Minutes of Exec Meeitngs
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
- 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
- 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
- Club Colours
- Mark Cummings and Shaun Emerson to be nominated for club colours – Rob to organise before end of week 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
- 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.