Mumbles Motor Boat and Fishing Club
1. Participants
OFFICERS: Phil Gavey (Chairman), Keith Stephens (Treasurer), Phil Bowen (Secretary) Janet Hurst (Membership Secretary)
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Richie Pearce, Roy Evans, Nigel Davies, John Elvins, Dean Gifford, Paul Eaton, Mark Thomas
2. Apologies:
Colin Albert, Allan Walters, Jon West,
3. Welcome:
The Chairman extended a warm welcome to all members and commented that it was a little strange meeting face to face.
4. Minutes of previous meeting (31st August 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 John Elvins and seconded by Richie Pearce. All agreed.
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
7. Membership: Janet reported that there had been a flurry of applications to join the club but strangely many did not follow this up by completing the appropriate forms. To date this was about 10 to 12 people.
We have 154 members to date with 71 seniors, 63 adults 3 families, 1 junior, 7 family juniors,6 life members, 1 family with unnamed child,
1 complimentary, and 1 deceased.
8. Finance:
Keith presented the figures on the Boays, Subscriptions & Chalet.
If members require further details on the club finances, please contact the Treasurer.
Janet added that she was finding it very difficult to work with the Virgin Bank their admin was very poor and in many ways obstructive. So it was agreed that that account be closed and the money moved to another Bank or Building Society that meant the account would be easier to work with. Initially it would be transferred to the HSBC. Phil Gavey suggested that it was perhaps it was time to look at our assets and see if we could make them work more effectively for the club’s benefit. However, this was a topic for a future meeting and all agreed.
9. Secretary:
First Aid
Phil pointed out that all the required paperwork had been completed and he was waiting for the Red Cross give him a date which would be in November. When he had this date he would contact skippers and regular crew members to offer them places on the course. There 12 places available on the 2 hour course at a cost of £430.00. If there were spare places they would be offered to the general membership.
Skipper Training:
Phil had contacted 3 organisations about training, one did not do training, one failed to respond leaving him with the RYA. Their centre locally was run by Swansea Water Sports based in Adelaide Street. They could provide the following courses
Level 2 Powerboat Handling (2days) at £240.00 pp
Advanced Powerboat Handling at £286.00pp
Marine Radio SRC Course and Exam at £150.00 pp
Essential Navigation and Seamanship at £200.00pp
They did offer a Day Skipper Course which would cost a £1000pp
Skippers present felt that the above course was above and beyond what was needed for our purposes.
A suggestion was put forward that the training be paid for by the club hopefully to encourage members to come forward.
However, following some reservations expressed by some members it was felt that the skipper when trained
needed to complete a set number of trips to be decided by the committee. Then and only then would the training fees be refunded to the skipper. Phil was asked to find out the costings for the training
Phil would find out the number of people still interested in becoming skippers before progressing this further.
Janet Hurst ten outlined in detail the contribution that Phil Hixson had made to the club and she felt that if it weren’t for him we may not have had a club, Roy Evans seconded her nomination of Phil for a life membership, all present totally agreed and this would be ratified at the AGM.
He informed the meeting that there had been an issue regarding a trip being postponed rather than cancelled reported to him by a skipper.
He met with the chairman and they formulated a response which went out to all members, saying that if a trip was called off for whatever reason it would be deemed cancelled. After a brief discussion it was agreed that this was the fairest way to proceed.
Following the advert in the newsletter for members to become skippers Phil informed the meeting that 2 members had expressed an interest in becoming a skipper. He is currently gathering information about training providers and will present options and costings to the committee for their approval at the next meeting. Hopefully the training will take place during November/December.
AGM:
Phil told the meeting that the AGM would take place on the 28th October in Mumbles Rugby Club. He asked if anyone was not going to continue in their role next year, all present agreed to carry on.
Nigel Davies would be nominated to join the committee as a full member as he was coopted on during the year. This decision would be ratified at the AGM
John Elvins made a strong case for Richie Pearce to become a life member, seconded by Dean Gifford and all present totally agreed
Janet Hurst then outlined in detail the contribution that Phil Hixson had made to the club, saying that without him we might not have a club today. Roy Evans seconded the nomination for Phil Hixson to be given life membership. This would be ratified at the AGM also
Phil Gavey felt that a request should go to Phil Carroll to join the committee as he was prepared to skipper the Belle and in recognition of the work he had done on making the Belle operational. All present agreed.
10. Business Items:
Boat Reports:
Oystercat
New aluminium/polyplastic bench now on cat for seating also Port gland to be "nipped up" RP Wed 6th
Anchor rope to be reversed JE Wed 6th
Cooker to be fitted MT RP Sat 9th
Engine over heat investigation JE PE Sat 9th
Steering cylinder to be replaced JE PE DG ASAP
Cooker, Phil has written to the insurance company informing about the installation of the new gas cooker and they have made a note of the
change on their records so it can be fitted at any time.
Belle
Vic had emailed the Chairman to report that the batteries needed replacing as they were not retaining their charge. Phil Carroll has now replaced
batteries and the Belle is now ready to be back in action. Phil also offered to be a skipper for the Belle hopefully increasing its usage and providing more opportunities for our members to go fishing. His offer was gratefully accepted by all present.
By the way, just come back from the Belle.(Email -Phill C)
New Batteries fitted and just got the new terminals which are now in place.
Everything is now working properly, I have tested every switch which now work what they should do, all wiring is labelled.
It starts first time on the button and stops via the new cable stop fitted.
The Windlass is full powered by foot switch meaning its a one man job now.
Chalet:
Chalet would now close on the 30th October and not reopen until March. However, there was still an ongoing enquiry by chalet owners to
extend the time that they could use the chalets. So it was a case of watch this space at the moment. Phil did feel that we should take the
opportunity of it being closed to carry out a programme of up dating some furniture and fittings. He hoped Janet would be available to
assist with this process
11. A.O.B
Beer and Curry Night
Keith felt that the social had gone really well, there was a good turn out of over 40 members and their wives. Everyone there really enjoyed the event and there was a great atmosphere. So he suggested that we do a similar event next May or June to coincide with membership renewals. He felt
this would reduce the problems Janet and he had had with the renewal forms being filled in incorrectly or update their details and many members
still preferred to pay in cash. It was agreed that a similar event be held next year at a time to suit Keith and Janet
Keith also wondered now that we were back meeting in the club on a regular basis could the boat booking calendar be available for people to fill in. It was agreed that either Phil B or Keith would bring the calendar to the club night in the future.
Trevor Mellard Bass Trophy
Colin had raised the issue prior to the meeting that as there had only been one valid entry for the trophy that should we roll it over to next year, but after a full discussion it was felt that the one entry should be presented with his prize at the AGM. The winner Steve Harris had been approached by Phil G at the social and asked if he could be at the AGM to receive his trophy. Steve asked that the money be put towards organising something for the junior members. This was very generous offer and thought needed to be given on how it could be used.
Nigel Davies had also asked if it would be possible to look at the rules again for awarding the trophy as this might have contributed to the lack of entries. It was agreed that the rules would be looked at in the next meeting in readiness for next years competition.
Cardiff Cod Comp
Dean informed the committee that the Cardiff Cod Competition was on November 21st and that he was organising taking the Cat up on Friday
and returning on Monday following fishing the competition on the Sunday, the trip was already nearly fully booked. Keith just needed to carry out
some work on the minibus to ensure that it would be ready for the trip.
Norway
Phil G asked Mark if he would up load his pictures from his Norway trip onto the club web site and perhaps talk to the club members about his
experience this year. Mark said he would give it some thought on how best to proceed .
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 25th November2021 at 7.30pm at Mumbles Rugby Club
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