Minutes of the Peterborough Cycling Club

Annual General Meeting

Held on 16th November 2015

 

Committee Members Present:

John McCarthy, Tim Cockerell, Richard Roach, John Savill, Chris Monk, Dave Stanbridge , Rod Auckland, Mark Greenway, Dave Yarham, Nick Hitchens, Anna Dermitsakis, Alex Craig, Simon Hodson, Manjit Manak, Ian Wild.

Members Present:

Sixteen other members were present.

Apologies:

Andrew Alexander, Annette Ippolito, Neil Barker.

Club Photograph:

Before the Meeting began, all members present assembled for a Club photograph.

Welcome Address:

The President welcomed all present.

2014 AGM Minutes:

The minutes of the 2014 AGM were accepted as an accurate record.

Chairman’s Report:

Richard Roach welcomed all attending, and read his report.

Committee Members’ Reports:

  • Secretary/Treasurer
    § Time Trial Secretary. .
    § Club Captain.
    § Press Secretary.
  • Road Race Secretary/Road Team..
  • Trophy Secretary.
  • Quartermaster/Membership Secretary.

 

(Secretary’s note: Hard copies of most reports are held on file, and they are also

published on the web site forum.)

Events 2015:

Trophy Presentations would once again be at the Fleet, but would be held on Friday evening 12th February with a substantial buffet supper.

The pattern of events in 2016 would be similar to those of 2015, except there would be no Sportive and the Road Races had been brought forward to 3rd July; the complete list would be published on the web when ready.

Club Subscriptions:

The Committee recommended that there should be no change to standard subscriptions for 2014; proposed Dave Stanbridge, seconded Alex Craig, this was approved.

Web Site:

Setting up a new, more user friendly web site, was in progress with professional help.

Sunday Rides:

There was still concern that numbers for Sunday rides from the Square were declining, especially for the 0930 social run. There was no consensus on how to improve matters.

 

 

Election of Management Committee and Officers for 2015/16:

All current Officials and Committee members were deemed to have resigned, so the whole Committee was up for election/re-election. Normally this does not include the President, but John McCarthy informed the meeting that he was stepping down from this role.

The following Committee members were duly elected, having been proposed, seconded and voted into Office by the members attending:

2014/15 PCC Management Committee (effective from 17 Nov 15):

President – tbn
Chairman – John McCarthy

Vice Chairman – Simon Hodson
Club Captain – Chris Monk
Vice- Captain – Alex Craig
Secretary and Treasurer – Tim Cockerell

Membership Secretary – Mark Greenway
Road Race Secretary – Ian Wild
Time Trial Secretary – Dave Yarham
Press Secretary – Dave Stanbridge
Trophy Secretary – John Savill

Quartermaster – Mark Greenway (looking to handover duties at the next AGM).
Committee Members:

Nick Hitchens, Manjit Manak , Anna Dermitzakis, Kevin Hobbs, Lydia Horrex, Richard Roach.

Victoria Valentine remained as Welfare Officer.

Any Other Business:

  • Manjit wondered if the Club could express sympathies with a French Club about the recent terrorist outrage in Paris.
  • There was a discussion about changing veteran standards from the VTTA system to the CTT system, but there would be no change.

 

The meeting was closed at 2049 by the new Chairman, after conducting a draw for a signed book by Geraint Thomas. This was donated by Simon Hodson and raised £95 for Club funds.