THE LEEDS ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS
Minutes of the Council Meeting held at 7.30pm on Thursday 4th April 2013 at the Cornerhouse Club Leeds.
1. Attendance. J. Shergill, (President) in the chair with A. Kibler, B. Yates, A. Rogers, G. Toulson, M. Murray, J. Aldersley, J. Bentley and J. McClarty,
2. Apologies for absence. K. Hegarty & I. Blakeley.
3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting, dated 7th March 2013 were, approved & signed.
4. Matters Arising. None.
5. Treasurers Report. JB talked through the expenditure & credits, which are detailed below, but other than this there was nothing further to report concerning Mr Mallinson’s audit report. AR commented that the room hire for Cleckheaton is due.
Balances up to 25 March are:-
Debits
£450 to Pete Finlay Annual Dinner speaker.
£1391.85 Leeds Seventeen for Dinner food, Upstairs Bar and top table wine.
£45 to Lord Mayor’s Charity.
£45 to Chaplain’s Charity.
£71.25 to Frank Smith, speaker for March Meeting.
Credits.
£60 Subscriptions
£500 from Savings Account to cover dinner.
£339 from cheques made out to LAE and raffle cash for Dinner.
£45 Subscriptions
6. Annual Church Service. No Change. AK to contact the Rector regarding the reading.
7. Correspondence. GT received a mail from FR Associates with regard to the estate of a departed member, Dennis Whitfield. GT passed on contact information.
8. Current Programme. The proposed walk around Yeadon Tarn with a Fish & Chip supper was brought up by MM with a view to acquiring numbers a.s.a.p. would all council members please chase up contacts etc. for the numbers. AK suggested a Frisbee throwing contest, consisting of distance & accuracy. AK will provide a bottle of wine to the winner.
9. Membership. A new member, Mr Martin Collins, was proposed by JA, seconded by GT and accepted by everyone.
10. Next Session. BY stated that he would be happy to give another lecture. JB agreed to give a lecture on model railways. GT has emailed Stella Diamond of the Bloodhound SSC land speed record project for a possible further lecture (offered free), which it was suggested that we do as a joint with the IET and IMechE. GT to provide further details at a later date. AK also talked briefly about doing a lecture which MM suggested could be his Presidential lecture. AK is happy to do this.
11. Website. Thanks to Kally Shergill the website problems have once again been resolved. GT informed us that past events can now be viewed but only for the last year. This was generally accepted. The front page has also been reduced in content but with a “read more” option against all topics. GT to transfer to new host on the advice of Kally. This will happen in the next few days. A great big well done to GT for what is now looking a modern and inviting web site.
12. Golf. All is organised with our thanks once again to KH.
13. Annual Dinner. MM suggested that the evening for the dinner be moved to a date after the clocks are put forward. Everyone was in agreement with this. AR to investigate the availability of the room for a April or May booking.
14. Any other Business. Having no other business the president closed the meeting.
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