Mumbles Motor Boat and Fishing Club
1. Participants
OFFICERS: Phil Gavey (Chairman), Phil Bowen (Secretary )
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: John Elvins, Mark Thomas, Phill Carroll, Paul Eaton, Colin Albert, Jon West and Nigel Davies
2. Apologies:
Janet Hurst (Membership Secretary), Keith Stephens (Treasurer), and Richie Pearce . Dean Gifford (Absent)
3. Welcome:
The Chairman welcomed them all to the meeting.
4. Minutes of previous meeting (28th April 2021):
These had been circulated to the committee members before the meeting for any corrections and they were accepted as a true record of that meeting. Proposed by Mark Thomas and seconded by Colin Albert. All agreed and signed off by Chairman. Minutes of the meeting would be posted on the club website. We also progressed actions from the previous meeting to ensure completion either now or in the near future.
5. Matters Arising: None to date
6. Correspondence: None to date
We received two emails from Roy Evans and Allan Walters indicating that they both wish to resign from the committee. It was with regret that they were accepted. Chairman and Secretary have written to both members thanking them for their outstanding contribution to the club over many years. Rob Hewitt has not responded to any request for information on whether he wished to stay on the committee after missing 3 consecutive meetings without any reasonable excuse. So according to our constitution this was seen to indicate that he too wished to resign from the committee. The Secretary would write to him to confirm his resignation.
7. Membership:
(Report given from an email from Janet) We have 10 new members, plus 58 renewals meaning we have 185 members. 70 -Seniors, 80-Full, 6-Family(Spouse), 19-Family (Juniors), 7-Juniors, 7-Life, 1- Complimentary, 1-Temp.
8. Finance:
The overall financial position of the club will be an item on next months agenda. It is felt that in the present financial climate we may not be investing Club funds in the best manner possible, currently receiving around 0.2% on Bank accounts, with inflation at over 6%. We need to look at other investment vehicles. Please give this matter some thought before our next meeting
If members require further details on the club finances, please contact the Treasurer.
9. Secretary:
Phil needed the details of the quiz to pass on to the membership. An entry fee of £2.00 per person and a maximum of 4 people per table/team was agreed. The quiz would take place on the Lower Deck and Phil B has already booked the venue. The quiz would be set and hosted by Phill Carroll, he was also going to sort out prizes. It was agreed after a short discussion to invite members SYSAC to join us for the evening, Phil B would contact SYSAC to arrange this.
Phil B was to contact SYSAC to find out why our skipper members did not get emails regarding the Rioja Special event.
10. Business Items:
Boat Reports:
Oystercat
As Dean was absent John and Mark gave the report. John was hoping to get the new anchor rope fitted while the Cat was out of action.
Both felt the Cat was going well and the fishing had been very good. However, the starboard engine was still over heating but with careful management it did not at the moment effect the boat adversely. Phil G. pointed out that we had not asked SYSAC if we could use their berths during lock closures. But it was pointed out that this had been done on a previous occasion and the request had been turned down. Phil would pursue the matter for future lock closures. The Auto-Pilot is not working and it was felt that a large amount of money was spent on this equipment and could we use the time the lock is shut to get this repaired. As Dean wasn’t present we were unable to progress this issue. Phil B would email Dean to see if the issues could be sorted during this time
Belle
Phill Carroll reported with the help of Jeff Tomkins most of the issues with the Belle had been solved and everything was working really well but unfortunately they can’t use as the lock is shut. Phill C. did express some concern that he felt the boat no longer met the needs of the club. He felt that it was not going to provide the fishing experiences that club members wanted. There were severe restrictions on the boat speed wise so limiting greatly where they could fish. He felt that the club should be looking to replace the Belle so that we could offer a reasonable alternative to the Cat. He did think that at present the Belle was not an asset to the club. It was pointed out also that if Phill C was not available, the Belle would not go out again restricting its usefulness to the club.
It was agreed that Phill C works with Mark and the other skippers to see if an alternative could be found.
Chalet:
Phil G reported that bookings are substantially down on last year and he went through the bookings to date. This causes two concerns namely a loss of income to the club and with change in legislation proposed by the Welsh Government regarding holiday rentals there was a strong possibility that we would have to pay council tax. Phil G was monitoring the situation and reported that other chalets were experiencing the same problems. Phil G informed the meeting that there had been an accident last week in the chalet a young person had broken a rung of the ladder to the top bunk. In doing so as he fell his leg was “gashed” according to mum. However, the father had repaired the ladder and nothing further was said. Phil G examined the repair which was an excellent job and as a matter of compensation gave the family the cost of the materials. This accident prompted Phil to take a look at the furniture and came across a wooden bench outside which he felt was unsafe so replaced it with a more modern plastic bench. He did mention that perhaps in this autumn several pieces of furniture needed replacing.
Nigel reported that he had been unable to access our chalet on the Airbnb site. Phil G. asked Colin if he could take a look and rectify this problem. Colin mentioned that could there be an issue with the pricing, but again Phil G stated that our pricing was in line with the other chalets
11. A.O.B
Accepted procedure for returning fish - John felt that as a fishing club we should be setting an example to all members on how we treat fish. He felt particularly as the number of family and younger members were fishing with us were increasing. Phil B was asked to send out a statement to all members on how to return fish “ As a respected fishing club it is every members duty to return unwanted fish as quickly and as humanely as possible. If fish are being kept then they should be dispatched as quickly and humanely as possible. We must be seen to be setting an example in all we do regarding fishing” This statement has now been sent to all members.
Oystercat John continued stating that he was concerned about the condition of the Cat engines and had we reached a point when they needed to be re-conditioned or replaced. There followed a lengthy debate which resulted in it being felt that this would be best dealt with as a separate item on the agenda for the next meeting.
Meanwhile John with help would come to the meeting with costings and options
Bench - Colin raised the issue about replacing the bench on the Cat with a re-cycled one he had located on the internet. Phill C pointed out that he could organise the making and fitting of one similar to the one already being used. It was agreed that he should sort out the details and costings and let committee members know his findings.
Mark - was asked if he was able to produce an item for our Facebook re the recent Norway trip. He said that he would and that he was prepared to run a similar trip for the club next summer.
Food - Jon felt members would appreciate skippers indicating on the calendar whether they intend to serve food or not.
Observations : Members attending the meeting found it interesting and they felt the committee did look at all options before making a decision. They also appreciated that the committee were always looking to get the best results for all their members and that their welfare was a top priority.
The Chairman closed the meeting by thanking all for their valuable contributions and continued hard work in support of the club.
The meeting closed 9.10pm
Date Of Next Meeting - Monday 4th October 2021 at 7.30pm at Mumbles Rugby Club
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