Persons Present
David Lloyd-Jones Chairman & Delegate/CCMAA
Mike Colling FSMAE Vice Chairman/Wigan MAC
Derek Gilbert Secretary & Treasurer/Sale MFC
Keith Barker PRO/Webmaster/ Rochdale MAC
Roy Allam Achievement Sch Co-ord/FCMFA
John O'Donnell Timperley MF
Tom Anyon Fylde Coast MFA
Gerry Ferer Timperley MF
Jim Radcliffe Timperley &DMAC
Jock Lindsey Bury Metro MFC
Dave Cooper Bury Metro MFC
8 voting
The meeting started at 8.00pm
Apologies for absence.
Frank Fletcher, Max Lloyd and Syd Bostock-Lawton.
Correspondence.
The Chairman reported that he had received letters of thanks from five clubs
for the windsocks.
Minutes of the meeting held on 24th February 2009.
Corrections
None
The meeting approved the minutes unanimously.
Matters Arising.
Chetwynd was discussed and it was noted that Joe Flyn has corresponded with
the CO and was turned down due to possible noise affecting neighbours. After
some discussion it was considered that Graham Lynn or RAFMAA may be in a position
to help Phil Owens and the Chairman offered to make enquiries. As we had been
turned down, it may be worth enquiring when the next change of CO was expected
and wait till then.
Gerry Ferer noted that council agenda and minutes were still late in appearing
on the BMFA web site and Roy Allam informed the meeting that he had not received
hard copies as promised. The Chairman also agreed to take this further with
the office.
Officers' Reports.
The Secretary reported that the windsocks had been sent to all the outdoor radio
clubs in the area.
The Treasurer informed the meeting that the draft accounts for the year ended
31st March 2009 showed a deficit of £1,015. However the area still had
surplus funds of £5,233 with £2,552 to be received from the BMFA
to cover 2009/10 expenditure.
Keith Barker reported that the indoor season had gone extremely well and he
had booked dates for the next winter sessions. These are listed on the Area
web site.
Council Meetings.
The agenda for the full council meeting of 9th May was discussed in detail.
The meeting unanimously agreed that proposal 7 regarding appointment of alternate
FAI delegate should be voted against as it was felt the alternate should always
be appointed by the delegate.
Proposal 9d was accepted in principle, but the meeting was concerned at the
reference to insurance. It could perhaps be used by an insurance company to
refuse claims if the advice of the observer was ignored. The Delegate was instructed
to ask that reference to "insurance arrangements are safeguarded"
be removed and replaced with "BMFA guidelines".
The meeting did not raise any specific recommendations for the Delegate regarding
proposal 15b re helicopter B or 15c re turbines.
There was a lengthy discussion regarding 15d covering various aspects of the
Archivists tasks and material that could be available. The outcome was that,
with one abstention, the meeting agreed to support the proposal, but asked the
Delegate to raise just how it can be done in the current space available.
Area Fly-ins
Keith Barker confirmed that plans for the next season of indoor flying at Rochdale
were in hand and the first meeting was booked for 18th October.
The Chairman said that the paperwork for the Shawbury meeting had been sent
out and 1st July was the final date for registration. The paperwork for the
Eddie Riding has also gone out and he was pleased with the interest shown in
the E R Designs competition following the advert.
Apparently there is still no mention of the Eddie Riding event in the Woodvale
web site and the Chairman agreed to follow this up. It was also noted that camping
will be allowed this year.
AOB
The use of the area funds was discussed and it was agreed to increase the prizes
for the Eddie Riding to £400 in addition to the painting and Shawbury
to £100.
It was felt we could support other events and the use of the Velodrome was put
forward for the Chairman to make enquiries.
The meeting closed at 10.31pm.
These minutes are provisional until approved at the next area meeting.