RNARS 49th AGM
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Patron: Admiral Sir Peter Abbott KCB RN
President: Commodore Paul Sutermeister DL RN

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Minutes of RNARS 49th AGM

 

Held at HMS Collingwood on Saturday October 10th 2009, 14:00.

 

 
 1. Present:
 
G3TZM, G3OZY, G4JBE, M3VAV, G0TOC (guest), M1AFM, G0RPK, G3KOJ, VE6BF, G0FBA, G4FRN, G0PPH, M0CPH, M0DAY, G1LKJ, G0LKO, G0FOD, G4PZV, G4CRW, G0JSC, G0NUM, G3APO, G3LIK, G3RDR, G0MIU, G3ZDF
 
= 26 members who signed the AGM Register, plus guests who attended the social only.
 
Apologies for Absence:
 
2E0BYC, 2E0RPS, 2E1GDC, 7Q7BP, 7Q7YL, 9H1RN, DF4BV, DK9OS, DL1NL, G0DLH, G0ELZ, G0EQS, G0GBI, G0IUR, G0KXN, G0LDJ, G0PSE, G0RNO, G0SWS, G0TBD, G0TEL, G0VCV, G0VFE, G0VIX, G1GXB, G1OCN, G3KGT, G3KXV, G3LME, G3NIR, G3PQC, G3TIX, G3TWG, G3UAZ, G3VAZ, G3VCN, G3VNH, G3WQG, G3XGE, G4BEQ, G4BIC, G4BNU, G4DIU, G4HWK, G4LNA, G4MSR, G4PRL, G4PSA, G4PTE, G4TNN, G4TUO, G4ZMP, GM4GIF, GM4VUG, GM7ESM, GW0JTE, GW0VSW, GW4MVA, HB9ANE, IG3LCS, K4XAT, K7VV, KB7NJV, M0AST, M0RNA, M6FBK, N4XAT, N8NAV, OE6ESG, OE8NIK, ON4CBI, ON4CBM, OZ1FJB, PA0VLA, PA5UL, SM6DER, SM6JSS, VK3SV, VK4BUI, WA1HMW, ZL1BLY, ZL2ZLW
 
(82 members)
 

 
 Contents
1. Apologies for absence
2. Chairman's Introduction
3. President's Report
4. Chairman's Report including Silent Keys
5. Composition of the Committee 2009/2010
6. Secretary's Report
7. Membership Secretary's Report
8. Treasurer's Report
9. Announcement and presentations of RNARS Awards
10. Amendment to the Constitution as agreed by the Committee
11. Proposal by Doug G3PQC that future AGM's be held at the Maritime Club, Portsmouth
12. Proposal by HMS Belfast London Group that Marc Litchman G0TOC be made an affiliate
member of the RNARS, G0FEK & G0TBD
13. Report by Vice Chairman
14. Manager's Reports:
     (a) Shack Manager
     (b) QSL Manager
     (c) Data Comms.
     (d) Web Site
     (e) Mersey Groups
     (f) London HMS Belfast Group
     (g) Area Rep Co-ordinator
     (h) Newsletter Editor
15. Any other Business
16. Date of next AGM
 

 
 2. Chairman's Introduction:
 
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this the 49th AGM of the Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society. My first task today is to thank Commodore Steve Kirby RN, for allowing us to hold our A.G.M. here at HMS Collingwood and to the Mess President WO1 Steve Rule, QCB, for allowing us the use of the mess for our meeting.
 
Unfortunately, because of the rise in the number of courses in Collingwood, the accommodation allocation has been unavailable to us this year.
 
As you will see, there is a change of format to the AGM this year in that tea, coffee and biscuits will be served immediately after the AGM and the Society raffle will be held then which I hope you will all support well as there are a number of excellent prizes to be won in support of our Society.
 
As you can see we have a busy agenda today, unfortunately our Society President Captain Paul Sutermeister RN is unable to attend this year to deliver his formal address, so I will get Paddy Daly who is acting as Ex Officio to read his address that he has sent me.
 
Mick Puttick, G3LIK #0004 - Chairman
 
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 3. President's Report: PO Daly for Captain Sutermeister RN
 
Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and my sincere apologies for not being with you for this AGM, my first as your new President. I feel a bit like what I imagine a horse feels like when it falls at the first fence! 
 
