The minutes from the Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in February 2020 are shown below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Triumph Owners\nMotor Cycle Club \u2013 Royal Berkshire Branch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minutes of the Annual\nGeneral Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Held on 13th February\n2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The BCSA, James Lane\nBurghfield at 20:30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Current\n\/ Outgoing Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chair: Lauraine\nBlackburn<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vice-Chair: Derek\nYoung<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secretary: Don Maclean<\/p>\n\n\n\n Treasurer: Mick Billing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social\nSecretary: Don Maclean<\/p>\n\n\n\n Branch\nScribe: Nick Swain<\/p>\n\n\n\n Runs\nCo-ordinator: Collin Fox<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tools\nRegistrar: Mike Ryall<\/p>\n\n\n\n MAG\nRepresentative: Derek Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regalia\nOfficer Derick Nobbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n Events\nCo-ordinator: Derek Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n Committee\n\/Members \/Associate Members\/Guests who signed attendees list:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Apologies\nfor absence: <\/strong> Paul Ralph, Brian Elborn<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nChair, Lauraine Blackburn, welcomed all attendees to the 2020 Royal Berkshire\nBranch TOMCC (hereafter referred to as the Branch) AGM. The minutes of the last AGM (February 2019),\nwhich had been displayed on the Branch website for most of the year, were\ncirculated and the meeting confirmed them as an accurate record of the previous\nAGM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Matters\nArising from the Minutes of the 2019 AGM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n None 3. Committee Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.1 Chair\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nChair, Lauraine Blackburn, thanked members for coming and thanked the committee\nfor all their work during the year. She noted that we had two successful shows\nlast year, a good bring and buy sale, a Whatsapp group had been started and\nlots of runs had been organised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.2 Vice-Chairman\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nVice Chairman, Derek Young said he had nothing to add to Lauraine\u2019s report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.3 Secretary\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nSecretary, Don Maclean, reported that branch membership was down again slightly\nfrom last year\u2019s total of 171 full members to 168 and one associate member. He\nsaid that the total goes up and down slightly each month. He suggested that the\nnew Oxfordshire Branch may be partly the reason our numbers had gone down over\nthe last two years. Don observed that the Branch still had a large catchment\narea. Most members join or renew online via the national website and the Branch\nis not involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.4 Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nTreasurer, Mick Billing, advised the meeting of the current financial status of\nthe Branch and circulated detailed accounts of the Branch expenditure and\nincome for the twelve months to 08\/1\/20 and the current balance. The accounts\nwere recorded to the nearest 1p. Figures below are rounded to the nearest \u00a31. He\nnoted that the Branch had made a small surplus this year of \u00a3320. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Total\nincome for the year was \u00a35011, total expenditure was \u00a34669 and there was \u00a322\nowed to HQ for outstanding renewals resulting in a net surplus for the year of\n\u00a3320. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nSummer show did better than expected, with income of \u00a31557 and expenditure of \u00a31026\nresulting in a net surplus for the Summer Show of \u00a3531. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cash\nin hand and in the bank was \u00a34858, cash in the float was \u00a378, money owed to HQ\nwas \u00a322 and tangible assets were \u00a31464 giving total assets of \u00a36,378. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.5 Scribe\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nScribe, Nick Swain, reported that Branch reports had been submitted to Nacelle every\nmonth, each with one or two photographs. Both the 2020 Old Bike Gathering and\nthe 2020 Summer Show were in the Nacelle Diary Dates section and an advert for\nthe summer show was in Nacelle. Both shows were also listed in the events\nsection of the national TOMCC website and were on the Branch website and\nFacebook page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nprevious years we had produced business cards advertising our two shows. Instead,\nthis year, we have produced 2500 flyers, printed in colour, which are smaller\nthan A5, with details of the July Summer Show on one side and the June Old Bike\nGathering on the other. These have been available since before Christmas and were\ndistributed at the Toy Run and other events since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.6 Runs Coordinator\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nruns co-ordinator, Collin Fox, reported that we had a lot of runs, several per\nmonth, and sometimes twice a week, with runs on both Sunday and Wednesday.\nThere was a Whatsapp Group and a Facebook Group which members could join and where\nruns were discussed and arranged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Collin\nsaid that we had arranged a ride and weekend away (Friday 4th<\/sup> April\nto Monday 6th<\/sup> April) to the National AGM in Wales. The AGM was only\nfor a few hours on the Sunday and allowed us to meet with other Branch members.\nThe rest of the weekend would be spent going on rides in Wales which has very\ngood biking roads. Other Branch members were welcome to join. