Loreburn Bridge Club
Minutes of Committee meeting held on Thursday 29th September 2005 at 12.00 in the Howgate Premises Dumfries.

Present:
N. Thomson,(chair) J. Steen, P. Muir, M. Greensill, D. Kearney, K. Macdonald, E. Adamson, M. Anderson, J. Yarham.

Apologies:
R. Harkness, G. Henderson, S. Pirmohamed, M. Burn, M. Pumphrey.

Adoption of Minutes
Proposed by P. Muir and seconded by J. Steen.

Matters arising
Neil had heard from the Post Office regarding the need for a street number in the Club's address. He was informed that there was no need to put in a number so therefore the address will be Loreburn Bridge Club, Howgate Street, Dumfries. DG27AE.

Correspondence---
A letter was received from H. B. M. Sayers informing us that, "A Proof before answer", had been fixed at Dumfries Sheriff Court for 10th November 2005. This refers to the ongoing case being brought by Josephine Smith against Loreburn Bridge Club. This matter was discussed and appropriate action was to be taken.
A letter was received from Mathew (Primrose and Gordon) regarding his fee of £629. This was thought to be an exceedingly reasonable bill for the amount of work Mathew did and this was much appreciated. It was then passed to the Treasurer for payment.

New Members:
Two new members were accepted into the Club, Hazel Shelton and Yowann Byghan.

Treasurer
Ken reported that as all the bills were now coming in it would appear that we are within budget. The details were discussed and we will get a further update at the next meeting.

New Premises
Neil reported on the last minute details in finishing the work at the Club and said that it looked as if the Opening Night could go ahead as planned.
Building Control had inspected the premises earlier in the week and all had gone according to plan.
A team of hardworking people had been in making the finishing touches. Neil will give thanks to those people on the Opening Night.

Opening Night
Laying out of the food was discussed so as to facilitate easy movement for the members. Eva had asked several members to supply food items. Members are to receive a glass of wine on arrival at the Club.
Neil has planned an opening prize of £20 to go to the first pair to bid a grand slam and to make it. For each week that passes without a winner £1 will be added until a winning pair is announced.
Jim Steen has kindly donated bottles of wine as prizes for the Open Night.

Swiss Teams
Between 10-12 teams are expected to play in the Diamond Swiss event on Sunday 2nd October. Ian Burn is to be the director for the event.

AOCB
J. Yarham brought forward a member's request that all minutes be placed on the web and it was noted that this had already been done. There was also a request for the results in the paper to contain the position of the winning members e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd. This was agreed and the press secretary will ensure that this is included.
Margaret suggested that there should be an official opening of the new Premises and that someone of note be invited to open it. The Press could be invited to take photographs. It was agreed that this was a good idea and the official opening would be on the afternoon opening for all members including all the other clubs namely Saturday 15th October.

Date of next meeting
Thursday 17th November. 7.00PM