I was honoured and delighted to be invited to be your President once again - after a gap of sixteen years. However last time , as the Captain of HMS MERCURY it was a "de facto" position, whereas this is by selection. I hope that I can do as good a job as Lieutenant Dave Babbington.
 
I have remained a Short Wave Member since the relinquishing the Presidency with the closure of HMS MERCURY in 1993 and have enjoyed reading the articles in the Newsletter - at least those which were not over my head - and receiving my fairly regular correspondence from Chairman Mick - Golf 3 Lima India Kilo - for those of you who do not know him otherwise - telling me that I was adrift in increasing my subscription.
 
However earlier this year, your Committee gave me the double honour of awarding me an Honorary Life Membership of the Society which came as a marvellous belated Christmas present. Thank you.
 
I wish you a very successful AGM and again I am very sorry not to be with you, however I hope to see friendly old faces and meet new ones at future Committee Meetings, or the possible Celebratory Dinners in HMS COLLINGWOOD or at Coventry next year or at next year’s AGM. I also send my very best wishes to you all.
 
Paul Sutermeister
 
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 4. Chairman's Report including Silent Keys
 
Once again my report is a short summary of the activities of the Society in the past year which includes plenty of good news and some sad.
 
The Committee met six times during the past year here in the Headquarters station. Also, I was able to attend the AGM of the London Group aboard HMS Belfast around Easter time. Unfortunately, there is still no news on HMS Plymouth moving to a new location.
 
Society membership is being well-managed by the Membership Secretary, Doug Bowen G0MIU. You will be hearing a report from him a little later. Once again I ask that all members support Doug. It is important that I remind you all that if you have not paid your yearly subscription by July, you will not be receiving the Society summer Newsletter from then on and will find yourself deleted from the membership database.
 
Sadly we have had to say farewell to 40 Silent Keys this year. Here is the list, please rise and take a minute in remembrance of our past friends.
 

RNARS SILENT KEYS FOR YEAR 2007/2008.

 
  1941 DJ2HN Horst
2482 DL1GE Heinz
2927 DL1ZQ Hans
2757 G0AGS Ray
3240 G0EEL Jed
4139 G0RET Bill
4276 G0TII Ted
3536 G1IEV Bob
3457 G2BGU Ken
0830 G2HFD Howard
3053 G3BKN Bill
2747 G3FPB Jack
0539 G3HQH Hal
3963 G3ICB Tony
0985 G3JBT Jim
1811 G3JTG Ted
0735 G3MSV Dave
3294 G3YHA Terry
0635 G4AUJ Bill
0670 G4BUS Reg
1345 G4CIM Ray
0766 G4EUI John
1697 G4KSC George
1989 G4NJU Dave
1796 G4PXA Derek
2463 G5RQ Geoff
0864 G8KCC Stan
3555 GM3AXI Bob
4511 GM3TRI Bert
2327 GM4SNZ David
3369 GW0JXW Brian
4132 GW3JVW John
1997 GW8ZZD John
1519 KD0AE Martin
1820 LA7XB Thor
4533 M0CLY Tom
3776 M0GMF/ZS5MF Mel
4826 M3HDT Les
4265 MW0AUH Jack
1757 VE7DIG Peck

 40 in number

Long may they rest in peace.

 
Members may be interested to know that I write to the relatives of all the Silent Keys and many have said how much they appreciate receiving these letters.
 
Throughout the year the Society has been represented at rallies and events across the U.K. Here in Collingwood, the "Freshers Fair" has been held three times this year. All new entries to Collingwood are invited to attend this fair to see the many and various activities that are available to them in the establishment, in the locality and the Navy in general.
 
At this point, I wish to thank all the Society’s Net Controllers for their admirable work over the past year; their dedication with such varied band conditions is worthy of high praise.
 
I will not dwell on other activities but will leave them for the various Managers’ Reports to enlighten you on their efforts through the year.
 
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5. Composition of the Committee 2009/2010
 
Mick Puttick G3LIK Chairman
Doug Hotchkiss G4BEQ Vice Chairman
Doug Bowen G0MIU Membership Secretary
Mac McGuinness G0RPK
Toni Mori M1AFM
Keith Ray G1GXB
Ray Ezra G3KOJ
Wally Blythe G0PPH
Adrian Mori Treasurer
Joe Kirk G3ZDF Secretary
 
Mick Puttick, G3LIK #0004 - Chairman
 
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 6. Secretary's Report
 
Very little to report other than to ask that if there any members are not getting access to Minutes to get in touch with me and I will see what can be done.
 
