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Annual General Meeting of The Old Fallopians
Cricket Club
January 28, 2008
Held at The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, EC3V 3PD
Minutes | Agenda |
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Present
Philip Barrass (PB), David Sultanti (DS), Tim Castle (TC), Robert
Press (RP), Rafe Smallman (RS), Ed Paleit (EP), Russell Balkind (RB) and
Paul Hosking (PH).
Apologies
Mark Venables, Peter Henry, Darren Tempany, Peter Frisby, Richard
Griffiths, Jonathan Stebbins, Joe Swift, Alistair Bayliss, AK Southey,
Justin Roy and Paul Spackman.
Midweek Accounts
TC described the midweek accounts. The accounts showed a current
defecit of £169 and a projected deficit of £188. One reason for this
deficit is the inclusion of the website costs in the accounts which had
never been done before. After some discussion it was decided that there
would be an increase in the cost of weekend nets which would be set at
£5 and the match fee for the midweek matches would be £6.
RP said that there should be a stocktake of both teams kits to see what
was needed for the new season.
The midweek accounts were signed off.
Weekend Accounts
The weekend accounts are also in deficit. In light of this it was
decided to increase the weekend match fee to £13.
Proposal by RB to charge a £5 membership fee and maintain the weekend
match fee at £12 – REJECTED.
Proposals for a slogan for the Old Fallopians
After some discussion the following suggestions were made.
One out all out
When we have foreigners we are good
One brings five
We are ten.
He who turns up plays.
Always enthusiastic
Yes No Sorry
Don’t blame me
Run John run
All (Out) For One
It was decided that, once DS had ascertained which players wanted to
remain on the mailing lists, RB would manage a vote by majority to
choose a slogan. Said slogan would then be translated into Latin by EP.
Should the Old Fallopians adopt a haka?
Rejected
Should we fix our home ground or continue with the status quo?
Currently we play approximately 4 games at Parliament Hill and 1
game at The Heath Extension. After much discussion it was decided to
look into a medium term home ground where we could play all our home
games.
Do we want to play more games outside London?
It was decided that SH, RB, Peter Frisby and Alistair Bayliss would
investigate when the potential extra-London games might take place and
then ascertain whether or not there would be interest to play these
games.
Should we have a Test Match series against Chats Palace?
It was decided to ask Chats Palace to propose a ground and a date
when we could play a 2-Day game.
Should we have a logo?
It was decided that, once DS had ascertained the make-up of the
mailing lists, PH would invite designs and run a vote in the same way as
is being done for the slogan.
Weekend Captain and Weekend Organiser
It was decided to maintain the current structure with RP taking more
responsibility in conjunction with DS and EP.
Weekday Nets
It was decided that Toby Cox would look into the possibility of weekday
nets.
Agenda |
Minutes The Agenda and who
suggested what
1. David Sultanti: Should the Oldfallopians adopt and Kiwi style
"haka"?
2. Simon Hemelryk: Can we move the club to Twickenham Green,
conveniently located for my house? – Dismissed without consideration.
3. Robert Press: 2008, fallopians to grow roots or stay nomadic?
4. Peter Frisby: How about more games outside London, i.e. "jewel in
the crown" fixtures - grass pitch, own pavilion, a roller, scoreboard,
sightscreen and ladies (or men dressed up as ladies) providing teas. I
have contacts in the country. The 3 sides I have in mind are all pretty
mediocre and are within an hours drive of Hackney.
5. Peter Frisby: A "test match" series with Chats Palace. I know we
generally play CP twice each season but the games are closely fought and
at least they are prepared to engage with us during and after the game
which is just as important as the game itself. Discuss.
6. Paul Hosking: We need an old fallopians crest so we can get
official kit.
7. David Sultanti: We need a constitution and I don’t mean a walk.
8. David Sultanti: Who should be the 2008 weekend organiser be?
9. David Sultanti: Who should be the 2008 main weekend captain?
10. Toby Cox: Would like to know about possibilities of setting up
regular (fortnightly?) net sessions (Victoria park 7ish) throughout the
season, as he knows that many people are in the same boat as him, in
that they cannot make every weekend game (far from it), but that they
would like to be involved more.
11. Alistair Bayliss: I was talking over Christmas to one of the
Captains of The Portland Red Triangle – Portland of course being the
Jewel in Dorset’s derrière. Their nickname is “The Isle of Slingers”,
and when you see the Red Triangle bowlers you will quite understand. It
is a long way away, but if people did want a trip to the seaside,
cockles and ices etc, I’d be happy to sound him out.
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