1st Warsash Sea Scout Group
Executive Committee
The meeting will be held on Monday 21st January 2002, 7:30pm at the
Headquarters.
|
|
|
1. |
Minutes. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
Matters arising. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. |
Correspondence. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4. |
Section reports. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. |
GSL report. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. |
Treasurer’s
report |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7. |
Quartermaster’s
report. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. |
Boat Advisor’s
report. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. |
Fund raising. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. |
Headquarters. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. |
Any other
business. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12. |
Time and date of
next meeting. |
1st Warsash Sea Scout Group Executive Committee
Minutes of the
meeting held on Monday 12th November 2001 in the HQ.
Present John Murray Chairman Colin Millard Steve Orris Neil
MacLennan Tony Stockton
Yvonne Lisbey Jonathan Mendez Will Rees Blanchard Sue
Lee Malcolm Harvey Ross Karen and Chris Harbour Karen Legg
Malcolm Gregory and Val Lyon
Apologies were
received from Jo Preston, George Pickburn and Lynne Pointing.
John Murray
introduced Karen and her husband Chris who have agree to become joint
Quartermasters.
Minutes The Minutes were accepted from the
previous meeting and there were no matters arising from the Minutes.
Correspondence
A letter had been received
from Crown Estates who are taking back control of the Hamble River. The Harbour
Master will be the agent for the Crown Estates. All moorings are to be
relicenced.
A letter was
received from the Jubilee Sailing Trust thanking the Group for the Beefburger
and Hot Dog stall at the Pumpkin Festival. Malcolm Harvey Ross is going on a
trip in February and members of the Group have been invited to go aboard one of
the Jubilee Sailing Trust ships in the summer to a branch meeting.
The paper work for
the Instructors, Jonathan Mendez, David Lloyd and Malcolm Harvey Ross has
finally been received from County.
A Miracle Sailing
Dinghy has been given to the Group by Mr Rook. A letter of thanks has been sent
to Mr Rook.
Section
reports.
Section reports
are attached to the back of the Minutes.
The District
Commissioner gave a presentation of Chief Scout Challenge Buckles and Badges at
the HQ. Stubbington Venture Unit came down for an evening, gave a presentation
and took over. The Troop had been ice skating and learnt how to build hot air
balloons. There are 27 -29 members of the Troop with new PLs and APLs. Next
term there will be full badge work, a trip to Thorney Island for parachute
training. Will Rees Blanchard will be running the Troop for 4 weeks. The
Remembrance Parade had a very good turnout, only 4 didn’t turn up.
Unfortunately 2 Scouts had to be spoken to but the church was too crowded.
When new members
join the Pack their parents are going to be presented with a Parents Skill form
for parental help with activities. Jonathan Mendez has volunteered to take over
the running of the Packs books from Bill. Malcolm Gregory to ask for the books
back.
Fund Raising
Bonfire night was
very successful and accident free. Unfortunately the banners were again stolen.
Next years Bonfire Night will be 2nd November 2002. Catering for 500.
The Horse Racing
night, race cards for 6 races, sponsored by Companies or Individuals, the
winning sponsor £150.00. Entrance fee £5.00 per adult, £2.50 under 16’s.
Winners of the last race to get the big prize. Raffle of things left over from
the Christmas Fair.
There is a fund
called the Trinity House fund for boats. To write to HQ to ask for more
details.
ILA’s Scout
Association will give 20% discount for any training. A Winter Fair was
suggested but decided against.
Malcolm Harvey
Ross, Jonathan Mendez and David Lloyd are the only members of the Group
qualified to take the Dinghys 150 miles
from Safe Haven. Jonathan Mendez willing to give a 2 day course on Safety Boat
Instructor using the Sea School boat - Malcolm Harvey Ross. Will Rees
Blanchard, David Lloyd and John Murray have so far volunteered. Once Level 2
course has been done, the person can teach Level 2.
Jonathan Mendez is
to run sailing course on dry land for new members of the Group hopefully to cut
down on damage to the boats through lack of knowledge.
