BMW CAR CLUB (GB)
SOUTH EAST REGION
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Club members present:
Selwyn Frostick - Secretary &Treasurer
Robert Parkin - 'Shadow -Treasurer’
Pauline Wells - Committee member
Melvyn Pettit - Events co-ordinator
Tony Calvert - Z Register Liaison Officer
Ann & Barry Gordge and Sarah Rootes. Others Kathleen Butler & Ron Sharrad
Item 1. Introduction:
Melvyn Pettit opened the meeting by first saying that with Glen Wells sudden death we need to elect a new Chairman. After a brief discussion Melvyn was elected Chairman - Proposed by Barry Gordge and seconded by Tony Calvert.
During the discussion it was also agreed that due to Melvyn's work commitments, he will not be at home during most days, and as club members seem to think it is the club office!
Rob Parkin's Telephone number would be the new regions contact number, but the e-mail would stay the same and the e-mail would be the preferred contact.,
Rob would pass on any query he could not deal with to the appropriate person.
Item 2. Apologises:
Dave Brentnall (FLU)
Item 3. Minutes of Last AGM:
The minutes of the last AGM were distributed. Proposed by Barry Gordge and seconded by Tony Calvert.
One comment from Barry was"Please could we not have the minutes printed on blue paper next year" This was agreed by all present.
Item 4. Chairman's report:
Melvyn reported another successful year, "taking over from Glen, I hope I can carry on his good work he started" . The support and hard work and commitment of the other members on the committee kept the region moving forward. Tony's arranging of Z register members involvement in South East Region events proved a great success, and the rest of the committee is functioning well.
An extended thanks go to those regional members who attended our events during the year and it is hoped to have their continued support in 2005.
Events of interest and of note during 2004, which the region organised and supported, were:
April: Weston Park for the second year running
May: The Bigg Run in aid of the Hospice in the Weald
May: National AGM at Cosford
May: Enfield Motoring Pageant, our first year at this exciting show
June: ETCC at Donington park
July: Our main and very successful event of the year our region concours at The Hop Farm
August: National event at Gaydon
August: Our trip to Spa 24 and Nurburgring plus our visit to RBM.
August: Formula BMW at Brands Hatch
September: Guards Polo Club
December: Christmas Lunch with Father "Ron" Christmas
Monthly Pub meetings still continue to be well supported and prove to be an excellent way of meeting throughout the year, especially during the winter. All these events and meetings add up to another active and successful year for the SE Region.
Item 5. Treasurers report: by Selwyn and Rob
Selwyn reported : As from last year we now have no region financial statement balance sheet , just a float of £100.
The region only claimed £60 for the Blue and White bunting Glen purchased before the Enfield Show
and I claimed £70 for petrol , for towing the caravan to the National event at Gaydon, but the five committee members who helped out at the event concours judging and manning the region stand, did not claim the £25 per person for expenses or take up the offer of lunch they were entitled to.
Item 6. Events Co-ordinator's report:
Melvyn listed Future event programme: for the region in 2005
2005 events calendar is just as full as in 2004. Confirmed events so far are:
Starting from today with BMW Chandlers, Hailsham invitation to the Launch of the New BMW 3 series.
Saturday 19th Help out Richard "02" on stand at Classic Cars Live at the Ally Pally
May is full month:
Sunday 8th The Roman and Canute Tour organised by SE Committee member Tony Calvert.
Saturday14th / Sunday 15th World Touring Car Championship at Silverstone
Saturday/Sunday 21/22nd BMW Power Weekend at Rockingham.
Sat/Sun/Mon 28/29/30th Enfield Pageant of Motoring
June
Sunday 12th The car run in aid of Hospice in the Weald (The Jubilee Run)
July
Sat 2nd / Sun 3rd Our main event of the year, SE concours at the Hop Farm.
Saturday 10th 02 register Oktoberfest at Brooklands
Weds 27th / to weds 3rd August Spa 24 hr trip
Sunday 21st National BMWCC Festival at Gaydon
24th / to 28th August – Club Europa meeting Luxembourg
Plus the Monthly BMW Lifestyle meetings at the Pilgrim Pub
Barry put forward that we try to spread the Pub meetings around the region more, so it was agreed to look into Sunday lunches at Pubs around the region.
So again with 22 events planed so far for 2005. The events are still growing in the South East Region.
Item 7. Web site:
Melvyn said the South East Region web site is still growing.
Now that I am on broadband with Wanadoo, I have moved the site to Wannado who give 3 times amount of free web site space (150mb) I had before. So I have started uploading more pictures and reports to site.
I have kept the same layout as in 2004.
Over the last year: 9,599 new visitors visited the site.
Top 4 pages visited after homepage and welcome page:
1, Dealership + Links , 2, Picture Galleries Main index , 3, 2005 Events Calendar, 4, BMWCC SE News page
People from 113 counties have visited the site.
Top 3, 1, Great Britain, 2 United States, 3, Germany
71 search engines pointed people to the site
Top 3 Search Engines: 1, search.yahoo.com 2, search.msn.com, 3, google.co.uk
Top 3 Browsers: 1, 95% Internet Explorer, 2. Firefox 1.75%, 3. Safari .77%
Top 3 Operating systems: 1, Windows 97.65%, 2. Macintosh 2.11%, 3. Linux .13%
Top Keywords entered into search page: bmw dealerships.
The E-Newsletter has grown to over 350 people on the list.
The web site is sponsored by Melvyn and therefore no cost to the region.
Item 8. Election and re-election of Committee members:
David, Melvyn, Pauline ,Rob, Selwyn and Tony stood down and put themselves up for re-election
Melvyn Pettit elected Chairman : proposed by Barry Gordge and Seconded by Tony Calvert
Selwyn Frostick was re-elected Treasurer: proposed by Melvyn Pettit and seconded by Tony Calvert
Rob Parkin was re-elected Secretary: proposed by Selwyn Frostick and seconded by Barry Gordge
Tony Calvert was re-elected Z Register Liaison : proposed by Rob Parkin and seconded by Barry Gordge
Barry Gordge elected to the committee: proposed by Melvyn Pettit and seconded by Rob Parkin
Dave Brentnall was re-elected as a committee member: proposed by Barry Gordge and seconded by Melvyn Pettit
Pauline Wells was re-elected to the committee: proposed by Melvyn Pettit and seconded by Tony Calvert
Sarah Rootes was elected to the committee: proposed by Rob Parkin and seconded by Barry Gordge
Item 9. Any Other Business:
1.
Ron expressed on behalf of Kathleen and himself, many thanks to the committeee for making them welcome at events and the work they do for the region.
There was no other business.
The AGM began at 6pm and closed at 8-00pm followed by a meal at the Pilgrim Pub
Item 10.:
Date of next AGM. - TBA - Proposed date is March 2006
2005 SE AGM Minutes
2005 South East Region AGM minutes, held on Saturday 12th March 2005 at
6, Station Terrace, Station Road, Dorking, Surrey