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Council
Minutes
All minutes
Minutes of the meeting
of the Council of the M&GN Joint Railway Society.
Held at the Pheasant Hotel, Lower Kelling,
on Saturday,
13th January 2007
Present:
Dave Harris (Chairman), Ashley
Barrs, Ben Fraser, Ian Lake, Nigel Scarlett, Tony Dewey (Treasurer)
Apologies:
Bill Last (President), Phillip Starks, Colin Borg, Dennis
Greeno (Editor, ‘Joint Line’), David Bickell (Membership
Secretary), Ron Bowyer, Christina Kennedy (Company
Secretary), Simon Kennedy
In Attendance:
Alex
Galpin (Minutes Secretary), Ted Yates, Bob Wright, Keith
Bonson, Dave King (Museum Curator), Richard Edwards (Web
Co-ordinator), Hugh Harkett (MD NNR PLC)
07/01
Minutes
Minutes of last Society Council meeting, held on 18.11.06
were approved and signed by the Chairman with one minor
amendment.
07/02
Update on BRCS
Photographs had been previously circulated
through the internet of the progress of the carriage shed.
The smaller shed had had its frame completed that week, with
the larger shed due to start the following week.
07/03 NNR
Board Meeting.
Harry brought us up to date with the meeting
that had taken place earlier in the day.
07/04
Matters Arising from earlier meetings
Raffle for the B12
To be covered in the March meeting under the
general fund raising banner.
Procedures
Carried forward to a future meeting.
Appeals for Volunteers
Carried forward to March meeting
07/05
Reports
Treasurer
The Finance Report to end of October was
noted and accepted
B12
It was reported that it had been rewheeled
before Christmas and progress was being made in reconnecting
all the pieces.
J15
It was reported that a retube of the boiler
was required sooner rather than later and would progress as
part of the winter maintenance.
WD
It was reported that only one quote had been
forth coming to date from A McEwen.
Lean To
It was reported that the foundations had
been laid and that the frame work was due to start the
following week.
Business Plan
It was resolved that the Business plan for
the year be adopted.
Museum
The services shed remains partially roofed
and without door.
07/06 AOB
i) No further news regarding the Olympic
Games.
ii) It was proposed that a Chairman’s style drinks thank you
to volunteers and staff be made. It was thought that the
evening of the 20th October 2007 be appropriate as this
should be a time to celebrate the completion of some major
projects. Harry asked Alex to take ownership of this
project.
07/07
Date of Next Meeting
The date for the next meeting was fixed for
17th March at 2.00pm – venue to be advised. Other future
dates were noted as: 19th May, 16th June, 18th August (AGM),
20th October and 17th November 2007
NOTE The Main part of the meeting was set
aside for discussion on the structure of the M&GN review as
previously mentioned. Notes from that part of the meeting
will be appendicied.
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