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BRITISH CANOE UNION
WEST MIDLANDS DEVELOPMENT TEAM
MONDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2008
AT THE ACKERS SKI LODGE, SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM
MINUTES OF ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: The chairman was unable to attend, the president was asked to take the chair for the ACM. He welcomed the delegates to the meeting & thanked the AckersTrust for their hospitality.
ATTENDANCE : See list attached.
APOLOGIES: Chris Hughes, Jenna Sanders, John Woodhall, Mark Brian.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING: It was noted that the LCO election was not part of the ACM, otherwise the minutes of the last meeting were adopted as a true record of the meeting.
Prop: Ian Dallaway Sec: Phil Ascough carried.
MATTERS ARISING: None that were not included in the main agenda.
CHAIRMANS REPORT: In the absence of the chairman the president spoke to John Woodall’s report of 2008.
TREASURERS REPORT:
Dave Clifft distributed the financial papers and spoke to the treasurers report saying that he had just found out that over the past few years the BCU head office had only inspected the accounts and not audited them, so in effect they had not been officially audited. He also discovered when requesting the years grant from BCU they have changed policy without an announcement and we are now required to bid for our grant from this year onwards, because of this the team effectively have not received a grant and so have made an operating loss this year. He is at this time organising new signatories for the bank account.
PROP: Phil Hadley SEC: Ian Dallaway carried.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS:
The President spoke to the list of nominees, he asked the meeting to voted the nominees on En Bloc as there where not any duplications of nominees.
LIST OF NOMINEES FOR 2009 DEVELOPMENT TEAM
CHAIRMAN: 2nd year
VICE CHAIR: Jenna Sanders
SECRETARY: M Nicholls
TREASURER: 2nd year
WEB SITE: Chris Hughes
CLUBS: T Houghton
MARATHON: P Jones
ACCESS I Dallaway
TOURING D Bateman
YOUTH P Hadley
INCLUSION I Taylor
SLALOM R Roden
WOMEN vacant
ENVIRONMENT D Male
POLO vacant
W. W. R. vacant
SEA K Wright
LIFEGUARDS Nick James-Williams
SPRINT vacant
S Clifft
Matt Bishop
Helen Hoskins
Mark Brian
Fran Hupherson
PROP: P Hadley SEC: P Ascough Carried
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR: The committee was entrusted to appoint an independent auditor at the first meeting
PROP: P Jones SEC: J Heath Carried
The meeting closed at 8.10pm
BRITISH CANOE UNION
WEST MIDLANDS DEVELOPMENT TEAM
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008
ATTENDANCE RECORD
NAME CLUB
P Jones Solihull C C
M Nicholls BCU/Royal Sutton Coldfield C C
J Heath individual member
P Hadley PDO
D Clifft Birmingham CC
Sarah Clifft “ “
I Dallaway “ “
H Hoskin “ “
J Hoskin “ “
D Bateman Ackers Trust
I Taylor Rapid Runners c c
P Ascough RCO
S Briggs Canoe England
A Hutchinson Upton Warren
Keiron Green Woodlands Camp
Poppy Klenk BOEC
T Houghton wmcc
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JUNE 2009 MEETING
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MARCH 2009 MEETING
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JANUARY 2009 MEETING
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NOVEMBER 2008 AGM MEETING
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SEPTEMBER 2008 MEETING
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JUNE 2008 MEETING
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APRIL 2008 MEETING
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Midlands Development Team Funding for National Championships
Worcester 2008
Firstly let me thank the committee for agreeing to support prizes for the mini Hody event. As a reminder under 10 and under 12 paddlers compete usually on the Saturday of the event in Lightnings for National Championship medals. Under the rules of the National Championships there is no other event for this age group unless they wish to compete in under 14’s which is a very big step up.
Because most juniors of this age group like to be occupied and taking part rather than standing watching most organisers then arrange an event on the Sunday for these paddlers but there are no specific prizes set aside for this.
With all other classes receiving National Championship medals and no points being awarded from this race towards any team prize it is good to be able to provide a slightly different prize for this class so that they feel as thought their event is not just an “extra”.
22 crews entered so 44 juniors took part with 21 girls and 43 boys. Only one crew retired and times ranged from 16:57 minutes to 26:25 showing a good spread of ability amongst the participants.
The prizes awarded were as proposed:
Craft tops to the winners
Pogies to the second placed
Mugs to the third placed
And stickers were provided to all those who took part along with copies of our poster. These were very well received and we had enough stickers (150) for all those juniors irrespective of age who came to prize giving to have one or more stickers. Hopefully these stickers will be finding their way onto school books and posters onto bedroom walls where many other children will see them and generate some debate, discussion and interest in our sport.
Costs were:
Craft Tops £92.00
Pogies £40.00
Mugs £12.00
Stickers £82.25
Total £226.25
In terms of advertising for the Development team an advert was placed in the programme of which 400 were distributed for which other advertisers would have paid £50. I will try to get a copy of the programme and sticker to Stuart for you to see.
I very much hope that you will think that the money has been worthwhile. Without your fund we would have funded some sort of prizes but not with the same impact and certainly not the stickers which for future reference I believe were particularly successful.
