Committee Meeting, Monday, 11th February, 2008

Present: Dan Webb (chairman), Mudho Ahmed, Martin Crossley, Tom Day, Mandeep Gill, Tariq Gulfishan, Tony Hewston, Zamir Khan, Ben Kunicki, Jonathan Lindsay, Dave Nolder, Gareth Noot, Phil Noot, Andy Parsons, Matthew Stevenson
Apologies: Murray Scott

Matters Arising

3rd XI ground at Beaconsfield: Tony Hewston reported that discussions were now ongoing re the use of the Beaconsfield 3rd XI ground for Sunday as well as Saturday fixtures.
CPSA Board report: Andy Parsons reported that there have been no major financial developments since the last meeting. Most especially, there has been no feedback on the possibility of restarting the life membership scheme.
Club kit evening: Mandeep Gill reported that this evening’s event had proved to be a great success, with over 40 orders and a profit figure of at least GBP500 already.

Web site updates: Dane Webb reported that he had updated the officers, photographs, minutes and latest news pages.
Indoor nets: Mandeep Gill reported that there was availability at Herschel Sports Centre, Slough, on Wednesday evenings, and he took the action to book four sessions in March at a total cost of £160.
Junior indoor nets: Jonathan Lindsay reported that attendances of these sessions, at Holtspur Sports Centre, Beaconsfield, on Saturday evenings, had tailed off again.
Match day management packs: Dan Webb said that he had made no further progress on this matter.

2008 fixtures: Dave Nolder reported that he had made further progress on the fixtures and hoped to be able to enter them onto the club web site in the near future.
Fixture booklets: Dan Webb said that he would organize the 2008 booklets; we do not presently have any sponsors.
President’s Day: Matthew Stevenson took the action to try to get things moving with regard to the organization of this event. It is not clear at the moment whether or not our existing President, Sam Machin, plans to continue.

In the absence of David Banner there was no formal report.
Mole: Dan Webb reported that the latest mole to attack the outfield had now been caught at a cost of £170.
End-of-season work: Dan Webb said that, bearing in mind the financial problems of CPSA, the cricket section should start budgeting for the end-of-season work ourselves now!

Volkswagen Motor Show: Matthew Stevenson reported that Shazi Chughtai had booked the ground on Sunday, 7th September, for a Volkswagen motor show. He has kindly paid the hire fee of £500 in full to help the club with its cash flow problems.
TVCL cricket balls and handbooks: Matthew Stevenson reported that the bill this year will be £676.73p, payable by 30th April latest (the amount has increased from last season due to the entry of our 3rd XI into the TVCL in 2008).
Junior cricket balls: Matthew Stevenson reported that he had also ordered twelve junior cricket balls from the TVCL at a total cost of £64.50p.
Current balance: in the absence of Murray Scott, Matthew Stevenson estimated that the current balance was circa £1 (the balance from the last meeting plus the money for the Volkswagen motor show, minus the invoices for the TVCL cricket balls and handbooks, the junior balls, the mole catcher and the indoor nets). We should be able to recoup the indoor net money as the sessions progress during March.
Cash flow problems: Martin Crossley proposed that any committee member (or any other member), who felt able to do so, should pay his annual subscription early, in order to generate some useful funds for the cricket section before the cricket match fees start coming in, in late April/early May. This proposal was unanimously accepted.

Annual Dinner: Andy Parsons reported that sharing the marquee with the hockey section was no longer possible because they had put their event back until May. It was agreed that we will hold our event on Saturday, 19th April, the same day as the pre-season practice match. Shabir Ahmed has very kindly offered to make the food at cost, which will give us another good opportunity to raise funds. It was agreed that the price of tickets should be £20 for those combining cricket and the dinner, £15 for seniors attending the dinner only, and £10 for juniors/students/unemployed.

ECB courses: Matthew Stevenson is doing the GL5 umpiring course, Keith Neave is doing a coaching course and Mudho Ahmed starts a coaching course next month.
CRB checks: Ben Kunicki reported that Damien Dunlop, the ECB Development Officer for Buckinghamshire, had let us down at the last minute on Monday, 29th January; he has instead sent us some blank forms to fill in, as a first step in getting all appropriate people CRB checked.
Clubmark status: Ben Kunicki reported that we were close to achieving clubmark status, with the main outstanding issue the CRB checks above.
Development plan: Ben Kunicki reported that the club development plan, which is a lower priority than clubmark and the CRB checks, needs to be modified. He also suggested that the junior sub-committee and the development sub-committee should both start meeting again soon.

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