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Minutes of UWOC Exec Meeting – 26th September 2008

People in Attendance:

Rob Buckby (President)
Chris Rye (Treasurer)
Matt Rooke (Captain)
Aaron Madeley (Secretary)
Ben Saxby (Webmaster)
Iain Embrey (Fixture Secretary/Coach)
Mark Cummings

Items

  1. Sports Fair and Sports Council
    • Rob and Chris to attend Sports Council meeting Monday Week 1 (29th September) Maths building 1800-2100. Anyone else who wants to go can as well.
    • The exec that can turn up for 0900 Tuesday Week 1 (30th September) to set up Sports Fair stall should. Most of the exec are fairly free throughout the day and should man the stand when available.
    • Consider putting orienteering kites up in sports centre area for advertising purposes.
    • Flyers with upcoming events and socials to be printed (Rob to print).
  2. Events
    • Sunday Week 0 (28th September), OD District event – No one to organise.
    • Saturday Week 1 (4th October), Taster Session, Campus (meeting at Rootes Reception at 1100).
    • Saturday Week 2 (11th October), City of London orienteering race – Matt to organise.
    • Sunday Week 3 (19th October), Compass Sport Cup final, Sutton Park – Iain to organise.
    • Sunday Week 4 (26th October), Walton Chasers District event (including OD championships), Schoal Hill – Rob to organise.
    • Saturday Week 6 (8th November), Cambridge Alc-O – Rob to organise.
    • Saturday Week 7 (15th November), Venice – Aaron to organise.
    • Saturday Week 7 (15th November), Warwick Relays – Chris to organise.
    • Saturday Week 8 (22nd November), Sheffield City Race – Matt to organise.
    • Sunday Week 8 (23rd November), Wrekin Midlands Championships – Ben to organise.
    • Sunday Week 9 (30th November), Walton Chasers District event, Brocton and Milford – Chris to organise.
    • Sunday Week 10 (7th December), Harlequins Regional event, Postenplain – Iain to organise.
    • Sunday Week 10 (7th December), Yvette Baker Trophy final – Aaron to organise if OD qualify.
    • 18th January, UWOC event, Iain to see if we can hold it on campus, Chris as organiser.
  3. Training for Term 1
    • Saturday Week 3 (18th October), Hay Wood – Iain to organise.
    • Wednesday Week 5 (29th October) – Iain to organise.
    • Wednesday Week 7 (12th November) – Iain to organise.
    • Matt to look into which Athletics and CC sessions are worth going to, possibly hold own interval sessions if necessary.
  4. Socials for Term 1
    • Freshers social Thursday Week 1 (2nd October) in the Graduate@Cholo at 2000.
    • Saturday Week 1 (4th October) head to Varsity at about 1300 after taster session finishes.
    • Go see Quantum of Solace when it comes out (and Madagascar 2 as well perhaps).
    • Canoe Club Ice skating social.
  5. Minibus Assessments
    • Lecture on Thursday Week 1 (2nd October) at 1700 in Ramphal building – Matt, Iain and Rob to attend.
  6. Warwick Sport website
    • The orienteering club’s part of the Warwick Sport website needs updating (Ben to update).
  7. Date of Next Meeting
    • To be confirmed.

The cool official word document is available here.

Minutes of UWOC Annual General Meeting – 5th May 2008

People in Attendance:

Mark Cummings (President)
Shaun Emerson (Treasurer)
Iain Embrey (Captain)
Robert Buckby (Secretary)
Ben Saxby (Webmaster)
Matthew Rooke (Foreign Secretary)
3 other members

Items

  1. Exec Elections
    • Many thanks to the 2007-2008 exec who have done a great job keeping the club running over the past year
    • Exec elected for 2008-2009:
      • President: Robert Buckby
      • Treasurer: Chris Rye
      • Secretary: Aaron Madeley
      • Captain: Matthew Rooke
      • Fixtures Secretary: Iain Embrey
      • Webmonkey: Ben Saxby
  2. Review of the year
    • Membership has been a problem over the year. Need ideas to attract new members for Sports Fair next year.
    • Possible orienteering round union based at Sports Fair stand with sweets at controls?
    • First taster session on first weekend seemed to be more effective in previous years than weekday evening in 2007.
    • Have held strategy meeting with Warwick Sport and Sports Officer to try and gain more publicity, ran extra taster sessions, advertised to cross country and warwick mountains but little uptake.
    • Despite membership problems UWOC has continued to attend same wide variety of events – local and national – and has organised its own event generating funding for the club
  3. Club Colours
    • Mark Cummings and Shaun Emerson to be nominated for club colours – Rob to organise before end of week 4
  4. Other Issues
    • Event in 2009 set for January 18th – Iain to discuss how we can use Elmdon Park or transfer to another location with OD
  5. Date of Next Exec Meeting
    • Monday 12th May 13:00 in Union North where official exec handover will take place

The cool official word document is available here.

