| Present | The President Rosie Harkness was in the chair. There were 39 members present. |
| Apologies | R. Risk, E. Whitehead, P. Crowter, A. Beggs, J. Halliday, S. White, J. Boardman, S. Service, A Robertson, R. Hart, M. Paterson, D. Kearney, F. Hannay, P. Filipiak, D. Emery, M. Burn, E. Burn, J Nicholson. |
| Adoption of Minutes | Proposed by S. Pirmohamed and seconded by G. Wylie. |
| Matters Arising | None |
| Presidents Remarks | Rosie told the members that since she had written to them, the death of Duncan Adamson had taken place, and she wanted to say a few words about the tremendous loss this was to the club as well as to Eva and her family. Duncan had given great service to the club ,he had been a past President, he had also been secretary for many years, he had been teacher at many of the classes, he had kept the records of the club and he had recently been putting them all together so that our past was not forgotten and his advice and support had been called upon many times. Those, that attended his funeral would know that Duncan had been appreciated by many other groups and people. Eva had come to the bridge on Monday night and thanked all that attended his funeral and said that £800 to £900 was collected for the MacMillan Nurses. Rosie also talked about the success of the "Cissie Hanley salver" tournament and commented on the fact that the donors of the cup- Eileen Cowan and Beth Marshall- had just missed being the first holders of the cup by one point. Rosie closed her remarks by thanking everyone for the vase she had been presented with on President's night and thanking everyone for their support and help throughout the year. |
| Treasurers report | Ken began by also thanking the members for the glass bowl which he had received on his retiral as treasurer. He then went on to go over in detail the various outgoings and incomings as per the audited accounts. He pointed out the expenses which had been one offs and other costs that were likely to rise due to inflation. The club had made a profit of £4660 in the year and he forecast a similar figure for next year. It was agreed to leave the subscriptions and table money the same for year 2007/2008. Ken then thanked everyone for their support. The accounts were then adopted by J. Steen and seconded by N. Thomson. |
| SBU. | Anne Athol thanked the members for the use of the club house for SBU. events, matches and meetings and again she encouraged more members to enter National Competitions. She highlighted the fact that at these events there were different levels of award whereby competitors were judged against players of similar rank thereby ensuring that the competitions were open to all standard of players. Anne then went on to congratulate the Loreburn players who had been successful throughout the year making special mention of the younger players, Gyles and Myles Ellison and Matthew and Emma Burn. |
| Tournaments | It was agreed to run next years tournaments to the same format. |
| Election of new committee | It was noted that 4 members of committee were standing down namely: Matthew Burn, Ken Macdonald, Sheila Gray and Neil Thomson. At this point Rosie proposed Matthew Pumphrey as President and he was duly elected and he now took over the chair. Matthew began by thanking Rosie and he too commented on the death of Duncan Adamson. He had been one of Duncan's partners for several years and he had found it a happy and calming experience. The following new committee members were elected: David Gardner (treasurer), Sheila Service, Gerry Dolan and Sandra Schneider. |
| Chair replacement | There followed a discussion about the replacement of the chairs in the club. Each member had been sent a paper explaining the need to replace the chairs and the various ways that this replacement could take place. Neil Thomson, who had written the paper, answered the many questions and queries that came from the members, many views were expressed after which a vote was taken and it was overwhelmingly agreed to replace the chairs. It was agreed to form a sub committee with the purpose of costing , considering type of chair and to find out if it was possible to get a grant to help with the cost. They will report back to the full committee at a later date. It was thought that the cost of complete replacement would be no more than £8000. |
| Election of Auditor | It was agreed to re-elect Mrs M Storie. |
| AOCB | Margaret Graham wished to thank Ann Gray for all her work at the Tuesday Classes it was much appreciated. Volunteers to help with teaching the classes throughout the winter would be appreciated. Everyone was reminded again that Summer bridge starts on Thursday 24th May and everyone is welcome with or without a partner. |
| The meeting closed at 8.45pm. | |