NMC Committee Minutes Tuesday 7th November 2017 Attending Andrew Shanks (AS),Joe McCarty(JMcC), Ciara Barret(KB), Craig Harrison (CH), Adrian Wilson (AW), Emma Smith(ES),Felix Larieu(FL)
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Apologies Megan Denman-Cleaver(MDC), Claire Robertson(CR),John Spencer(JS), Radoslaw Florczak(RF), Steve Blake (SB), Joe Rudin (JR)
Approval of Minutes of last meeting CH, seconded by FL
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Action Points and Matters Arising •
CH reported the current state of preparations for the Ceilidh and presentation ◦
As of the date of the meeting around 10 honourary members and their guests will be attending the presentation
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Dave Hume will attend the event for free as thanks for his role in the band
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52 ceilidh tickets are yet to be sold
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AW suggested contacting Tim Rogers to promote the ceilidh to the Wanneys club
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AW reports that he has received a membership cancellation notice from a longtime member that he will discuss with SB
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The ceilidh is to be promoted on the NMC Facebook page
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FL reports that the end of year accounts are currently being audited
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The question of responsibility for the goCardless account was discussed ◦
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It was agreed that the membership secretary be responsible for keeping track of membership fees and that the treasurer be responsible for everything else
The tools the new membership secretary needed were discussed ◦
AW reported that he needs to synchronise membership numbers and emails across MailChimp, the BMC portal, SurveyMonkey and goCardless
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Continuity of admin logins for Google groups and the Facebook group must be maintained over a change in officers
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AW will transfer ownership of the membership guide and the standard emails to be sent to new members to the new Membership Secretary
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JMcC and KB volunteered to field enquiries from prospective members
The club's constitution is to be updated to remove the status of prospective membership
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AW outlined the process that applies when someone applies to join the club ◦
Initial contact is made, then the applicant is invited to come on a meet
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Once the applicant has filled in the membership form and paid the fee, the membership database is updated and the BMC is informed
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Finally the physical handbook and card are sent to the new member
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The renewals process starts in the middle of December and the new membership secretary will need to become familiar with the process
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The new membership secretary is to be agreed before the next committee meeting
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AW, JR KB and FL will meet on Tuesday the 14th to discuss the new membership secretary
Next meeting Tuesday the 5th of December