SNCC Central Committee Meeting

22nd January 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Minutes

Attending

Gary Newman (GN)        – Chairman

Ruth Stapleton (RS)        – Deputy Chairman

Alistair Henderson (AH)   – Treasurer

Mike Biggs (MB)             – Secretary

 

Apologies

None

Action Summary

Ref

Description

Due Date

Owner

Status

0118/1

Advise an incremental website update plan, with timescales, at the next committee meeting

Feb 2018

RS

 

0118/2

Amend membership application form re. GDPR

Mar 2018

AH/RS

 

0118/3

Produce club privacy policy

Mar 2018

MB

 

 

0118/4

Promote club reliability ride with Steve W

Feb 2018

RS

 

0118/5

Coordinate club affiliations

Mar 2018

MB

In progress

0118/6

Consider ideas to promote participation in the inter-club TT competition

Mar 2018

GN

Awaiting RO to confirm NCRA date

0118/7

Confirm 2018 Road Race  teams

Mar 2018

GN

See below

0118/8

Draft proposal re. Club subsidy on kit for racers

Feb 2018

RS

 

0118/9

Confirm dates for SNCC events and who is organising / marshals

Mar 2018

GN

Awaiting RO to confirm NCRA date

0118/10

Issue membership cards after the end Jan cutoff

Mar 2018

MB

 

0118/11

Confirm status of bidons with Gareth / Wayne

Feb 2018

GN

Done

0118/12

Conduct audit of club equipment

Apr 2018

MB

 

0118/13

Book Golf Club for the Awards Dinner and AGM via Steve Blows

Mar 2018

MB

 

0118/14

Confirm date / who will organise / pay deposit for Dales trip

Mar 2018

GN

Done

1.     Website

·     RS and James Coulthard have met with Alec with a view to updating the website.

·     The intent is to provide a window onto club activities which is regularly updated and provides a hub for the various social media feeds.

·     The following tasks are planned:

§  Update to latest Joomla server since the current Joomla is no longer supported;

§  Convert to Googlemail server.  This will provide a more supportable platform.  Cost £10-£12 per email address per month;

§  Update content;

§  Add plug-ins (Strava, Facebook, etc);

§  Provide Paypal interface.

·     RS to discuss with James and advise an incremental plan, with timescales, at the next committee meeting (RS)

2.     GDPR

·     The GDPR legislation, which governs the handling of Personal Information (PI), comes into force in May 2018.

·     An initial assessment has been made of the impact to the club, as follows:

§  We need to advise members at the point at which they provide PI (e.g. email address) what we do with the PI and how long we will hold it for.  AW/RS to amend application form (AH/RS)

§  We need a privacy policy (MB)

§  Health information is subject to more stringent regulations.  We ask for blood group and show this on membership cards, so should be no issue

·     Agreed we would take advice from Club members who have knowledge of GDPR compliance.

3.     Forthcoming events

a)     Reliability ride

·     The event is advertised on the website & Facebook, but additional promotion in local bike shops / cycling clubs / etc – RS to coordinate with Steve W (RS)

·     Agreed we would support MAGPAS & 3Pillars

b)     Velodrome

·     Thanks to Jane Wilson for coordinating this event

·     £360 paid for this event

·     16 paid-up members (event full)

c)      Curry Night – 2nd February

·     Typically get 10-15 attendees

·     Suggested that an earlier time might increase numbers?

d)     Weekly club email

·     This is produced as a draft in the club webmail account

·     Agreed that content would be added , as required, by Committee members  by COP Thursday

4.     Club affiliations

·     CTT renewed for 2018 – £30

·     CTT levies for SNCC TT season paid - £816

·     ECA renewed for 2018 - £20

·     NDCA renewed for 2018 - £10

·     BC renewed for 2018 (c £300 incl supplement for sponsors)

·     NCRA status TBC – MB to discuss with RO

·     Central Road Race League (CRRL) affiliation paid - £40

·     MB to coordinate affiliations (MB)

5.     Racing

a)     Proposal from AGM to combine Ashman and inter-club points

·     Rejected by the committee as the Ashman is a historic competition and should be sacrosanct