Minutes of UWOC Exec Meeting – 6th March 2008

People in Attendance:

Mark Cummings (President)
Shaun Emerson (Treasurer)
Iain Embrey (Captain)
Robert Buckby (Secretary)
Ben Saxby (Webmaster)

Items

  1. Events for Term 3
    • Attend OD Wednesday evening summer series in place of formal training, can give guidance on beginner course, coaching will take form of talking to the individual before and after the race
    • Wed Week 3 – Bentley Woods – Shaun to organise
    • Wed Week 5 – Coombe Abbey
    • Wed Week 6 – combined OD/LEI event at Dilworth New Clumps, Ashby-de-la-Zouch *
    • Wed Week 7 – St Nicholas Park, Warwick
    • Wed Week 8 – Brueton and Malvern Parks, Solihull *
    • Wed Week 9 – Stoneleigh Park
    • Wed Week 10 – Sutton Park Gates Run, combine with cross country
    • * = bit of a rubbish area, UWOC not necessarily attending
    • Sunday Week 1 (April 27th) – LOC regional event Bigland, Ulverston – Iain to organise depending on exam situation
    • Weekend Week 3 (May 10th-11th) – Twin Peaks Weekend, Macclesfield Forest
    • Saturday Week 4 (May 17th) – JOK Chasing Sprint, Bloom Wood, High Wycombe
    • Weekend Week 4 (May 17th-18th) – Harvester Relays, TVOC, Hambleden, Henley-On-Thames
    • Weekend Week 7 (June 8th) – HOC National Event, WOC Selection Race, Brown Clee, SW of Bridgnorth
    • Sunday Week 9 – OD Charity Score Event, Pooley Fields
  2. Budget
    • President, Captain and Treasurer agreed the budget for 2008/2009
  3. Exec Elections
    • Elections and AGM to be held on Monday Week 3 (5th May) at Rob’s house in Leamington. Will include official BBQ and social. Make sure that Aaron ‘Beefburger’ Madeley, Chris ‘Lamb Chop’ Rye, Dave ‘Charcoal’ Fountain and Tom ‘Umbrella ‘cos it’s a wet day’ Kempton attend.
  4. Other Business
    • End of term 2 social to consist of Hay Wood After Dark event followed by meal at The Farmhouse in Canley – just turn up – and then on to Varsity Score afterwards (those who want to go must book tickets) – Ben to organise
    • Terry Monnington contacted the club about the formation of an endurance club at Warwick. We will do what we can to help and members have shown an interest.
  5. Date of Next Meeting
    • TBC beginning of Term 3, probably just after exec elections

The cool official word document is available here.

Minutes of UWOC Exec Meeting – 14th January 2008

People in Attendance:

Mark Cummings (President)
Iain Embrey (Captain)
Robert Buckby (Secretary)
Ben Saxby (Webmaster)

Items

  1. Events for Term 2
    • Sat/Sun week 2 – WAROC Warrior O-Trial – Lake District – online entry required in advance - Iain to organise
    • Sun week 3 – UWOC district event at Hay Wood – Contact Rob/Iain for more information, tasks to be finalised in the coming week, minibus required for return of equipment??? TBC
    • Sat week 4 – OD district event at Arley Wood - Shaun to organise, transport dependent on if Rob free to drive, TBC
    • Sun week 5 – Midland Championships at Budby, near Mansfield – NOC regional event, defence of Iain's towel rack - Iain to organise
    • Wed week 6 – OD after dark event at Kenilworth Common - Mark to organise
    • Sun week 6 – WCH regional event at Beaudesert, Cannock - Shaun to organise, entry in advance (online before 8 Feb JM/W5M M21S/L, colour coded on the day white - light green £3.00 juniors + £1.00 e-card hire)
    • Sat week 7 – OD local event at Brandon Wood
    • Sat week 7 (evening) – British Night Championships, Forest of Dean - Iain to organise
    • Sat week 8 – SROC Tim Watkins Trophy at Whitbarrow Scar, Lake District (ish) – Iain driving/organising
    • End week 8/9 UWOC to try to do combined trip with Warwick Mountains – Mark will speak to Dave Fountain about possibility
    • Wed week 10 – OD after dark event at Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton - Mark to organise
    • End week 10 – BUSA in Sheffield, SHUOC - Ben/Mark to organise
    • JK2008 - Easter weekend during holidays Friday 21st - Monday 24th March, UWOC/EWOK combined club trip with canoe club tent <£2.00 each per night camping - set up Facebook group to advertise
  2. Training for Term 2
    • Iain to organise
    • Wednesday week 2 – Wainbody Woods - 1:00 Sports Centre
    • Wednesday week 5 - Lickey Hills - Mark able to drive and email club
    • Wednesday week 8 - Cannock Chase - Mark able to drive and email club
    • Other Wednesdays suggest attendance of athletics and CC long run
    • Interval sessions Thursday at 5 at Lakeside
  3. Kit
    • Rob quoted £29.50 from Andy Blair for jackets and will email club with proposed designs, pay independently of club
  4. Other Issues
    • Wednesday 26th February there is an OD committee meeting at the Feltbowers
  5. Date of Next Meeting
    • TBC end of term 2

