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Snippets of W.A.B. Committee Meeting - 27 April 2008

In Attendance

• G0BFJ, G7GJU, G4JZF, G4IAR, G4IAQ, G0AKH, G8XTJ & G0NLX

Apologies

• Chris Gibbs

Minutes of Previous Meeting

• were read and accepted. Proposed: Graham G4JZF - Seconded: Dave G4IAR

Matters Arising

• None.

President & Contest Manager's Reports

• Everyone was up to date, so no reports to read.

Secretary, Rally Manager & Newsletter Editor's Reports

• The tablecloths are at long last on their way to LOGO King.
• Rallies are going ahead as planned, the A.G.M. (pending agreement) will be at the Spalding Rally. Attendance at the Lorne Rally will not happen this year.
• An appearance at the Dambusters Rally is being planned.
• We are invited to the 1st Sheffield Radio Hamfest on the 12th of July.
• The Newsletter is holding its own at the present. Because of so many changes to this current issue I am struggling to get it out on time; however one way or another it MUST go out this week otherwise it will be too late for the A.G.M.

Treasurer's Report

• Attached the unaudited accounts for the WAB financial year ending March 31st 2008.
• The immediate thing that stands out is the loss of over £27,000 on the investment.
• This will no doubt be the major financial item of discussion at the meeting.
• The only comments that I would make are based on black & white figures:
  1. Despite the lower investment figure, the return on it has been higher
  2. In the 22 days since the end of the financial year, the capital has recovered by over £2500
• We are in a position to donate a further £5000, but I would suggest that we hold on until the business of the A.G.M. is sorted, by which time we should have had a further dividend. We also have to bear in mind that subject to decisions we may be looking at a book re-print.
• Tom Holmes our Finacial Advisor has offered to attend the A.G.M.

Publicity Officer's Report

• John was asked to prepare a piece on Lighthouses for PW, Monitoring Monthly and anyone else who will print it. It was agreed that Spalding Rally be used for the A.G.M. - venue needed to be publicised.
• John reported that he was talking to the USA: - ARRL and CQ magazine as well as others.

Internet Co-ordinator's Report

• A PayPal account for W.A.B. is being setup. Due to getting the 2 signatories to sign a paper form, this has not yet been finalised.
• A problem occurred with the W.A.B. web site - the forum and awards issued pages had stopped working. I emailed Chris Meadows at Intermip, & this was sorted between us.

Membership Secretary's Report

• Since the last committee meeting there have been 85 books sold made up as follows: - Books 24, CDs 9 and Book Numbers 52
• The Copyright Licence for our use of the Admiralty List of Lights was renewed in March for another twelve months.

Boundary Changes Co-ordinator's Report

• Response received from GI0OUM re article in Newsletter 130 about Boundary Changes. Reply sent via email.

Award Manager's Report

• Since the last meeting 153 awards have been issused, most of them following the Winter Activity period. Many of the Winter Activity Awards themselves were issued to Bill & Debbie, who activated 5 separate 3 Counties Awards. Since the A.G.M. last year, well over 400 awards have been claimed.
• I would like to thank Judith for picking up the pieces when I was not too well.

A.G.M. 2008

• To be held at the Spalding Rally on 1st June, starting at 12.30pm.

Future Committee

• It was agreed that Norma Darby M3NJD be co-opted onto the committee.

The Way Forward

• It was agreed to reprint the Book Set but the Booklist will not be printed, but still be available on Disc and on the Web Site.
• It is proposed that we draw a line under everything and bring in 10k Squares
• The start date for this would be decided after Members input.
• A statement regarding the new awards was formulated as follows:
  • W.A.B. Awards have to change as many new UAs will be formed on the 1st April 2009; the new boundaries are at present unknown. It will be a long time before any new Maps become available. The committee has decided after Consultation with the membership to introduce a new simplified series of W.A.B. Awards which will be based around the 10k Square
  • There will be a vote at the AGM to decide the following:
    1. Whether to backdate the new award to the 1st May 1974, or
    2. Whether there should be a clean start for everyone starting on the 1st April 2009 (this is the preferred option)
  • The current constitution does not allow for Postal or Proxy votes, but your views are saught in writing or e-mail to the Secretary by the 23rd May.
• A new Book print will be forwarded to all Committee for proof reading.

G8PUT Logging Program

• G8PUT requires people to use the logging program and inform him of any bugs.

The following Rallies were agreed upon

RALLY	STAFF
Donnington	Dave, Judith, Geoff & Norma
York	Brian, Geoff & Norma
Rishworth	Brian
Telford	Dave & Judith

40th Anniversary

• To be discussed at a later date.

Travel Costs

• Travel costs to be increased to 15p per mile. Proposed: Dave G4IAR - Seconded: John G8XTJ

Label Printing

• Graham G4JZF asked about label printing.

New Printer for Membership Secretary

• It was agreed to pay for a new printer for Graham G4JZF. Proposed: Geoff G7GJU - Seconded: Brian G0BFJ

A presentation was then made to Sue G0NLX after she had tendered her resignation from the committee. Sue thanked everyone and it was agreed that a new dividend signature was now needed.

Thanks were also given to Geoff & Norma for the work done on the new tablecloths.

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