Loreburn Bridge Club
Minutes of Committee meeting Thursday 10^th November 2005 at 7.00pm in the Howgate Street premises Dumfries.

Present: N. Thomson,(chair) J. Steen, M. Greensill, D. Kearney, K. Macdonald, E. Adamson, M. Anderson, R. Harkness, S. Pirmohamed, J. Yarham.

Apologies: G. Henderson, P. Muir, M. Burn, M. Pumphrey.

Adoption of minutes - Proposed by E. Adamson and seconded by D. Kearney.

Matters arising - None

Correspondence - A letter was received from Mrs Martha Kearney at the Devorgilla Lounge Bar offering their services and bar facilities should the club ever decide to hold a function requiring these facilities. She could also supply the licence. This was noted and the secretary to write and thank her for her offer.
Ken had received a letter of resignation from Roy Shearn.
A letter was received from H.B.M.Sayers saying that the "A proof before answer" due to be held at Dumfries Sheriff Court on 10th November 2005 had been postponed and that they had not yet decided which witnesses they would call. It was also noted that Sam intended to support "Josies" claim.

New Members - Two new members were accepted into the club, Myles Ellison and Naomi Refeinberg.

Treasures report -         Ken reported that the membership now stood at 115.

	Standard Life Account	£2534.64
	Bank of Scotland		£2907.95

Which was enough to cover our present bills. Ken recommended that we increase the insurance of the building from £200,000 to £250,000. This was agreed. He also prepared a sheet showing probable income and expenditure from Nov. 05 to Oct. 06 This showed that we expect to be beginning to build up capital again next year to lay against future costs.

Neil thanked Ken for all his hard work in preparing costs.

House Report - Margaret reported that Kate(cleaner) now worked 1hr. on a Tuesday and 2hrs. on a Thursday. This seemed to be working well. It was suggested that whichever committee member came in first could empty the dishwasher and wipe the surfaces.
The Kitchen doors have been re-hung.
The back door has been re-draughtproofed.
A heating temperature survey is underway at the moment and action will be taken accordingly.
A heating engineer is coming to look at the system and to see what can be done about the "cold spots" and draughts.
Much discussion took place as to the possibilities of having a telephone on the premises, bearing in mind costs to the club, and the inconveniences of having a mobile, charging, remembering the number etc. It was decided to do nothing at the moment.

Tournaments
Some discussion took place as to the method used to arrive at handicaps for the match pointed part of the Appleton Cup. It was agreed to go ahead as originally planned and use the same system as used for the pairs. It was noted that there were not many names down for the Loreburn Cup.

Press
It was noted that the "Courier" had not yet printed any results despite Denise's efforts in sending the results to them.

Newsletter
It was agreed that Eva's newsletter had been well received.

Refreshments
No problems reported.

Social
The format for the Christmas party to be held on the 23^rd December was discussed. It was agreed to continue with the quiz as well as bridge. Neil agreed to compile the quiz. It was also agreed that the committee would prepare a list for members so that they could decide whether they wanted to supply food, raffle prizes or give a donation towards costs.

Match Points - No report.

SBU - It was agreed that there was no need for the SBU to have different sets of boards for the matches. One new set is to be purchased by Loreburn and we would take over the existing boards.
It was suggested that on the evenings of matches someone should be there to open up by 6.30.
Neil remarked that the National Pairs and the Breene were being held too close together. This had been an oversight and would be noted in future.
The secretary had written to thank the SBU for all their help and support during the recent re-furbishment.

Signs - The new sign outside the club is to be re-polished or replaced. It will require to be polished with Brasso(or the like) weekly.

Classes - These are well attended and going well.

AOCB - The Christmas Tree is to be put up on the 3rd December. Margaret suggested that the old decorations, (being held in her loft), be given to the Charity shop.

Date of next meeting - January 12th 2006 at 7.00pm.