Committee meeting 18/03/2019

18^th. March 2019 – Committee Meeting

PRESENT:

J.Fletcher (JF) Chairman; N.Spencer (NS) Secretary;. Janet Toes (JT)Treasurer; Bronya Emmison(BE), Press&Publicity Officer; A.Tennant (AT) Trustee; Chris Smith (CS) Hon.Member; PC Lauren Gibbons (LG) Tutor Asst.;.; B.Malin,BM member.

APOLOGIES:

Steve Clark PC.;  Bob Furness (BF) member

DECLARATIONS of INTEREST:

Nil

MINUTES of LAST MEETING:

The Minutes of the meeting held 21^st.January 2019 were read. BE proposed and BM seconded that they were a true record. All agreed.

MATTERS ARISING:

• Party Liability still to progress. Secretary reported experiencing difficulty in sourcing economic cover for professional liability in respect of Lauren. Meeting agreed a £200 ceiling would be appropriate.
• Banner – BE in hand and will be done.
• Smart phone – the 14^th.March session proved the flexibility of having a Smart Phone as a lecturing tool. Proposed NS and seconded CS that one Smart Phone be purchased. To be 5/6 inch screen around £250.00. All agreed.
• Barry Malin – Probus lecture not delivered as yet.
• Tablet Class Pocklington Library – No-one from the club attended, but AT has visited the library and been advised the staff recommend Boot-IT to their customers
• Magazine entries. Confirmed Stamford Bridge. Committee expressed their thanks to Bob Furness for all the work he has put in. The Wolds will be out soon. Entry was put into the Parish News – proposed LG and seconded JT that an advert be paid for in the June/July edition. All Agreed.
• Tablets at ‘Chit-Chat ‘ – BE reports that take up is slow.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

• Average attendance for this term to date is 14. Maximum has been 19.
• Very pleasing to note that 5 new members have joined and are returning on a regular basis.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Treasurer provided bank balance: stands at £9676.97.Ambassador programme costings to date (tonight’s meeting) are £2130.90

Members reminded that expenses are allowed when conducting Ambassador business.

Treasurer would much appreciate members paying on entering and before the session commences.

EQUIPMENT:

• The 4 new Galaxy Tab3’s seem to require a password. CS expressed astonishment, followed by a refresher course for those present on how to access the tablets. All suitably chastened with thanks to ‘Sir’.

OPEN DISCUSSION:

• Questionnaire – Tabled by LG and accepted. To be distributed at the next group session.
• Reward for members who pay a term ‘up front’ in form of a raffle ticket to be drawn at the last meeting – Booking at the Boot&Slipper Carvery is the prize!
• Require more entries on the Ambassador marketing data sheets.
• JF – tabled a booklet that is titled ‘tablets without jargon’ – Full package costs £153.70.

JF proposed NS seconded agreed to purchase.

• Protector cases and screen covers for the new Galaxy TabS3’s LG to purchase. Agreed.
• Two computer stands were exhibited. Agreed to obtain two more for the Galaxy TabS3’s
• CS distributed 11 draft headings for the ‘e-Reminder’ cards. Divided amongst CS and LG so that they can be the focus of discussion amongst the membership.
• 18^th. April – Confirm the Summer timetable.

DATE NEXT MEETING:

Monday, 13^th.May 2019: @1900 in the Boot&Slipper

Chairman closed the meeting at 2035