Sue Hawthorn 12 September 2008
JANUARY 2008 MEETING
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NOVEMBER 2007 MEETING
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MARCH 2007 MEETING
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MEETING AT THE ROBERT PEEL, BELL LANE, BLOXWICH, WS3 2JS
ON MONDAY 8th JANUARY 2007 AT 7.30 pm
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32nd ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING
HELD AT THE ARC, ACKERS TRUST, WAVERLEY CANAL BASIN, SMALL HEATH HIGHWAY, SMALL HEATH BIRMINGHAM B10 0DQ ON WEDNESDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2006 AT 7.30pm
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PLEASE NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF ANY NOMINATIONS TO FILL VACANT POSTS ON THE TEAM
ALSO NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF ANY MOTIONS TO BE PUT INFRONT OF THE ACM
OR TOPICS FOR DICUSSION AT THE FORUM IMMEDIATLEY AFTER THE ACM
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We're currently recruiting coaches for the new centre based in the heart of Brownhills. Brownhills Canoe & Outdoor Centre will be looking to run a variety of canoe/kayaking activities, ranging from taster sessions, family paddling sessions, BCU recognised awards and giving a general insight into the world of canoeing through a fun outlook.
We are currently seeking coaches with a minimum BCU level 1 coach award or trainee BCU level 2 to help with assisting sessions. We offer great rates of pay and regular work throughout the year.
If interested please call Paul Lester on 07850 784 938
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEETING
HOSTED BY WALSALL CANOE CLUB
AT SNEYD SCHOOL, VERNON WAY, BLOXWICH
ON MONDAY 27th MARCH 2006 AT 7.30 pm
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West Midlands Canoeing, Kayaking, Paddling
THE REGION IS RUNNING TWO COURSES IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS
ASSESSOR TRAINING DAY ON 11TH MARCH
COACH PROCESSING WEEKEND 18/19TH MARCH
FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT PHIL ASCOUGH
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COME AND VISIT THE “CANOE VILLAGE” AND POOL
AT THE BOAT & CARAVAN SHOW
AT THE N.E.C. 18TH TO THE 26TH FEBRUARY
COME ALONG AND SAY HELLO TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL TEAM
WHO WILL BE MANNING THE INFORMATION STAND.
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Please take the time to read this email and to visit the River Access Campaign website . There has been an important development in the fight to gain better access torivers for canoeing and kayaking.
An "Early Day Motion" has been raised by theRt Hon Richard Shepherd, Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills.
An "Early Day Motion", or EDM, is a motion put down ("tabled") by Members of Parliament calling for a debate on a particular subject. If enough MPs sign up their support for the EDM then it could be debated in parliament. The EDM reads asfollows: RIVERS ACCESS FOR NON-POWERED CRAFT 07.11.2005 EDM 957 raised by: Shepherd, Richard That this House urges the Government to extend legislation on access to the countryside to allow canoeists and users of other non-powered craft the same access rights as those provided for walkers; acknowledges that the most successful Olympic canoeing nation, Germany, requires land owners to tolerate the use of non-powered craft on their waterways; and appreciates that with increased access to waterways, there will be greater participation in canoeing leading both to obvious health benefits for the nation and to increased chances of future Olympic success.
Please take the time to write a short message to your MP urging them to sign upto the EDM. You can use the web site to find your MP and to send him/her a message on-line. It's very easy, all you do is enter your postcode and then let the web site guide you through the rest. Below is an example of the sort of message that might be sent.
Dear [MP name}
Re: EDM 957 River Access For Non Powered Craft
I would like to bring to your attention is that a new early day motion has been put to the House by Richard Shepherd (Con) MP for Aldridge-Brownhills.
The EDMreads as follows: That this house urges the government to extend legislation on access to the countryside to allow canoeists and other non-powered craft the same access rights as those provided for walkers in England and Wales; and calls on the government to provide greater access to waterways in England and Wales for non-powered craft; acknowledges that the most successful Olympic canoeing nation, Germany, requires land owners to tolerate the use of non-powered crafton their waterways; and appreciates that with increased access to waterways,there will be greater participation in canoeing leading both to obvious healthbenefits for the nation and to increased chances of future Olympic success.
Restricted Access to water has long been a problem for canoeists, and other watersports enthusiasts. In fact anyone wishing to participate in watersport is restricted to using rivers that have undisputed access or where restrictive permission has been granted. This means that we have no access to 98% of rivers in England and Wales. This situation is shown up as being extremely unfair when compared to the enormous freedoms enjoyed by other outdoor activities such as walking and climbing etc.
Please visit the River Access Campaign website for more information and please also give due consideration to adding your support to this EDM.
Yours sincerely,
Your name
Don't leave this to someone else to do. It is important that we all try to getour MPs to sign up to this. Don't let apathy get in the way of action! Please pass this on to all other paddlers you know too.
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WEDNESDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2005 AT 7.30PM
NOTICE OF ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING
To be held at: UPTON WARREN OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE
OUR NEW WEB SITE by CHRIS HUGHES followed by OPEN FORUM
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July 3rd 2005: Chris Hughes launches the Forum
May 30th 2005: Chris Hughes launches website
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