Younger members of
the Group are not to be allowed upstairs in the HQ without supervision. Flags
had been damaged, cut with scissors and had to be professionally repaired.
Any other business
Saga of the building - Still waiting for planning permission Quote from R
Boyce for concrete and moving the building, £8,000 and £1275.00 respectively.
Try to obtain the original drawings and plans from Terrapin. 24 pads are
required 18 pads have been put in position by Will’s friend but he will need
plans from Ian Marshall to put the other 6 in.
It was suggested
that a Web site be set up for the Group, Will to see if we can apply to Southampton University to have it set up for
free.
Malcolm Gregory
can set one up for £25.00 a year. Aim to make a focal point for the Group,
what’s been happening, going to happen etc. Minutes, Section reports, message
board - to be monitored. Hopefully to be up and running by Christmas. Malcolm
willing to demonstrate its uses.
Tony Stockton has
trained to be a rifle instructor and also wants to do an archery course to
teach archery to the Cubs and Sea Scouts. Three Sections only wanted to take
part, they will have to pay to buy the equipment and it is up to the parents of
children in those Sections if they want their children to take part Guns cost £55.00.
Time and date of next meeting
Monday 11th March
2002, 7.30 pm at the HQ.
OWLS COLONY SECTION REPORT
NOVEMBER 2001
The Colony has 18
enrolled beavers. With 3 having gone to Cubs this last week, one new boy
already started and four more to start this week, our colony total will be 22.
This will now clear the waiting list of all boys who are already seven.
Over the past
couple of months, Elaine and myself have been plodding away as usual. Both of
us have been able to have a few evenings off. This has been mainly due to the
excellent support we receive from all our parents and also from Hannah Stokes,
who was with us last term to do her DofE award, but has decided to stay on, we
must be doing something right!
Activities for
this term have been the Horticultural Show — paper plate collages, two games
nights. (it’s amazing how the boys never tire of the parachute!) An
observational clue trail around Warsash (I am sure that one resident of Church
Road was beginning to wonder by the end of the evening why we kept getting
groups of 3 or 4 Beavers looking at the plaque outside his house!), and Flying
Bats and decorated biscuits for Halloween.
We had planned to
start this half term with some daffodil planting at Warsash Rec. to support the
Fareham in Bloom initiative. Unfortunately the sleet showers and the extreme
temperatures were against us and it had to be abandoned at last minute.
However, it has been decided that we plant the bulbs in large pots, let the
Beavers take them home to lovingly care for them over the winter months and
then when the blooms are due, take them to Hook with Warsash School or suchlike
and place them around the grounds for all to enjoy.
This coming week
we embark on a Red Indian experience. Over the next few weeks we will be making
a totem pole, dream catchers, headresses and loin cloths, and drums,
culminating in the final meeting before Christmas where we will put it all
together and have a Christmas party with a difference. We will take a week out
of the Indian programme during that time to make Christmas decorations, cards
and of course, practice for the Group Carol Service. It should be quite
interesting.
We have just seen
Mathew, our Beaver of the Year move up to Cubs and have had the pleasure of his
Dad. Alan, being our parent rep for the past few months. May I take this
opportunity on behalf of Elaine and myself to thank Alan for all his work and
contribution to the Group.
Finally, may I
just inform everyone that I have at long last successfully moved house and am
no longer in the far off distance at Fareham, my new phone number and address
for the records is as follows:
Address
removed from publication
07 November 2001
Group
Leaders Report
Firstly
in my report on behalf of the uniformed sections I would like to thank the
committee and all helpers for the fantastic Firework Display fund raiser.
Again, we seem to raise more & more money for the funding of the group,
your help is very much appreciated.
The Remembrance Parade on
Sunday was well attended as usual, I thank the leaders for all your efforts in
ensuring that we had a well turned out parade. Those of you who were able to
attend will have noticed that the new uniform is starting to be worn by some of
our members.
