THE LEEDS ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS
Minutes of the Council Meeting held at 7.15pm on Thursday 3rd September 2015 at the Headingley Golf Club Leeds.
1. Attendance. B. Yates President in the chair with, J. Aldersley, I. Scholes, M. Murray, K. Hegarty, A. Kibler, H. Kingswell, J. Bentley and I. Blakeley.
2. Apologies for absence. G. Toulson and A. Rogers.
3. Minutes of the Previous Meeting, dated 14th May were, approved & signed after the query relating to the money collected at the Ladies evening not appearing in the credits for the Ladies evening was corrected.
4. Matters Arising. Money collected at Ladies Evening was £377.50.
5. Treasurers Report. Mr. Bentley reported the following financial transactions. The account balances were reported but have been removed from the minutes for publication on the internet.
Accounts from 1 June 2015
Current Account
Income:-
Golf. Craftsman tools £100.00
A.R.& J. Harris £112.00
Subs £20.00
Dividend 2 1/2% Cons £3.75
War stock Cancellation £600.00
Debits:-
Abbey Inn (Walk) £92.00
Garforth Golf Club £830.00
A.Stead, Garforth GC £667.00
Steve Stacey £213.00
Balance at 1 September £******
Savings Account
Interest £9.50
Balance at 1 September £******
Cash account in hand £11.20
We have outstanding income from Mitchell Fox of £1046.00 and Chris Burgess £40.00.
The £600.00 represents the final repayment of our War stock Investments so we will no longer have contributions from there.
JB 2 Sept 2015
Amendment to previous Report where cash collected at the Ladies evening at Leeds City College was omitted.
This was £337.50 and remained in hand as the College was paid by two LAE cheques including subsidy.
6. Church Commemorative Plaque. On the 5th September the plaque will be officially unveiled in Leeds Minster and our membership are invited to attend. This will be followed by a meal at Bibis. Anyone attending the unveiling of the plaque will be offered the meal for free.
7. Correspondence. Mr. Yates said he has written to all the companies we are to visit this year to confirm details. He did say that he has had trouble trying to make contact with the lady Chief Engineer at Fox’s biscuits who fails to respond to his emails and is never available on the phone.
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8. Membership. No new members have joined recently but membership has remained stable. We have 3 people who are currently expressing an interest in joining the association but we are having trouble getting them to commit.
9. Current Programme. Because this is the start of the season we are just about to embark on a full programme.
10. Next Session. Nothing to report.
11. Website. Nothing to report other than it is all up to date.
12. Journal. Mr. Bentley reported that he has made progress on this but needs some input from Mr. Toulson to complete.
13. Golf. Nothing to report.
14. Annual Dinner. Provisionally arranged for 16th April 2016.
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Any other Business. Having no other business Mr. Yates closed the meeting.
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