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Collin\nsaid he now produces a regular Newsletter which is emailed out to all Branch\nMembers and notifies them of upcoming events. An events list had been produced which was now\non the website showing events for the rest of the year and on the club noticeboard\nat the BCSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collin\nencouraged members to suggest runs to go on and\/or volunteer to lead runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.7 MAG Representative\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nMAG Representative reported that we had a Branch Stand at number of MAG events\nlast year and intended to support these MAG events again this year. These were:\nthe Reading MAG Easter Sunday Show (held at the BCSA like ours) and the Lion\nRally and Wycombe MAG, Dirty Donkey and Chinnor Bike Dayz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.8 Tools Registrar\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nTools Registrar, Mike Ryall, explained that the club owned a set of specialist\ntools for loan to people that work on their own bikes. These were mostly for\nMeriden bikes but also included some Hinckley bike tools. These tools continue\nto be borrowed and returned throughout the year. There is a list of tools available\non the notice board. However, if someone needed a tool which was not on the\nlist, the Branch would consider buying it if it appeared to be something that could\nbe useful to members in the future. He invited people to contact him if they\nwanted to borrow a tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.9 Branch Show Co-Ordinator\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nShow co-ordinator, Derek Young, reported that the club stand had been at a\nnumber of shows in 2019 and was planning to attend some of these shows again\nthis year. As well as the MAG shows he had already mentioned earlier, these\nwould include shows like Dr B\u2019s. Other shows that we had attended in the past we\nmay not attend this year, either because they were poorly attended or had restrictions,\nsuch as need to register in advance or because we had been offered unsuitable\npitches. Derek said he was considering the Stoke Row Steam rally on the 13th<\/sup>\/14th<\/sup>\nof June. He said he was happy to consider other shows that members suggested we\ncould attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3.10 Regalia Officer\u2019s Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nRegalia Officer, Derick Nobbs, reported that during the year, 40 t-shirts had\nbeen sold, which is similar to the year before. He had also produced some fleeces\nthis year, and 10 of these had been sold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Derick\nthen proposed some options for this year\u2019s summer show t-shirt and displayed samples\nfor the members to look at. These were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grey with black writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pale blue with black writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\nalso proposed that the shirts could be produced with a triangle on the sleeve\n(with or without a date) in addition to\/or\ninstead of having the Summer Show and date on the back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\nwas discussion whether people could order whatever colour they wanted. It was agreed\nthat this was possible, but that we should still have an official colour for\nthe summer show, as in previous years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\nwas a vote by show of hands for the t-shirt colour this year. The results were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grey 13\nvotes<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blue \n 5 votes<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwas therefore agreed that the summer show t-shirt this year would be grey, with\nblack writing and a triangle on the sleeve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Resignation of Existing Committee and\nElection of New Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nexisting committee resigned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nexisting committee members had agreed to stand again and had been proposed and\nseconded on the nominations form on the notice board for the last month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nhad been decided that responsibility for the website should be a committee position.\nTherefore, the role of webmaster had been added to the nominations form. Paul\nRalph had been proposed and seconded as webmaster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwas agreed to appoint the new committee as set out on the nominations form. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nnew committee therefore now is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Agenda Proposal: Renewal of MAG Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nproposal was made to continue to pay for Branch Associate membership (\u00a3100) of\nMAG for another year. The motion was put to the floor and carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Agenda Proposal: Renewal of NABD Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nproposal was made to renew membership of National Association for Bikers with a\nDisability (NABD) (\u00a325) and also make a donation of \u00a375 to the organization,\nmaking \u00a3100 altogether. The motion put\nto the floor and carried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Agenda Item: \nChristmas Party<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There\nwas some discussion about the Christmas party. It was noted that the numbers had\nbeen going down each year and most people attending left after dinner so the\nevening ended soon after 10pm, instead of carrying on until later, as it had in\nthe past. It was suggested that it could be held in January, as there was a lot\ngoing on before Christmas and it therefore clashed with other events. It was\nalso suggested that we might hold it at another venue, such as a restaurant, pub\nor hotel, which were more suitable. This might include music after dinner and if\nat a hotel, people may wish to stay the night. Don said he had been willing to take\non responsibility for the Christmas party while it was a the BCSA and\nrelatively easy to organise, but did not want to take on the job of selecting\nand booking a new venue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwas agreed that the committee would look at the possibility of having next year\u2019s\nannual winter party in January and at a new