Joe, G3ZDF #585
 
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 7. Membership Secretary's Report
 
This is the present situation.
 
Current members 691
Life members 134
Free members 45
Total members 870
 
A further 40 members not included in the above totals have been lapsed for failing to forward the correct subscription of £15. Of those 40 12 failed to increase their banker’s order to the required subscription and 28 failed to reply.
Lapsed members will not receive the RNARS Newsletter.
 
 In reply to a question from Bill VE6BF Doug said there had been 10 or 12 new members.
 
 Dave G4JBE suggested that lapsed members are presented with a banker’s order with the correct subscription and offered no other way of paying. This should also apply to new members. Doug said he would follow this up.
 
Doug Bowen, GOMIU # 3606 - Membership Secretary
 
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 8. Treasurer's Report
 
Not shown in this web version – members may obtain from the Secretary.
 
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 9. Announcements and Presentation of RNARS Awards
 
RNARS Activity Plaques
 
There were only three who submitted logs this year, so awarding plaques to them all, but I report that this will be the last year we will be awarding the yearly activity plaques due to the poor response we have had each year, it seems the popularity of this has waned over the years.
 
 Mick G3LIK, George G3OZY, Terry G0TBD.
 
 In view of the level of activity and the number of logs submitted the Committee decided that this would be the last year at which the plaques would be awarded.
 
RNARS Certificate of Merit
 
To Robin Bellerby GM3ZYE for all the hard work that he did for the Society as Secretary and Newsletter Editor.
 
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 10. Amendments to the Constitution:
 
Proposal to change the conditions for qualifying for Life Membership
 
Any member with 30 years membership would be eligible. In order to claim Life Membership the member would then have to pay 5 years subscriptions at the current rate
 
 This was carried by 22 votes to 0 with 4 abstentions.
 
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 11. Proposal by Doug G3PQC that future AGMs be held at the Maritime Club, Portsmouth:
 
Dave G4JBE proposed holding the AGM in different venues across the country in order to give access to a wider range of members and this was seconded by Bill G3TZM. Mick G3LIK said the AGM had been held in London twice and the attendance had been disappointingly low. There were 2 votes in favour, 8 against and 2 abstentions.
 
The proposal to use the Maritime Club was referred to the Committee for discussion.
 
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 12. Proposal by HMS Belfast London Group that Marc Litchman G0TOC be made an affiliate member of the RNARS, G0FEK & G0TBD:
 
All present supported the proposal and it was referred to the Committee under Rule 7 (b) (iv) of the C&Rs.
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 13. Report by Vice Chairman:
 
The 50th anniversary plans are well in hand and are as follows:-
 

a.

Get together week-end at Coventry on the 6th to 8th August is well in hand and most of the allocated rooms have already been taken. If you are considering going to this event I would suggest that you pay your £10 reserve fee soonest otherwise you could be disappointed.

b.

A dinner has been arranged at HMS Collingwood and I will be taking bookings in the New Year when menu and prices have been confirmed. Accommodation for this event may not be possible due to the high demand of service personnel. If it can be arranged you will be informed not earlier than 2 weeks before the event. It is up to you to check with the mess if you want accommodation.

c.

An Award has also been approved and details for obtaining it will be published soon.

d.

The Special Call GB50RNARS has also been approved.
It is now up to you, the members, to make 2010 a resounding success
 
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 14. Manager's Reports:
 
 (a) Shack Manager
 
Tony M1AFM reported that there had been few changes in the shack. Apart from a printer no new equipment had been installed. There had been no breakdowns. The problem with the beam had been fixed and it was working FB.
 
Tony is looking for volunteers to help with Cubs and Scouts. A vote of thanks to Tony was proposed and passed unanimously.
 
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 (b) QSL Manager Marc G0TOC
 
My first year as UK QSL Bureau Manager has seen me handle what I believe to be, only a relatively small number of cards – in total, 502. Understandably, QSL card volumes rely upon QSO’s, which in turn are reliant in part on the sunspot cycle. The fact that the majority of cards coming into the bureau are for QSO’s on 30, 40 & 80m, seems to bear testament to enduring poor conditions on the higher bands.
 
