Tim Cockerell
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January 2010 Minutes - 2010/02/16 11:20
 Minutes of the Peterborough Cycling Club
Committee Meeting
Held on 18th January 2010
Members present:
John McCarthy, Tim Cockerell, Richard Roach, David Yarham, Rod Auckland, Keith Steiner, Joe Ippolito, John Savill, Simon Hodson, Chris Harwood, Greg Siggs, Nick Sayer, Matt Clarkson (by invitation)
Apologies:
Nick Smith, Norman Hill, Phil Cavanagh.
The Minutes of the previous Committee Meeting were agreed to be a true record of that meeting.
Matters Arising:
• The need for a Club bicycle had receded for now.
Correspondence:
• Secretary was in correspondence with Max Burt, a disabled cyclist who was doing a Charity Ride from Aberdeen to London later in the year. He was arriving in Peterborough on 22nd August and riding to Milton Keynes the following day. The Club would need to help with publicity, and will probably ride with him to MK, including Graham on the tandem. See www.everythingispossible.org.uk/about_max.php
• Bourne Wheelers had passed details of their Reliability Trial on 14th February, and these had been posted on our web site.
• Secretary had circulated to the Committee correspondence from the Peterborough Cycle West Project, designed to provide a safe cycling route to the West, reaching the west side of the A1. The Club was much in favour of supporting this, and further information was awaited.
Prizegiving:
Arrangements for the 2009 Prizegiving on 7th February were complete, and all members informed of the details. Chairman would be running a raffle, and would welcome prize donations. He would also act as compere.
Cycle Jumble:
This would go ahead on Monday 1st March.
New members:
Applications from 2 new members were approved.
Treasurer’s report:
The current account was healthy at some £947, with moneys still coming in for membership renewal, and no significant liabilities. £281 remained on deposit.
The Web Site:
Matt Clarkson attended to explain the cost of running the web site, most of which he had personally borne for some months. The Committee felt this unacceptable, and unanimously agreed to repay Matt £100 at once, and to reimburse him in future at the rate of £12 per month. Matt would also be taking steps to bring ownership of the Club’s domain name to the Club.
The Committee also agreed a vote of thanks to Matt for the work he did for the Club in running the web site.
Quartermaster’s Report:
Sales of £78 had been made since the last meeting. Value of stock was £1,617, but more was needed of the sorts in demand, in particular skin suits. To make up a viable order £773 plus VAT was needed, and this was approved.
Road-Race Secretary’s Report:
Nick had nothing to report. Sponsorship of this year’s Road Races had been confirmed.
Time Trial Secretary’s Report:
• Two more Winter 10s had been run, with reasonably sized fields.
• A change to the Season’s dates should be noted. The Hill Climbs would now be held on 3rd October in conjunction with the Clarion. It was hoped other local Clubs would also join in.
Press Secretary’s Report:
Nothing to report.
Sportive Secretary:
The Sportive section was prominent on the web site, and interest being shown. In particular, the Bourne Wheelers event on 14th February and the Peterborough 100 on 18th April should both attract a good level of Club entries.
Trophy Secretary:
• The Brown Cup was still missing; efforts would be made to find it.
• John needed to be told the winners of The Kelly, Mundy and BAR Cups; this would be sorted out after the meeting.
• The criteria for trophy awards were out of date and needed to be revised before 2010 awards were made; John and Chris would bring proposals to the Committee.
Any Other business:
• John wondered why the Club was no longer a member of the RRA; this was not thought to be necessary, and there seemed little enthusiasm for place-to-place records these days. It was noted that Peterborough members Ray Needle and Len Young still held the tandem record from London to Edinburgh; Len would be presenting the prizes on 7th February.
Date of the next Committee meeting: 15th February.
There being no further business the meeting closed at 2100.
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