REDHILL CC COMMITTEE MEETING. 8/2/12 7.30 at the Redhill Methodist Church. Aldersgate room
Present.S.Taylor-G.Clifton-M.Ormerod-F.Grainger-B.Dunbar-P.Jemmison-A.Webb-S.Houghton
1. Apologies Received from G.Ashton-P. Clarke-D.Wlsher-M. Swan
2. Approve and sign minutes of Committee Meeting of 19th December 2011. Approved
Festival of Sport. Frank
An application form has been sent to the Reigate and Banstead Forum requesting a place at this years sports festival. The club will have a gazebo with some bikes from Finches, the Raiders will have a presence and a display area will be provided for them. D Burnham and M Balbi will be involved in this.
4. Visit from Brunoy Reigates twinning town in September Frank.
The club has been contacted by the Reigate twinning council to help with a visit from a group of cyclists from Brunoy timed for September 14th-16th ,an appeal will be made for our members to provide accommodation if possible ( there will be about 5 cyclists)
It was decided that the club will invite the French people to our Saturday rides and lay on some refreshments for them when we get back to the Airfield.
5. Saturday rides conduct, safety. Bruce Dunbar
Concern has been expressed by one member about the conduct of some club rides, he felt not enough attention is taken by ride leaders to prevent tail end riders being dropped and a lack of disipline on the road. The meeting agreed that this does happen in a minority of rides but that in general conduct and consideration for others is satisfactory, ride laeders are certainly aware of potential problems and do all they can to bear the problems i nmind.
6. Sportive, Sponsors, Routes and safety. Steve Taylor
Steve Taylor has been finding it difficult to find sponsors for this year’s sportifve, the club is to contact Evans, there is also a possibility the long route will be dropped as the returns on the amount of work involved are not justified, Ian Burks will be consulted on this.
On the question of safety, Steve reported he had found one riders using headphones on a club run, the committee strongly dissaproves of this and will act against any riders caught doing this in future.
7. A Possible link with a club in Waterloo, France
B Review Trophies
C Club Dinner and Trophy evening
M.Ormerod has been in contact with the Waterloo CC in France with a view to arrangeing a twinning agreement, this would be beneficial to the club and Waterloo would be handy for the
paris Roubaix. We may invite the Waterloo CC to join us on the Brunoy visit.
A meeting will be arranged to have a thorough review of club trophies
The committee is in agreement that for the trophy awards next year we should have a more formal presentation ( years ago it was a dinner/dance in a decent hotel) Adrian suggested we have a website poll.
8. Chairman’s report
Adrian spoke of high volumes of new member applications, because of numbers Sunday G2s will be a good idea. In order to alleviate numbers on Saturday rides it was suggested leaders can set their own timetables for the day thus spreading the load and giving more choice of start times. In addition to this Sharon has started a G2 from Lingfield into Kent.
It was suggested that the rolling pictures at the head of the website could possibly show future events.
9. Gensec's report
Renewals are going well with 264 members registered, there are 44 to renew of which about 40 will drop out. Frank has been contacted by Graham Baker who has started a new club there and alllowed the Dorking club to utilise RCC safety advice.
10. Treasurer's report.
The committee has received a copy of the current accounts
11. Press and publicity report
Mike is not receiving much info from members,
12. Road Event Secretary’s report
Nothing reported
13. MTB Secretary’s Report
Split rides working well, T Sheldrake has been offering Sunday rides
14. Racing secretary’s report.
All races now on website, Phil is having to book events up to a month ahead, the LBRC is coming up soon, Gavin Garrett will organise this, marshals are needed for the 4th May..
The 12th August cat 2 and 3 road race venue has been booked at Leigh , Phil has also sent up a Google Race Group.
15. Time Trial Secretary’s report
The current TT season will start soon and Geoff is asking for suggestions to assist John Eg, The recent Sporting TT has received good comments.. Adrian feels that marshals should receive some recognition for their help.
Promotion Secretary's Report
The curry evening turnout was dissapointing
The meeting ended.