Our wonderful Strawberry Tea afternoon, with much thanks to everyone who was able to come and give up their fathers day to be there. And for those who could not make it you were very much missed. A huge thank you to William and Avril Berry for hosting the party and letting us enjoy their beautiful garden

Procès-verbal de la réunion du Comité tenue à la Chambre John Webster mercredi 10^e Juin 2015. La réunion a commencé à 7.30 pm.   ACTUELLE: Bernard Squire, David Brunt, Claire Axten, Marina Richards, Martin and Barbara Cowell, Dianne Baker, Grâce Squire, Rachel Axten-Higgs, Rebecca Wells, Peter Fry APOLOGIES: Phil Norton-Ashley, Reg Alford, Tina Della Valle, Katrina Dumontroty, Jacqui Chevalier, Paul Badman, Cages Butler

1. Bernard welcomed everyone to the meeting.

 

2. Bernard vérifié que tout le monde avait lu les minutes et il les a signé comme un vrai record.

 

3. Questions découlant:
4. T-shirts – Dianne had a question about the sweatshirts. The colour was discussed, Rachel was asked to obtain samples of the logo on different colours so that we can definitely order at the next meeting.
5. Charity status – Rebecca has researched the various options, and suggests that we are an Unincorporated Association . David has been treasurer for 20 years and feels that he would like to stand down soon. Bernard asked him to stay until the 50^e anniversaire. A discussion followed about the need to have a constitution and an AGM. It was agreed to hold the AGM in September. Rachel, David and Rebecca will prepare a first draft for the next meeting.
6. Barbecue at Catcott. Everyone felt that it was very successful, the team enjoyed it very much and there have been a number of letters of thanks from the school and children. David asked if there was a possibility that we could get some Catcott families involved with the Twinning. Claire will send a letter inviting families to join, with a leaflet. Claire to send PDF of the leaflet to all committee members so that they can be printed and given out.
7. Dianne sent a letter and application form for the lottery but has had a limited response. WE DO NEED MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN TO RAISE FUNDS, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.

 

3. Summer Fairs

22. Dianne reported that it went really well. We made £110 on the tombola and £22.50 on the lucky dip. Marina said thank you to everyone who donated prizes. It was a really good way of raising money. Claire will write an email to say thank you to Elmhurst.
23. Catcott Sports day, Juillet 3^RD starting at 12.00, Claire to organise with Rachel and Marina. Any other offers will be welcome.
24. Rebecca has spoken to the Chair of the FOB, if we go there we will have to pay £5.00 like others who are having a ‘car boot’ table. A discussion followed about where the stall will be and it was decided we will not take part on this basis. Rebecca will follow this up with the school.

  Visite de Gravenchon 2016 At present we have had positive responses from 45 adults and 9 children which is a great start. Bernard has contacted Sharon with the date so it should be booked in. Katrina has reported that she is unable to book anything yet but is watching the timetables.  

4. Visit to Isny

Barbara has emailed the itinerary and the families going. Claire will check ticket arrangements and send the information to all those going.  

5. plans de collecte de fonds

6. Strawberry tea – 21^st To date 23 tickets have been sold. Another reminder needs to be sent. We need draw prizes and cakes please. Tickets are £6.50 and £3.50 for children. It starts at 3.00 pm. Marina will buy the strawberries and raspberries.
7. Vente de démarrage de voiture - Claire, Rachel et David sont heureux de vendre. S'IL VOUS PLAÎT apporter quelque chose qui se vendra à Rachel AT 5, FOWEN fermer ou CLAIRE AT 25, CLOCKHOUSE VIEW by the end of July.
8. Clarks have offered us a grant of £1000.00 for this year.
9. David will complete the Parish Council grant form. It was decided to ask for double the previous grant because of increased costs.

  Le comité est très désireux d'entendre des idées pour la collecte de fonds des membres se il vous plaît. It is vital that we raise more funds to enable the twinning to go from strength to strength.  

6. Loterie

  1^st 14 Sasha Appleby 2^e 17 Maureen Parfitt

7. AOB

Accounts for French Visit - £3,159.50 was spent. Everyone agreed that it was a highly successful event. A discussion followed about late payments for the expenses of the visit, which caused anguish to David as treasurer. It was decided that we need to obtain payment before the event next time. Claire is the Parish Council rep on the twinning committee. In future she will give a short report for each Parish Council meeting. Marina reported that the Twinning visit report should be in the local paper tomorrow.  

8. Date of next meeting –

  July 8th 2015, 7.30 dans le John Webster Chambre, Paroisse rue Chambres.