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1.
Intro/Welcome |
The Secretary opened the meeting
at 2045 and welcomed everyone to the AGM. The agenda was
outlined and apologies were received from Steve Jarvis, Ewan
Wharrie, Campbell deBurgh, Mark Carmichael, Donald Carmichael,
David Ferguson and Duncan Matthews. |
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2. Previous Minutes |
There were no outstanding actions
from the previous minutes and they were proposed as correct by
Nathan Colbern and seconded by Dave Woolmer. |
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3.
Secretary’s Report |
1. Stewart said that he was very
pleased with the year as a whole for the RNPS as it had been
relatively busy with various events, particularly Trafalgar 200
and IFOS. He said that all the events that were undertaken under
the auspices of the RNPS had been exactly the type of bread and
butter naval events that the RNPS should regard as core
business.
2. He said that he had been
personally disappointed that lack of time through work and
family commitments had not allowed him to do much development
work and that the RNPS as a whole had been pretty static despite
a busy events year.
3. The website in particular had
not been as useful and had not moved on very much since its
inception. There had been plans to use two or three different
people to update it but for various reasons had not worked.
Recently Campbell deBurgh had offered to help run the site and
this was being progressed. |
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4.
Treasurer’s Report |
1. Ian Kempsell provided the
financial statements to date for scrutiny and highlighted the
key points, including the fact that many people had not paid
their annual subscriptions. It was agreed that a reminder letter
would be the main if only step that could be taken. It is hoped
that a members list will in future be published on the website.
2. Stewart opened up the debate
on how the society should consider spending some of the money.
The treasurer’s report showed that 2500 pounds was available.
Uniform was discussed at length. Whilst standard kit was
desirable it would be expensive to buy, difficult to procure
through military sources and also provide extra work for the
person sorting it out. It was generally agreed that blue hose
could be bought and loaned or offered for sale to those taking
part in RNPS events. Stewart agreed to keep a watching brief on
the possible sourcing of ex army uniform. It was agreed that
black ties with an RNPS logo would be worth buying. (Post mtg
note: An option here is to buy tie pins to offer better
flexibility). It was also agreed to buy 6 new RNPS Banners as
Paddy had already done the work to cost and find a manufacturer.
These would be used to allow the original to be kept in good
condition. The banners could be used for front rank pipers for
example. It was also discussed and agreed that some contribution
to travelling expenses would make sensible use of the society
funds. The Bass Drum was discussed and it was agreed that a new
one would be bought at a cost of about 400-500 pounds. (Post mtg
note: Dave Robinson, Ian Kempsell, Stewart Bankier and Bill Gass
discussed this further and decided that a new drum would not be
necessary) |
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5.
Membership |
1. Annual subscriptions were
mentioned again and Ian Kempsell offered new standing order
forms at the meeting.
2. Mark Jackson was proposed for
"Friends of the Society" membership by John Kinnard and seconded
by Bill Gass. |
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6.
Society Equipment |
1. It was agreed that after a
number of years of trying, no more effort should be given to
trying to recover the outstanding set of society pipes. The
newly donated set should be brought into playing condition.
2. Stewart mentioned that he had
a small tutor group of 4 pipers in Faslane and a set of pipes
would be needed soon for one of them. |
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7.
Society Uniform |
1. This was discussed at item 4. |
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8.
Events |
1. Stewart listed all the society
sponsored events of the past 12 months as follows:
Cologne 05
Trafalgar200 Ceremony in Glasgow
5 Jun
IFOS 05
HMS INVINCIBLE White Ensign
Association CTP 14 Jul
MCM3 De-commissioning ceremony
Faslane 14 Jul
HMS BROCKLESBY families day 24
Jul
RNVBA Festival 05
HMS INVINCIBLE final alongside 1
Aug
RNVB invite to Beek wedding at
Dollar Castle 1 Oct |
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9.
Future Policy |
Stewart re-iterated the reasons
behind the society and everyone agreed that things should
continue as they were for the immediate future. |
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10.
AOB |
No points were raised. |
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11.
DONM |
The meeting was closed and the
next meeting would be As usual at the RNVBA Festival in 06. |
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