Of the 502 cards, 206 have been distributed to 58 callsign holders and 27 to the RSARS and RAFARS bureaus respectively. The remaining 269 cards are for 148 callsign holders, however, I hope to be able to distribute a number of these after today’s AGM. In addition to the QSL cards, the bureau currently holds 1,054 SSAE’s for 299 recipients. Of these, 1,127 came from my predecessor and 52 have been received in the past twelve months from 17 callsign holders. 23 SSAE’s have been used to send cards to members and 102, for a reported 34 "silent keys", have been earmarked for re-use.
 
Thanks to Diana G0RNO, my contact details and occasional reports have been published in the Sunday eNews Bulletins and over the past twelve months, I have fielded several enquiries from UK and overseas members. The bureau continues to cultivate the links with RSARS and RAFARS bureaus, as established by Mike G0VIX, and batches of cards continue to be received at regular intervals – in total, 77 cards for 38 recipients have been received from RSARS and 18 cards for 14 recipients, from RAFARS. Finally, I wish to thank all those members who have contacted me over the past year, also the Committee for their support.
 
Marc Litchman – GØTOC RNARS UK QSL Bureau 26 Oak Tree Close, Loughton, Essex, IG10 2RE
 
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 (c) Data Comms.
 
The RNARS eNews venture is now in its eleventh year, and I send the Sunday eNews to over twenty five per cent of the society's current membership. The bulletins include the latest membership changes and RNARS events.
 
The eNews is available only to current members of the Society. Any member interested in receiving the eNews bulletins should contact me by email, remembering to include his or her callsign, RNARS membership number and email address. My email address is printed on the inside front cover of the RNARS Newsletter, and there is a link to it on the "Managers" page of the RNARS website.
 
I would like to remind members that any snippets sent to me for inclusion in a bulletin should be relevant to the RNARS, to the amateur radio activities of RNARS members, or to our service backgrounds. Please send your messages in plain text format, include your callsign and RNARS number, and note that I retain all editorial rights.
 
The RNARS Yahoo Group reflector is co-moderated by Dave G4JBE and me. Membership of the group is limited to current members of the society. In an ideal world the weekly news would be sent out via the RNARS Yahoo Group, but as a great number of members seem reluctant to have anything to do with Yahoo Groups, the eNews will remain a separate venture for the time being.
 
My thanks to all those who send me items of news, but especially to Mick G3LIK and Doug G0MIU for their regular weekly input. I would also like to say thank you to Robin GM3ZYE for his help and support during his time as Newsletter Editor and Secretary, and to all the members of the Committee for their efforts on behalf of the society.
 
Diana, G0RNO #3926 - Data Comms Manager - rnars2news@btinternet.com
 
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(d) Web Site
 
The web site continues to progress well and now contains:
 
Statistics
 
Main Site Members Area (sub web)
682 Files 288 Files
548 Pictures 209 Pictures
1,364 Hyperlinks 621 Hyperlinks
70.1Mb
 
Morse Corner (sub web) Morse Learn (sub web)
234 Files 269 Files
191 Pictures 201 Pictures
256 Hyperlinks 487 Hyperlinks
25.8 Mb 3.28 Mb
 
This equates to a total of:- that all together creates
1,473 Files 86 Pages
1,149 Pictures 196 Photos
2,728 Hyperlinks 86 Sound Files
 
Including operating files and folders, the total disk space occupied on the Internet-UK Server is:-
 
128 Mb - with 131 Folders containing 3,684 Files.
 
Since its recreation into Microsoft FrontPage in 2006, it has been visited 26,441 times with many re-visits to the News Page, the Morse Transmission Page and the Learn Morse Page. There have been 8,795 visits this year which equates to 24 /day or 1/hour. Continued comments of support are added to the Guest Book and are gratefully appreciated, thanks to all. The website is updated daily in the early hours to meet visitors who log on each day for the news. The Morse transmission pages are updated weekly. I am continually trying to improve the site which this year saw a complete re-build to accommodate different screen sizes. The site is now accessible on the small screen of a mobile phone or I-pod. The work involved a seamless transfer and regardless of the many hours inputted most people would not have noticed the changes unless they were trying to view the website on a mobile phone or the newer wide screen laptop computers.
 
This year has seen an increase in the number of antagonists in the Society. You know who I mean and you are not worthy of your name even getting a mention. You nearly had me leaving the RNARS but that would have been your pleasure. I am still here and ready to continue my supporting work. If you put as much effort into positively supporting the Society rather than trying to drag down those who give their best in a positive way then the Society would be growing not loosing members. I and others should not have to put up with profanities. If the few trouble makers are not happy please leave and let the majority build the Society back to the high esteem it deserves.
 
