Minutes of the Tri Service-Armed
Forces Radio Sailing Association
Held at
As there was no committee
at the time the meeting was opened by John Taylor. Who gave a brief background
to the association and a little information on the history.
The first item on the
agenda in order to take the association forward was the formation of a
committee.
The following people had
put there names forward:
Chairman Nigel Taylor
Secretary David Cox
Treasurer John Taylor
Navy Captain Roy Stevens
Army Captain Roddy Simpson
RAF Captain Brian Leighton
All of the above agreed to
stand for the offices above and where duly proposed and seconded. A vote was
carried out all were voted in unanimously
1.
It was suggested that we invite either the club Captain or his
representative of the home club to sail in the Tri Service Championships.
Proposed by Dave Cox Seconded
by Peter Nicholls
Carried unanimously
2
The second item was the name of the association, after a small
discussion it was agreed by everyone that we drop the Armed Forces from our
name and in future we will be called the
TRI
SERVICE RADIO SAILING ASSOCIATION
3
The Chairman then proposed that a constitution should be drawn up, the
Chairman undertook to draw up a discussion document that would the be put
before the committee for consideration.
4
MEMBERSHIP
It was agreed that
membership should remain as is at present and is open to all Service personnel,
all ex service personnel including reserve forces and members of the MOD whilst
actually employed .
At this
point is was brought up that Lester Gilbert was not actually an ex member of HM
Forces but had infact sailed with us from the beginning. It was therefore
proposed by Brian Leighton and seconded by John Taylor that Lester be made a
full member of the association. There being no objections Lester was made a
full member.
In future
all applications for membership will be passed via the Secretary, the
credentials for membership will include details of service i.e. Army, RAF or
Navy and full Service Number. In the case of MOD employees they will provide
place of work and employee number.
5.
MYA Membership.
John Taylor suggested that we might like to consider
joining the MYA and paying our subs via the association. I was explained that
we only need three members to put their names forward and we could join and be
listed in the MYA magazine and publications.
The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer all agreed to
put their name forward.
John Taylor to take this up with the MYA.
This item has been completed and the
association is now part of the MYA as from
6.
TSRSA Burgee
It was proposed by Neil Baxter and seconded by the
Chairman that we purchase a Tri Service Radio sailing Burgee which should sail
under. Everyone agreed and Neil said he would make enquiries and report back.
7.
Annual General Meeting
It was proposed that the
annual AGM be held at the annual championships and that the venue should remain
at
8. The date
for next year Championships will be advised once we have details of Gosports
programme and will be published on the website.
The date of next years Tri-Services Championship, has been
granted by the Commodore of
The
AGM may be conducted in the morning of the first day, as this year.
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There being no further business the meeting was closed at 1110