Present: Matthew Stevenson (chairman), Phil Noot, David Peters, Rahul Punj, Murray Scott; Caroline Chipperfield and Neil Turner attended part of the meeting (see below).

Apologies: Andy Parsons, Dan Webb

Matters Arising

• AGM: Matthew Stevenson said that there had been a very poor turnout at the AGM; however, on a brighter note, Andy Parsons was elected to the committee as both Social Rep and CPSA Board Rep. Dan Webb will continue as Fixture Secretary until October, thereafter the position is vacant.
• Annual award trophies: David Peters reported that he was making slow progress on getting hold of all the trophies for engraving – one more had been received this evening.
• Working party: Matthew Stevenson said that the first event on Sunday, 23rd February, had been a qualified success, with a small number of people turning out and a few good jobs done.
• Umpiring & laws workshop: Matthew Stevenson said that he had decided to scrap this idea after the very poor turnout at the recent AGM – he was worried that it would not be well enough supported.

Commercial Opportunities

• Caroline Chipperfield attended the meeting in her capacity as CPSA Commercial Director and gave an excellent presentation on the commercial opportunities for the club. She outlined some plans and pricing structures for advertising boards and fixture booklets. It is important that all the sections of CPSA work together on these fund raising activities. She also mentioned the Club Day being planned for the August Bank Holiday Monday; there was a discussion about the cricket aspect to this, which will probably either be a Twenty 20 challenge match or a six-a-side competition.

Cricket Report

• Indoor nets: Rahul Punj will check availability at Beaconsfield High School; Lord’s is a possibility, too, but Matthew Stevenson said that local sessions were preferable as they promote the club in its catchment areas.
• Club shirts and balls: in the absence of Zamir Khan, there was no progress report on this subject.

Finance

• Current balance: Murray Scott reported that the current balance was £940.
• Fixture booklets: there is still £100 outstanding from last year’s fixture booklets. Saqib Ahmed and Zamir Khan are working on the 2005 booklets, but in their absence from the meeting there was no progress report.
• Annual dinner: Shahid Din is the only outstanding debtor from this event.
• Annual subscriptions: there has been no further progress on the two outstanding debtors from the 2004 season, Amit Puri and Dean Page.

Fixtures

• Senior fixtures 2005: Dan Webb sent out a spreadsheet before the meeting detailing the latest state of play on this year’s fixtures. Matthew Stevenson will ask him to finalise a date for President’s Day as soon as possible.
• Open Day/Inter Club Match 2005: Caroline Chipperfield mentioned Saturday, 23rd April, as a possible date, but Matthew Stevenson said that fixtures had already been arranged for this date; Matthew Stevenson will ask Dan Webb to suggest an alternative date.
• Junior fixtures: Phil Noot said that the junior fixtures meeting was scheduled for next week.
• Softball: Neil Turner very kindly attended part of the meeting to discuss any potential clashes between softball and junior fixtures; the situation here will become more clear in the next few weeks, when the junior fixture dates are known and the softball section has decided whether or not it will be fielding a second team.

Any Other Business

• Next meeting: Wednesday, 16th March, 2005, 8.00pm in the clubhouse.