·     GN to consider other ideas to promote participation in the inter-club TT competition (GN)

b)     Proposed teams for 2018

·     Probably just 1 x men’s team of 4 who will be supported from the pool of riders currently proposing to ride at 3/4 races – Dave H to sponsor

·     GN to confirm (GN)

c)      Race Series

·     There is no summer NCRA series so races of interest are the spring NCRA race and a summer CRRL race

d)     Collation of racing & TT results

·     Chris Green agreed to collate TT results

·     Assumed RO will do the same for road racing

·     Race reports need to be added to the Club website

e)     Sponsors 

·     We have 2 confirmed sponsors for 2018,Dave Hennessey & Martin Taylor (KRB)

·     c£1400 in Club Account as surplus from 2017 SNCC-hosted events has been ring-fenced to support racing events in 2018

f)       Skinsuits

·     Gareth is coordinating a skinsuit order for TT guys and others

g)     Club subsidy on kit for racers

·     RS proposed that members attending 10+ events (Crits, open TTs, road races, Cyclocross) should get a discount on club kit.  RS to draft a proposal (RS)

h)     SNCC events

·     Need to confirm dates and who is organising / marshals – MB to confirm with RO (MB)

6.     Recurring club business

a)     Membership / membership cards

·     95 members at 22/01/18, which is down on 2017

·     74 members from 2017 still to renew

·     Membership cards will be issued after the end Jan cutoff (MB)

b)     Club kit order

·     Stock will be around £3k

·     Socks due this week – RS to pass to Gareth to handle as pler other club kit

·     Bidons – GN to confirm status with Gareth / Wayne (GN)

c)      Whereabouts of club equipment: flags / TT stuff / numbers / tea urns etc

·     MB to conduct audit (MB)

7.     Committee

a)     Frequency / timetable / venue for future committee meetings

·     Agreed that the committee will meet monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month

·     Full committee quarterly (Mar, Jun, Sep), primary committee in other months

b)     Training for new committee members (e.g. use of club email a/c)

·     RS now has website Admin rights

·     AH to send guidelines on use of club emails to MB & RS – done

c)      Contact details

·     AH advised that contact details (email address & phone number) are available via the club webmail facility

8.     Future Events (ideally to be booked now and the Club informed)

a)     Sportive (07/10/18)

·     BC registration paid (£50) in October 2017

·     MB agreed to run this, with assistance from the usual suspects

·     Suggested that we re-use existing routes

·     Questioned whether the 30-mile route is worthwhile

·     Numbers were down in 2017, mainly due to poor weather.  The event needs to be publicised well in advance

·     RS suggested that organisational details are stored centrally (cloud, etc) for the benefit of future years

b)     Awards Dinner (date?)

·     Proposed that a club band provides entertainment in lieu of a disco

·     MB to book at the Golf Club via Steve Blows (MB)

c)      AGM (07/11/18)

·     MB to book the venue (MB)

·     Proposed that nomination slips for committee posts should be circulated with the calling notice

d)     Dales trip 2018 – 18-19/05/18

·     Need to confirm date / who will organise & pay deposit asap (GN)

·     50% Deposit paid – 14 places available

e)     SNCC 100 miler (29/07/18)

f)       TT Season (starts 26/04/18 for 18 weeks)

g)     Ashman Trophy (Sun 15/07/18)

·     80th Anniversary – Think local publicity for SNCC and history of the Club

h)     Hell of St Neots (date?)

·     Ask SR if he is prepared to organise the event

i)       Club TT (11/08/18)

·     Marshals / Police sign off etc

9.     AOB

a)     Website – all events to have a write up (e.g. Sportive and Awards Dinner)

b)     Ideally one email per week covering all / most events (not always possible but the Thursday email should not be seen as solely about routes)

·     Feedback from TT guys: they really like the calendar on the bottom of the Thursday email

c)      Volunteers for events – ask in advance and not at last minute

d)     Change password on Club email account

10. Next Committee Meeting

●      The next committee meeting will be held at Alistair’s house on Monday 12/02/18 at 19:30.