The Glevum Probus Club is a  non-political organisation,
 meeting twice a month to promote frienship, via talks and other activities.
The Club is open to ALL retired and semi-retired men who will receive a warm welcome.
Ladies Days are held on a quarterly basis- when partners and friends are invited to attend.
 

Minutes of  Committee Meeting Wednesday 23rd March 2022

Subscriptions           

 Confirmed as  £20 payable by end of April 2022  Pay by BACS / cheques/cash. Ken to email members

Constitution

 Amended to allow officers to stay longer than 2 yrs                                  

Draft constitution to be published  on the club website .

EGM to be called.to ratify on  27 April when Ken is giving his talk;

Treasurer

 Ken to contact David and to indicate that he must relinquish all aspects of the Treasurer’s job and pass to Fred.This has been actioned and David will contact Fred.

Fred to be responsible for maintaining spreadsheets of attendance.

Secretary

Mike has agreed to carry out the role of secretary in respect of taking & publishing minutes but no other function.Secretary needs to be appointed  at EGM.

 Visits

To be the responsibility of the “proposer” but if not possible the role is to be passed to the Committee

Speakers

 Mike to target to keep speaker costs at an average of £40. Mike indicated that with the number of reciprocal talks in hand this would be feasible for the rest of the year. Speakers to be paid by BACS or cash (cheque is last resort)

Apologies

All to inform Fred by email  if not recorded in attendance book       

Website

Agreed to  encourage members to visit on a regular basis. (minimise paper).

  In future any communication eg Newsletters is to be via the website.

However we will need A.N.Other to be 2 I/C to Mike in case of problems both for website and Speakers secretary role (Discuss at EGM on 27April).

Historical Records

 Propose only hold for 2 years, keep them on the website with Chairman responsible for master copy.

Projector

Mike has a new one which he is prepared for Glevum  to use , and will charge   £10 per use (up to max of £100) for the purchase of new bulb when necessary. Ken also has access to a projector and same arrangement will apply.

Kitchen

Graham will look after the running of it but will require help and with washing up and clearing away. 50p donation will still apply.

Meet and Greet

Names to be used from the old list & the individual to be asked at the meeting prior  to his role.

Powerpoint

Mike to set up “teach-in”

Members Talks 

 ‘My first car’  to be given by Stuart Mitchell, Nigel Sargeant & Ted Wilson

 Hopefully a further meeting of this type to be arranged for later in the year (Discuss at EGM)