. Awah is very ill and needs dialysis twice a week. It had been suggested that a collection be made from club members to assist him and that the club would match the donations up to a limit of $38,000. The secretary will contact Joseph Sheh to approach Awah to see if this would be appropriate.
Action: Secretary
Replacement Boats. Following on from the discussion in the last LBC Committee meeting, it was reported that Brian Phipps was prepared to organize the shipment of Dart 18s from South Africa direct to Hong Kong, thus saving transportation and UK costs.
Item 8: Next Meeting.
To be decided, but it needs to be soon to set the 2010 calendar.
Simon Ludlow
LBC Secretary
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