Saturday, 14th April 2001

1.30pm

Minutes

• Apologies from Pam Shooter and Sean Hamill.

• Present - Gerald Udowiczenko, Richard Sands, Peter Murray, Paul Austin, Phil Benson, Andrew Bourne, Paul Roberts, Mark Moores, Ilan Kapelus, Andy Richier, Tim Eccles & Rob Hallett.

• The Club has £187.50 in the bank after paying last quarters (January - March) bill.

• It was agreed to buy two battle maps (large $35 each), some dice and to look into the cost of purchasing a copy of Formula Du, which is believe to be approx £30. The remainder of funds will be left in the bank to cover any shortages over the coming year.

• As the Community Centre has raised their charges to £16 per week (including storage). It was agreed to increase the fees to £3 for non-members & £2 for members. It was also decided that GMs will now have to pay. To encourage new members, their first two visits will be free. Renewal & membership fees will stay at £3 & £6 respectively.

• General comments on the web site were positive. Ideas for things to be added/changed were
  1. A For Sale page to be added.
  2. On the Schedule page. Where games have been cancelled due to a convention, to have a link to the convention's website so that people know why the games have been cancelled.
  3. Links to Amazon.
  4. For each game being run to have a link to the relevant GM.
  5. Add a guest book.
  6. It was also suggested that a status of player availability for current games be included. So that at a glance you would be able to tell if a particular game had any room for new players.

• Mark Moores expressed an interest in running his AD&D game in the near future. No other games were mentioned. It was also suggested that perhaps we should have a limit on how long a game runs. The suggestion was 10 sessions. This will need to be looked at.

• The currently Officers were retained:
  Andrew Bourne – Secretary
  Peter Murray – Treasurer
  Gerald Udowiczenko - Chairman

• A new copy of the Constitution was handed out to all members present. The general reaction was favourable. A copy will be sent out to all members via e-mail to get their feedback. If there are no changes, then this new constitution will stand.

• In order to encourage new members it was decided to produce flyers and distribute them at up and coming conventions, especially Games Feast & Gen Con.