StAUCC Committee Minutes

Minutes

11th April 2017

5:15pm- The Rule

Former Triumphs

• Ceilidh

• Good

• Died off after ceilidh dancing finished

• Wwsr caused people to go home earlier

• WWSR

• INCREDIBLE

• Use Ian Vosser again

• Use for preseason out west, rivers and 4*

• Polo in the Sea

• Last week very good

• Annie taught drills from Singapore

• Not many people yesterday (4 people)

• Next one on a Wednesday so people from sea session will be there anyway

• Next one week before P in the Loch?

• Canoe Trip

• Very good

• Have another at some point?

• Do something more wave trains next time- paddling was a bit boring

Upcoming Dates

• Sinners

• Ready to go

• Only 2 tickets left?

• Nesk River Race (16th April)

• No deadline for entries

• Sent everyone going necessarily links and copy Betty in with any emails

• Au Blue booked

• Sam meeting Cardiff so might not have his car

• Jamie maybe organise a practice with Sam on the Saturday?

• Post Aqua Ball Stanley Trip

• Got a list of signups (9 people)

• Book two cars (space for 12?)

• Lot of playboats going

• Aqua Ball

• Only £560 in debt

• Sold 65/80 dinner tickets

• Sold 15/70 dance tickets

• Promise auction

• 3 or 4 people down?

• Jamie as auctioneer

• P in the Loch

• Entries close in 3 days

• Enter teams in whatever

• May enter women and mens team or by ability

• Fun venture for canoe club

Finance Update

£2703.85 in bank

Claims coming in

Approx. £1000 coming in from club debt

Approx. £400 to go out for charities

Standing Items

• Blog posts

• Deadline by middle weekend of revision week

• Send list to Chloe P of what people are supposed to be writing

• Drivers

• AU isn’t keep until the new academic year?

• WE NEED DRIVERS FOR PRESEASON!

• Email Elaine again- no further forward than last time

• Alps

• 6 people paid deposits

• People said want to go but haven’t paid deposits

• Campsites and tolls- Andrew

• Ferries- Rory

• Dre will not be taking an AU car to the continent unless it is fully insured (incl. breakdown cover)!

• Looking at taking white or blue as least likely to breakdown

• Club Photo

• Tilt is up

• Less than 10 at the minute

• Deadline on tilt is this Sunday?

Agenda

• Password changes

• Be inventive

• Chloe J and P to discuss new password

• Look at changing domain name for new website

• Sports Scotland club first development tool (get a small group to do it)

• Show strengths and weaknesses of group

• Ben, Chloe J, Betty?

• Movie night on Thursday

• Melville LCR

• Jamie to put poll up with 3-4 movie options

• One off sea session open to non-members while the weather is good

• Publicise as a give-it-a-go- Sarah

• BBQ afterwards- Nick, Alycia

• Next Wednesday

• Andrew to do safety/ swim forms

• If not your turn on rota, please come if you can anyway!

• Nesk trip during revision

• Rory and Sarah organising

• First week of revision- Thursday then finish in Pub

• Guys night in

• Turned into an everybody night in

• Poker and Movies

• Paddy is hosting

• 28th April

• May Dip

• Paddy and Annie having breakfast after May Dip

• End of Bonfire

• No pallets as off yet

• Couldn’t get any from Pizza Express

• Buy bonfire wood from people (from Albany bonfire people)

• 1.5 bonfires worth of wood

• £50/ bag

• Everybody on a pallet hunt!!!!

• Summer Trip

• Nick- Messaged two canoe clubs (Perth and Stirling) and a man called Dave

• Apparently, Dave is a big thing…

• Stirling has an email just for canoes!

• Get details of canoe people off Alasdair

• Carys’ school has canoes and trailer- email them to ask about borrowing

• Are drivers happy to drive with trailers? Check

• Preseason

• Ben to organise

• Nothing done yet

• Start booking coaches- Ian, Lyle, James Fleming

AOB

• Alycia- BASE last session on 5th

• Get interest for next year

• Advertise better

• Sarah- get committee bios for website

• Rory- everyone writing receipts put name and trips on them (also send a picture as well as physically copy via email/ messenger)

Next meeting:25th April 5:15pm The Rule