venue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Summer\nShow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nsummer show will be on 18th<\/sup> July this year and this had already been\nadvertised and was in the events list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwas suggested that VMCC should be invited to the summer show. Collin said that\nhe had invited them to the Old Bike Gathering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwas suggested that we should invite other TOMCC Branches to our summer show. There\nwas some discussion about joint activities with the Oxfordshire Branch. Last\nyear we had met with the Oxfordshire Branch at the H Caf\u00e9 and joint activities\nhad been discussed, in particular, the idea of our Branch inviting them to skittles\nat the BCSA and their Branch inviting us to an Aunt Sally at a pub in their\narea. Neither of these had been taken further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris\nMullard suggested that we should consider proposing to the TOMCC National Committee that the National\nAGM should be hosted at the BCSA one year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Old Motorcycle Gathering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\n2019 Old Motorcycle Gathering will be held on the 20th<\/sup> June at the\nBCSA and this has already been advertised and included in the events list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nVMCC has been invited to attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauraine\nsaid that she had invited other clubs, such as the Norton Owners Club before,\nbut this had not led to any more attendance at the show. However, there had\nbeen a good turn-out from the BSA club at our Old Bike Gathering last year. It\nwas suggested that we should invite them again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauraine\nsaid that she had not been able to get an ice-cream or cake stall to attend the\nshow this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\nwas questioned why both of our shows were held on a Saturday when most bike\nshows were held on Sundays. It was stated that the Old Bike Gathering was held\non a Saturday so that it did not clash with Dr B\u2019s show which was always on the following day.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday\nhas traditionally been the day for our summer show partly to avoid clashing\nwith other local bike events. It was moved to Sunday in 2015, but as that year\nthere was a storm on the Sunday and it was cancelled at short noticde, it was\nnot possible to assess how successful that would have been in normal weather conditions.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Agenda Proposal: Donation to Berkshire Air Ambulance\n(\u00a3125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nproposal to make a donation of \u00a3125 to the Air Ambulance was discussed. This was\nput to the floor and carried. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 11.\nAgenda Proposal: Donation to the Royal British Legion or other charity (\u00a3125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In\n2019, the Branch had decided to donate to Macmillan nurses (the cancer charity)\ninstead of the Royal British Legion. There was some discussion about what we\nshould do this year. It was agreed to donate \u00a3125 to the Macmillan nurses this\nyear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. AOB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bob Cromwell offered to run the quiz again this\nyear. His offer was accepted and Lauraine thanked him for offering to do this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bob Cromwell thanked Collin Fox for initiating and\nproducing the newsletter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Close\nof Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The minutes from the Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in February 2020 are shown below. The Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club \u2013 Royal Berkshire Branch Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Held on 13th February 2020 The BCSA, James Lane Burghfield at 20:30 Current \/ Outgoing Committee: Chair: Lauraine Blackburn Vice-Chair: Derek Young … Continue reading “Branch AGM Minutes – 2020”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.berkshiretomcc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n Paul\n Mansfield\n Mick\n Billing \n <\/td> \n Nick\n Swain\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Dave\n Brown\n <\/td> \n Lauraine\n Blackburn\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Richard\n Ing\n <\/td> \n Derek\n Young\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Chris\n Mullard\n <\/td> \n Steve\n Yarwood\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Bob\n Cromwell\n <\/td> \n Peter\n Frebinte\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Andy\n Amass\n <\/td> \n John\n Roberts\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Don\n Maclean\n <\/td> \n Sid\n Rose\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Collin\n Fox\n <\/td> \n Nick\n Ryan\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Mike\n Ryall\n <\/td> \n Mick\n Bennett\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Derick\n Nobbs\n <\/td> \n Mick\n Billing\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr> \n Terry\n Wood\n <\/td> \n \n <\/td> \n \n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n <\/td> \n Chair\n <\/td> \n Lauraine\n Blackburn\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Vice\n Chair\n <\/td> \n Derek\n Young\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Secretary\n <\/td> \n Don\n Maclean\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Treasurer\n <\/td> \n Mick\n Billing\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Scribe\n <\/td> \n Nick\n Swain\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Runs\n Coordinator\n <\/td> \n Collin\n Fox\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Tools\n Registrar\n <\/td> \n Mike\n Ryall\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Regalia\n Officer\n <\/td> \n Derick\n Nobbs\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Events\n Coordinator\n <\/td> \n Derek\n Young\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n MAG\n Representative\n <\/td> \n Derek\n Young\n <\/td><\/tr> \n \n <\/td> \n Webmaster\n <\/td> \n Paul\n Ralph\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n