Many thanks go to Bob Jennings G3NXV and his expert staff for their continued support, time, effort and expense to make possible the availability of the RNARS website with the best performance to date at no cost to the Society. I would also like to thank Diana G0RNO for her continued support and help through the most difficult times. The site is owned by the RNARS and is not Jim 9H1RN’s site, it is your site containing what you want. If you would like to contribute to its development or feel something should be changed just email me and I will be only too glad to oblige.
 
Best regards to all, apologies for not being present to deliver this report.
 
Jim Banner, 9H1RN #3355 - Website Manager
 
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 (e) Merseyside Groups
 
HMS PLYMOUTH GB2PLY GB0NYX G0TON
 
Merseyside (HMS Plymouth) Group Chairman's Report by Bill Cross G0ELZ Secretary
 
As the Chairman G4KCB is no longer a member of the RNARS it falls to me to make a report.
 
About all I can report is there has been no sign on the Plymouth moving down to Devon, HMS Plymouth Association have been working very hard to sort out a berth for the ship, and to get enough funding to support the business plan to keep her open until she can self fund herself.
 
HMS Bronington has been moved to another berth and the last news was she was going to be cut up and the superstructure was to go to Stockton-on-tees Sea Cadet unit, they already have a Ton Class Sweeper as their base HQ. The Hull of HMS Bronington is in a very poor state as the ingress of water has allowed rot to flourish unchecked, and she is only fit for scrap now.
 
I am having difficulty in closing down the group, but am now making headway in closing down the bank account. Once this has been finalised I can make arrangements for the wind down of the group and disposal of the radio equipment, this will be done at an E.G.M. As laid out in the C&R's of Plymouth group I will mail all members with notice of the E.G.M. As soon as have details.
 
This ends my report
 
Dave G4JBE reported that at a meeting in Nottingham it had been reported that HMS Plymouth might be moving to a mooring in Portsmouth or Gosport but nothing was definite.
 
It was also reported that HMS/M Onyx had been sold to a private owner and that the callsign GB0NYX had now lapsed.
 
HMS Bronington has sunk at her berth and no funds are available to do anything with her. Many sources of funding were canvassed including Prince Charles but nothing was forthcoming.
 
Merseyside & Cheshire Rep's Report
 
By Bill Cross G0ELZ
 
Not much to report, except the report on the Blackpool Rally in March. Myself and Fred Jones G2IV (G8HTP) manned the stand and gave almost a bottle of rum away a tot at a time to the visitors. We had many members sign in but numbers have fallen off in the last few years mostly due to Silent Key's as we have lost many friends in the north of England who always made a point of attending the Blackpool Rally.
 
I am still running the Plymouth group net on 145.375Mhz FM but since the demise of Historic warships in 2006 we now call the net the Navy Net. All within 25 Miles of Liverpool are welcome to join us on the air 1900 Local time to 2000 local Monday to Friday.
 
I do not get much feedback from the membership, so either things are running well or if not, they are not bothered in giving feedback via the local rep.
 
I am willing to continue as Merseyside & Cheshire rep for the future. This ends my report.
 
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 (f) London HMS Belfast Group
 
Chairman's Report to RNARS AGM by Bill Cross G0ELZ
 
Sorry I cannot be here in person this year, to present this report. Since last year London Group has been active on many occasions, as usual Bill G0IEC has been busy every Wednesday with GB2RN on cw. The latest news is the IWM Internet Broadband link in the BWO has now been activated, this will enable members to keep in touch with home during Easter Activity Period via E Mail. This will also enable the committee to send any news and items of interest quickly to the membership.
 
As some of you are aware, we have lost the use of the Sea Cadet Messdeck as this compartment is now being turned into office space. We have been given the use of 3C Mess-deck down below forwards for the 2010 Easter Activity. Those who can go back ten years or so will remember us using the 3C Mess before we got the use of the Sea Cadet Mess. The down side is we only have the use of the BWO Galley for catering, taking this into account Bill G0ELZ will not be able to provide the usual eat all you can for £5 Breakfast & Evening meal deal. Easter Activity 2010 Self Catering or eat ashore, not forgetting we get a discount at the Walrus Cafe on board HMS Belfast, show your pass and get 10% off.
 
