| Present | S. Service, R. Harkness, M. Pumphrey, D. Gardner, G. Dolan, J. Steen, M. Anderson, G. Burn, J. Yarham, A. Gray. | |
| Apologies | R. Shearn, S. Schneider, D. Wray. A. Ridley. | |
| Adoption of Minutes | Proposed by A. Gray and seconded by M. Anderson. | |
| Matters Arising | None. | |
| Correspondence | A letter from Pauline Muir regarding the poor attendance at the Thursday evening summer bridge. The matter was discussed in some detail and it was felt that many smaller clubs now opened themselves throughout the summer season so there was much less need to come to Dumfries. Summer visitors could always attend on a regular night, so perhaps the need for a summer bridge night is over. This matter could be discussed again next year. The secretary to write to Pauline thanking her for her letter and highlighting this matter for us. | |
| New Members | 2 new members were accepted into the club, Mr R. E. Wood and Mrs P. M. Wood. | |
| Appointment of Vice President | The appointment of Sham Pirmohamed as Vice President was unanimously agreed. | |
| House | A. | Gray asked if it would be possible to have curtains on the windows and doors to help counteract the draughts. 7 members had approached her on this matter. It was agreed to cost this and bring it to a later meeting when we would be in a better position to know the chair expenditure. It was suggested that a master switch to switch off all the lights might ensure that the lights were always switched off. It was felt that this was an unnecessary expense meantime and that a note to the Directors would suffice. |
| Tournaments | G. Burn gave the report: 80 copies of the programme of events for 2007/2008 have been ordered. It was agreed that to have a full Howell or three quarter Howell during the Stewart Trophy nights would give a much fairer result. This was proposed by G, Burn and seconded by S Service. Handicaps- Sandra Schneider, to whom we are much indebted to for the work she has done, is to be asked to attend on the first Appleton Cup night to explain the system to members. Alerting- The S.B.U. have introduced a new alerting procedure to take effect on 1st September 2007 which is felt will be better in the long term. J. Steen has taken the main points and produced a shorter copy which will be available to all members. It will also be displayed on the walls. | |
| Chairs | J. Steen reported that the form was now filled in requesting a grant towards the cost of 80 chairs. The chairs will cost £8,346.70p and we now await the result. | |
| Treasurer | D, Gardner reported that so far 85 members had renewed their subscriptions and he expected that more would come in at the start of the Autumn season. The current account with the Bank of Scotland £2376.05 The Account at Standard Life £8760.12 So the Committee were assured that if we did not receive any grant towards the chairs then we could afford to pay for them. David brought it to the members attention that spare envelopes for the evenings cash for the safe were to be found in the filing cabinet. ( after some discussion about the availability of some stationery items , at this point,G. Burn agreed to take charge of the stationery and to make sure that an adequate supply was readily available). David then asked why Criffel Cleaning charged for a vacuum cleaner when we already had one. This matter to be looked into. | |
| Classes | A. | Robertson and E. Cowan have agreed to run the classes this year and M. Pumphrey has offered his services as a third tutor if that should be necessary. A poster has been produced by Abbie to advertise the classes and M. Pumphrey has agreed to meet with Abbie to agree costs, size etc. It is planned to place these posters in as many public meeting places as possible.It was suggested that Roy Shearn could be asked to add the time and date of these classes at the bottom of his bridge results article. |
| Liaison with the Southern District. | It was reported that the new Southern District President, Mrs Sheena White, had been invited to attend the meeting but due to other arrangements she could not attend. It was thought that as Sham was our new Vice President perhaps we could liaise through him. | |
| Bridge Computer Scorers | After some discussion it was agreed to leave this matter until the matter of the chairs became clearer. | |
| Newsletter | G. Dolan agreed to take on the publication of the newsletter. It was suggested that the new alerting procedures could be published in the news letter. | |
| AOCB | None | |
| Date of next meeting | Thursday November 22nd 2007 at 7pm. | |