On Sunday the 21st of October
I went to the County 14-25 Age Range conference. The day consisted of
presentations & discussion groups with the aim of presenting District teams
& Group Scout Leaders with the latest information regarding the new
training programme initiative. I would like to just outline the timetable of
events for you, the executive -
|
Nov 2001 |
Districts to decide on
Explorer Units (14-18) & propose any Scout Network (18-25) units. Also
decide on the support structure. |
|
Dec 2001 |
District to find & brief
people for the new support structure within the District. |
|
Dec 2001 |
District to provide leaders
with an understanding of the principles & terminology of the new
programme. |
|
Jan 2002 |
County Road show to travel
around Districts. |
|
Feb 2002 |
Future of all leaders in the
District to be reviewed & training plans for all leaders with new roles
to be agreed. |
|
Mar 2002 |
Transition material to be
collected. |
|
Mar 2002 |
Self-Assessment by Districts
to decide if they are ready for the new programme, & to decide on when
& how this will be done. |
|
Apr 2002 |
All support teams to be
fully briefed on the new programme & new programme materials ordered. |
|
May 2002 |
All section leaders to be
briefed on the new programme. |
|
June 2002 |
Parents & other interested parties to be briefed on the new
programme & other changes to be implemented. |
|
Sept 2002 |
New programme to be
available in every Group. |
I will be fully briefing all
of the leaders at our next Group Leaders Meeting and providing any information
that I have available for those that require it. As can be seen big changes are
on the cards for next year & I can see that we will be a little unsure of
what we doing in terms of badge work requirements. However, with a little time
I think things will sort themselves out on that score. As for the section age
range changes that is a different matter & with discussions held so far
between Group Scout Leaders & the District Team we all differing ideas on
what our own Groups need!
As always the team of leaders & myself will keep you appraised of all developments throughout this transition period.
1st Warsash Scout Group
Boat Advisor’s Report
12 Nov 2001
Apologies for the
brevity of this report, and for my absence.
All moved to HQ. A
repair programme is being prepared.
We have been given
a Miracle dinghy by Mr Michael Rook of Locks Heath. The Miracle is 13 feet in
length so will be a useful teaching boat. He had just finished refurbishing it,
but decided it did not suit him. The gift included a launching trolley and all
sails etc. Malcolm Gregory has sent a letter of thanks to Mr Rook.
A total of 10
trips was achieved this year. Hopefully more next year as we will have an
additional person authorised to skipper her. She has been safely brought ashore
and now sitting on her cradle awaiting the maintenance team.
Management of our
mooring, which we presently have the benefit of without charge by the HM on the
grounds that it is his policy to support youth sailing, will pass back (from
the lessees Hampshire County Council, to its owners the Crown Estates on 1 Jan
02. Formally, our status as a mooring licence holder will cease on 31 Dec 01.
The precise impact of this change is yet to be made clear. I am monitoring the
situation.
We have received 3 more
authorisations to lead the sailing - at last!
1st WARSASH
SEA SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING -12 November 2001
Treasurer’s Report
1. Assets
Current Account 9288.24
Cash
40.89
---------
9329.13
2. Known Liabilities
The invoice for
the hire charge for the venue for the fireworks evening has yet to be received.
3. Outstanding Income
Subs for last term
are still due from Red Oaks, Wight and Viking. Subs for this term. now overdue,
are outstanding from red Qaks, Wight, Viking and Fastnet.
4. Financial
Plan
Predicted cashflow
attached. The current known plans show that the current healthy balance,
allowing us to proceed with the revised plan for the boathouse, will only be
maintained if subs are paid to the Group on time.
5. Notes
a. The jumble sale on 24 September raised £520.18.
b. Profit from the Fireworks stands at £1188.90 with the balance of the rent for the venue outstanding.
c. Major Expenditures since last Exec. meeting:
(1) Cleaning of HQ in August to October - £128.00
(2) Aeysha lift out and winter pound fees - £249.00
(3) Small boat general maintenance - £70.31
(4) Warsash Sailing Club subscription - £233.00
(5) HQ electricity Bill -£71.54
(6) Ground rent October to December - £73.86
(7) Aeysha insurance premium - £187.35
(8) Donation to RBL (Wreath for Remembrance Day) -
£25.00
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||