Our membership is stable with a small increase in last year, and we hope this will continue into the future.
 
We have had some equipment donated from Silent Keys and this will be put to good use, and we hope to have 3 HF positions in use by Easter Activity.
 
By next Easter with luck the sunspot cycle 24 will be well under way and the higher bands may well be more active, let us hope so as we have had a long time in the depths of the bottom of Cycle 23.
 
Plans for Easter Activity are well advanced, and we look forward to meeting many members for the AGM and of course those who join us for the activity.
 
I look forward to meeting many members on the HF bands in the next 12 months.
 
Thanking you all
 
This ends my report
 
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 (g) Area Rep Co-ordinator: to be given by Bill G3TZM on Wally’s behalf
 
All rally reports have been sent Mick G3LIK and to our Newsletter Editor for inclusion in the magazine otherwise not a lot to report from the majority of our Area Reps so far.
 
The sales of our commodities at the various rallies has been slow to say the least and at the "New" Leicester Rally, absolutely nothing was sold.
 
The National Hamfest, Newark 2nd & 3rd October 2009
 
By A. G. Walker (Wally) G4DIU
 
Prior to the show, "set-up" day was on the Thursday and there were a few hiccups which were put right almost as soon as they were brought to the notice of the organisers.
 
The show opened at 10 a.m. on Friday and it was a very good day for everyone there, traders and clubs alike.
 
We had 18 members sign in on our stand and, once again, the furthest travelled was Sid GM4SID, all the way from Aberdeen.
 
On Saturday, two members signed in and we enrolled one new member. There was one re-joiner "Len Lees G1DMH - 2449" who is now back resident in the UK. We also had on possible new member who took away an application form promising to post it to the Society on Monday .
 
At this point it is worth reminding Society members that the purpose of the RNARS stand at any rally or other event such as this is primarily for recruitment of new members and re-instatement of any former members and finally, the social aspect of meeting old friends and other members of the Society.
 
A number of 'Commodities' were sold but I did give away a key ring to a young lad after extracting a promise from him that he would join the Royal Navy as soon as he was old enough. His Mum was very nice too, but was a bit too young for Terry and I, and probably a bit over the age limit for entry to the W.R.N.S.
 
Needless to say, the National Hamfest was very successful both for our Society and for the organisers too. I am very happy to report that next year's event will be larger and more exhibition space has already been arranged. The Manager of the event catering company has already booked double this year's space for 2010. Also, whilst I was walking around the show and chatting to the other exhibitors, it became apparent that they were also of the opinion that it was a very successful event and that they too had all signed up for 2010.
 
This show was very much better organised and attended than that of the Leicester ARS which we also attended at Loughborough University recently. I understand that LARS were invited to join in with the Hamfest but declined. Funnily enough, the costs associated with this event were less than those of the Loughborough rally, and money well spent in my humble opinion.
 
My only regret was that to be included in the Raffle for some very delightful prizes - you had to buy an entry ticket. There were no concessions for club stands at all. I did ask the organisers but the reply was negative I'm afraid.
 
My thanks must go to Terry G0SWS for all his help in manning the stand and providing me with copious cups of tea during the two days, which reminds me -
 
I must take my own flask next year - now that I know that the Hotel where I stayed will quite happily top it up for me " at no extra charge" as and when I require it.
Our special thanks go to Bill G3TZM and Maggie, his XYL, for delivering and assembling the exhibition stand, graphic boards, commodities, table coverings and paperwork in good time to be ready for the crowds - this after having arrived back from Malta at 10 pm on the previous evening.
 
They also collected the stand, paperwork, etc., (And ME) and delivered me to my QTH in Nottingham after the show.
 
Pictures to follow as soon as I have sorted them out.
 
Wally G4DIU #391
 
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 (h) Newsletter Editor
 
No report other than my editorial in the Newsletter.
 
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 15. Any Other Business
 

a.

Bill VE6BF proposed that the Society buy its own projector. Seconded by Bill G3TZM and agreed unanimously. This will progressed by the Secretary who will confer with other interested Committee members.

b.

Bill G3TZM suggested that the Merseyside reports be included with the Area Reps reports. Agreed unanimously.
 
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 16. Date of next AGM
 
The next AGM will be held at 14.00 on Saturday 9th October 2010 venue to be notified after discussion by the Committee.
 
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