Fencing North Committee Meeting
Wednesday 1st June 2016, 7.30pm
Meadowbank Community Centre, Meadowbank
Present:
Eric Buisman
John Garelja
Oliver Agnew
Linda Boyd
Daniela Ravera
Jessica Gracie
Hamish Bulmer
Jeremy Dyson
Adrian Roberts
Apologies:
Laura Harvey
Isabelle Williams
Gaylene Ongley
Meeting starts 7.30pm:
Minutes from previous meeting:
Linda Boyd moves that we accept the minutes from the previous meeting, Oliver Agnew seconds. All in favour.
Matters arising from previous meeting:
No matters arising
Treasurer’s Report:
Adrian Roberts moves that we accept the Treasurer’s report, John Garelja seconds. All in favour.
Payments:
John Garelja moves that we reimburse Oliver ($1000 for petrol vouchers) and Eric ($139 for Ian Perry’s accommodation in Auckland). Hamish Bulmer seconds. All in favour.
Fencing NZ News
Eric has had discussions with Ian about our relative size and FeNZ board representation being at odds with each other
Strategic plan is slowly developing and Ian is looking at next steps in rolling it out
Fencing NZ Board Vacancy
FeNZ asked for regions to put forward candidates to be a youth representative filling the FeNZ Board Vacancy we have put Alice Boyd forward as our candidate.
Fencing NZ Affiliations
In May we paid $6,760 to FeNZ for affiliations year to date
Meeting With College Sport
Oliver and Hamish gave recap of meeting with Dave Currie from CS
Competitions Recap
Oliver gave recap of the tournaments in May
Upcoming Competitions
North Island Champs this weekend – everyone is encouraged to help out as much as possible during the event – we want to bring our A game
Beginner’s Competition
Thinking about options in July (16th/23rd), positioning between the Individual & Team Secondary School events. Aim is to get as many beginner fencers to come and compete.
Idea from Daniela to structure this so at the beginning we have an info session on how competitions work & what all the equipment does etc
Format etc to be confirmed by Jess & Hamish.
Jess and Hamish will find a venue & time that suits best
Other Business
None
Meeting closed at 8.35pm