THE LEEDS ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS
Minutes of the Council Meeting held at 7.15pm on Thursday 6th November 2014 at the Cornerhouse Club Leeds.
1. Attendance. A. Kibler (President) in the chair with J. Aldersley, I. Scholes, M. Murray, B. Yates, J. Shergill, G. Toulson, J. Bentley and I. Blakeley.
2. Apologies for Absence. A. Rogers, J. McClarty and K. Hegarty.
3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting, dated 2nd October 2014 were, approved & signed after a correction was made to include Mr. Bentley in the attendance.
4. Matters Arising. None.
5. Treasurers Report. Mr. Bentley made the following report:-
Current Account
Debits:-
£36.00 for Headingley GC room hire.
£24.00 Printing Journals.
Credits:-
£4.81 3 1/2% stock
£3.75 2 1/2% stock
£448.00 Gareth Jones Golf day
This now completes the Golf account.
Savings Account had £5.04 interest added.
Cash Account paid £40.00 to “Percy Shaw” speaker.
Graham Mallinson our Auditor expressed an opinion that he was getting a bit long in the tooth to carry on with our account. Do we wish to appoint an Independent examiner instead?
The Braime Trophy Insurance runs out at the end of the year. Steve Stacey will obtain a valuation and pictures of the trophy to enable us to insure it through the Association.
Mr. Bentley commented that if our losses continued at the rate of the previous year the association would fizzle out within 10 year
6. Church Commemorative Plaque. Mr. Kibler confirmed we have design approval from the Church Diocese, we are in a position to place an order with Ryder & Chaddock (engravers) for manufacture of the plaque. Mr Kibler said the cost will be approximately £250.
7. Retirement Celebration Meal. We agreed previously that it would be a nice parting gesture to take Tony Bundock (Rector – Leeds Parish Church) out for a meal to celebrate his retirement and thank him for his efforts on our behalf particularly, in helping us recently to get approval for the commemorative plaque. The dinner will be on 26th November at Headingley Golf Club, Mr. Kibler has purchased an engraved beer tankard to present to Tony on the night.
8. Correspondence. Mr. Kibler said he received a letter from one of our members (John Kelsall) this was in response to the letter asking for comments / ideas from the membership. John’s letter was very complimentary, he said he enjoys the lectures he is able to attend but lives in Nottingham so this is quite limited. He will continue to support the annual dinner and the association in any way he is able.
9. Membership. We had received an application for membership from Mr. Paramat Singh Bussan, this was proposed by Mr. Aldersley and seconded by Mr. Murray, a vote by council accepted the membership subject to ratification at the next public meeting of our membership.
10. Current Programme. The current programme is now complete with exception of the ladies evening. Mr. Murray has been enquiring about a murder mystery evening but the cost might be prohibitive. Mr. Yates suggested that we might visit the cinema in Bradford, the third film in the Hobbit series is due for release. This would be followed by a visit to a local curry house. Council still favour a cooking demonstration possibly at Thomas Danby College, Mr. Murray is exploring this possibility. Mr. Yates advised us that the visit to Nu- Swift in December will be brief (small factory) so he has organised a quiz in a local pub afterwards with a pie and pea supper. We agreed that he should purchase a bottle of whiskey from association funds for the quiz prize. Mr. Kibler said he will contact Naomi at Leeds University to advise her that we did not have the services of a Porter for our October lecture (Brake Systems) so we do not expect to be charged for it. Mr. Murray pointed out that the church service does not appear on this sessions programme.
11. Next Session. We discussed this briefly, Mr. Yates said he already has a number of possibilities. Mr. Kibler suggested that we approach Chris Helme the man who spoke to us about Percy Shaw (Cats Eye inventor) had a number of alternative lectures on offer.
12. Website. Mr. Toulson said the comment made at our last meeting regarding access on the website to old council minutes was not correct. Council minutes are already available back to 2011 but were difficult to find, he has moved them to a more prominent place on the website. Mr. Toulson said only 5 of our members have requested automatic updates when changes are made to the website. Mr. Murray will put a reminder in the circular to remind members that this facility is available to them.
13. Journal. Nothing to report.
14. Golf. The 2015 golf tournament will take place on Monday 29th June at Garforth Golf Club.
15. Circular. We agreed that Mr. Murray should include stamped addressed envelopes with the circular for our members to post back their subscriptions.
16. Annual Dinner. We discussed the pros and cons of having the dinner at Headingley Golf Club, we were unsure of the rooms capacity but assumed it would be around 100. We need to get confirmation although this year we feel that numbers will not be a problem. We were thinking this might cause more of a problem in 2016 for the 150th Anniversary Dinner. We decided that the 2015 annual dinner will have background music played on our P.A. system, but for the anniversary dinner we will have live music. We still have to confirm whether the 2015 annual dinner will be held on Friday or Saturday night.
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Any other Business. Mr. Yates suggested that we might look at moving our council meetings to a more convenient venue. We agreed to discuss this at a later date. Having no other business Mr. Kibler closed the meeting.
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