AGM Meeting Minutes 2017
By: icklepaddler On: 03-08-2017
DCPL - Annual General Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Date: 11th July 2017 – 7pm
Location: Canoeing Ireland Training Centre
Agenda:
1. Apologies
Eibhlin Mulroe
Rachael Gleeson
Paul Donnelly
Art Fitzpatrick
2. Agreement of agenda – accepted by the floor
3. Chairperson/Secretary's report
Status of the Dublin Canoe Polo League – new option for a venue. The primary output of this meeting is to identify if the polo community want to fully support this endeavour.
The Venue:
· Tallaght Sports Complex (One of the WWKC teams already have some hours at this venue)
What will stay the same:
· Format of the league will remain at a 28 team league, with a min of 22 Entries
· Entry fees will be €250, plus NCPC may also charge levy per team (yet to be agreed)
· 4 a side – 8 minutes a half initially, reduced to 7 mins per half if time is an issue
· The scoreboard was fully restored during last season - this will be used for coming season
· Players & especially duty teams and referees to ensure that timeliness is kept and matches run on schedule.
What will change:
· The league will run on a Saturday night
· Div3/4 would be run on MPL nights / Galway nights
· League may need to schedule around Curragh comp / other winter comps
In Addition to restarting the league the DCPL committee are considering how the league can help support the canoeing community generally and develop canoe polo specifically with:
· Investigating the hosting/running of referee theory courses and facilitating practical exams and shadowing.
· Considering the re-introducing a referee compensation scheme, for qualified referees.
· League is considering running subsidised REC-2 / REC-3 courses for players.
4. Financial report – Update given on status of the bank account but not put forward to be ratified. When full statement is received, an EGM will be held to ratify the account.
5. Election of Committee – accepted by the floor
Chairperson – Richard Wagstaff
Secretary – Tara Pollard
Pool Officer – Robbie Fitzpatrick
Records Officer – Martin Kieran
Treasurer – Grace Hyland
Refereeing Officer – Sean Downes
Equipment Officer – Simon Lodge
Ordinary Member 1 – Amanda Coleman
Ordinary Member 2 – Gerry Mckay
Ordinary Member 3 – Rachael Gleeson
6. Motions
6.1 Motion to remove not committee members as signatories on the bank account and add treasurer plus another member of the committee as agreed by the committee – accepted by the floor
6.2 Motion to review the constitution for required amendments at a following EGM – Thrown out by the floor as not required as a motion. Committee will put forward amendments at the next general meeting.
7. AOB
n/a
Attendance:
Stuart Hayes Dredgers