The cool official word document is available here.

Minutes of UWOC Exec Meeting – 30th November 2007

People in Attendance:

Mark Cummings (President)
Shaun Emerson (Treasurer)
Iain Embrey (Captain)
Robert Buckby (Secretary)
Ben Saxby (Webmaster)

Items

  1. Events for Term 2
    • Wednesday week 1 – OD after dark event at Wainbody Woods – will need to send an email out as term begins but not much organisation required
    • Sat/Sun week 2 – WAROC Warrior O-Trial – Lake District – online entry required in advance
    • Sat week 2 – OD local event Pooley Fields
    • Sun week 3 – UWOC district event at Hay Wood – see separate section for further discussion
    • Sat week 4 – OD district event at Arley Wood
    • Sat week 5 – OD local event at Everden Stubbs
    • Sun week 5 – Midland Championships at Budby, near Mansfield – NOC regional event
    • Wed week 6 – OD after dark event at Kenilworth Common
    • Sun week 6 – WCH regional event at Beaudesert, Cannock
    • Sat week 7 – OD local event at Brandon Wood
    • Sat week 7 (evening) – British Night Championships, Forest of Dean, plan on returning the same evening
    • Sat week 8 – OD local event at Draycott Water
    • Sat week 8 – SROC Tim Watkins Trophy at Whitbarrow Scar, Lake District (ish) – could be used as pre-BUSA training?
    • End week 8/9 UWOC to try to do combined trip with Warwick Mountains – Mark will speak to Dave Fountain about possibility
    • Wed week 10 – OD after dark event at Hay Wood, Baddesley Clinton
    • End week 10 – BUSA in Sheffield, SHUOC
    • Where OD local events clash with other, more exciting, events on the same weekend it is likely that UWOC will travel to the more exciting event
  2. Training for Term 2
    • Iain to organise
    • Wednesday week 2 – taster session, need to advertise somehow
    • Wednesday week 5
    • Wednesday week 8
    • Other Wednesdays suggest attendance of athletics and CC long run
    • Interval sessions Thursday at 5 at Lakeside
  3. Hay Wood District Event
    • Rob (organiser) and Iain (planner)
    • Mark and Shaun should be able to help out
    • Need a minimum of 10 people but probably more like 13-15
    • Rob needs to email UWOC and Pete Guillame to ask for volunteers
  4. Kit
    • Rob will get quotes for jackets from Andy Blair and Warwick Sport catalogue and try and sort something out next term
    • Also getting t-shirts for BUSA and casual wear
  5. Other Issues
    • Thursday 3rd January 8.00pm there is an OD committee meeting – Mark to attend and ask for contribution toward coaching budget
    • Iain’s mouse pointer looks cool
  6. Date of Next Meeting
    • TBC in first week of term 2

The cool official word document is available here.

Minutes of UWOC Exec Meeting - 28th September 2007

People in Attendance:

Mark Cummings (President)
Shaun Emerson (Treasurer)
Iain Embrey (Captain)
Robert Buckby (Secretary)
Ben Saxby – represented by soft leathery chair

Items

  1. Events for Term 1
    • Sunday Week 1 (7th October), Warwick City Race. Need to ask OD to put aside space for any newcomers, minibus transport or cars
    • Sunday Week 2 (14th October), CompassSport Cup Final, Iain or Ben to drive and organise
    • Sunday week 3 (21st October), Yvette baker trophy round in East Anglia is probably too far to drive to, and OD will not benefit enough from our presence, probably go to Coombe Park event instead but need to confirm – Shaun to organise
    • Sunday week 4 (28th October), Midland Championships near Northampton, closing date for entries 14th October – Mark to organise
    • Weekend of Sunday week 6 – Trip to Venice – Iain to organise
    • Sunday week 9 – Yvette Baker trophy final or Charlecote Park OD event if OD do not get through Yvette baker round – Rob to organise
  2. Training for Term 1
    • Iain to organise with help from others to coordinate transport
    • Thursday week 1 – starting 5.15 on campus, exec meet slightly earlier, experienced members go on long course whilst newcomers taken on short course and training followed by long course if they choose
    • Wednesday week 2, Miners Welfare Camp
    • Wednesday week 5, Hay Wood, can use same courses for UWOC/OD event to save organisation
    • Saturday week 7, Sutton Park, full day of training
    • Wednesday week 10, Borough Hill
    • Other Wednesdays suggest attendance of athletics and CC long run
    • Interval sessions Thursday at 5 at Lakeside
  3. Socials for Term 1
    • Freshers social Thursday week 1 meeting in Graduate, followed by Electric City for anyone who wants to stay later (Rob going)
    • Other socials to be organised as and when the exec feel necessary, suggest trips to cinema, bowling, pub jog, nights out at the union and in Leamington, also UWOC badminton session Monday 10am
  4. Finance
    • Capital bid submitted to Warwick Sport for EMIT set for UWOC
    • OD gives us £200 towards funds, which the university then doubles, £120 will go back to OD
  5. Sports Fair and Sports Council
    • Mark and Shaun to attend Sports Council meeting Monday week 1
    • The exec who can turn up for 9am Tuesday week 1 to set up Sports Fair stall should, with others taking over in the afternoon
  6. Kit Orders
    • Considering ordering technical t-shirts, exec need to do further research
    • Matt to look into ordering lightweight running jackets for the club
  7. Date of Next Meeting
    • To be confirmed but provisionally agreed that it should be after the first couple of weeks to discuss arrangements based on intake to the club

The cool official word document is available here.

Minutes of UWOC Exec Meeting - 16th May 2007

People in Attendance:

Robert Buckby (Secretary)
Mark Cummings (President)
Shaun Emerson (Treasurer)
Iain Embrey (Captain)
Matthew Rooke (Foreign Secretary)
Ben Saxby (Webmaster)
Caroline Northall (President 06-07)
Hazel Kendrick (Webmaster 06-07)
Harold Wyber (Secretary 06-07)

Items:

  1. Exec committee handover
    • Exec committee of 06-07 hand over to new exec. All business transferred to new exec. Advice on how to run each position given by old exec. Many thanks to the old exec for fantastic organisation over the last year.
  2. Club Colours
    • Full colours to be awarded to Linus Kaisajuntti and Iain Embrey. Matt to organise and email to Joe Barr.
    • Club nominates Caroline Northall, Harold Wyber and Yen Nguyen for club colours. Rob to organise nominations and email to Joe Barr.
  3. Event Organisation for Summer term
    • Keep up regular attendance of local OD events on Wednesday evenings in place of technical training for duration of Summer term
      • Kingsbury Water Park, Tamworth, 23/05/07 (Rob to organise)
      • Brueton and Malvern Parks, Solihull, 30/05/07 (Shaun to organise)
      • Stoneleigh Park, NAC, 06/06/07 (Matt to organise)
      • Abbey Fields, Kenilworth, 13/06/07 (Ben to organise)
      • Coombe Abbey, Coventry, 20/06/07 (Iain to organise)
    • Other events to attend
      • Springtime in Shropshire, 26-28 May (Matt to organise)
      • KERNO Harvester Relay, Penhale Sands, Newquay, 2-3 June (Matt to organise)
      • Potential fell race, week 10 (Harold to organise)
  4. Social Organisation for Summer term
    • RAG quiz, Sunday week 7, 10/06/07 (Rob to organise)
    • Sports Federation Ball, Saturday week 9, 23/06/07 (tables with athletics club)
    • Meal at Wing-Wahs, Monday week 10, 25/06/07 (Hazel to organise)
    • Pub Jog, athletics and cc club, Monday week 10, 25/06/07 (Matt to organise?)
  5. Website update
    • Discussion of updates for website, keep same colour scheme, update regularly with news
    • Update events and socials listings
    • Update news page with major results (BUSA, British champs etc)
  6. Test of Warwick Sport online sign-up
    • Test successful for Harvester sign-up. Will consider future use by trial with forthcoming events.
  7. Date of next meeting
    • Monday week 10 before social at Wing-Wahs. Discussion to include recruitment policy for next year, event organisation for autumn term

The cool official word document is available here.