MSB minutes - 16 February 2012

AttendeesJohn Joyce (JJ) - Chair

Julie Joyce (JJ2)

Rod Cummins (RC)

Ian Hinley (IH)

Tom Hinley

Jake Smith

Martin Smith (MS)

Harvey Smith

Phil Purdie (PP)

Greg Purdie

Del Bromley (DB)

Mark Payne

Mark Seacombe

Iain MacLean (IM)

Glenn Stevenson

Jamie Stevenson

Apologies

Pete Dutson

Elaine Seacombe

Adrian Askew

Colin Oliver

Dave Bennett

Paul Kavanagh

Action points from the last meeting

• The minutes of the last meeting were signed by RC and JJ.
• Only outstanding actions were PP to circulate e-mail about end season dinner and IH to provide information for home game trip.
• PP apologised for not having address the end season dinner.
• IH said that the home game trip was getting more difficult given games keep moving to Sunday. RC said he would cover home games in his report.
• JJ mentioned Sussex v Lancashire cricket game at Hove on 11 May. IH, MS, IM and DB said they may go.
• IH and MS mentioned the 20-20 cricket game on 29 June at Hove which they are going to and encouraged others to join them.

Action – PP to consider options for sit down dinner and provide JJ with an e-mail to circulate to members

Treasurer’s Report

• Deadline for 7 April Arsenal away is 29 February; 14 requests for tickets already
• Next week RC will e-mail details for 14 April Norwich away; deadline will be 7 March
• Deadline for 28 April Manchester United game is currently 23 March but is usually brought forward by the club
• Deadline for 13 May QPR fixture at home (last day of season) will be 4 April but RC asked for an indication of commitment to this early
• RC will also provide details of European games

Actions:

• RC to circulate information about tickets for Norwich w/c 20 February
• All to ensure they confirm requests for tickets in line with given deadlines; also alert RC to requests for QPR at home sooner rather than later

Loyalty points update

JJ2 read out the current top 12:

• 70 points – Peter Simpson, Ian Hinley
• 65 points – Iain MacLean, Daryn Buckley, Pete Hinley
• 60 points – Mike Rolfe, Del Bromley, Martin Smith, Phil Purdie
• 55 points – Peter Latham, Paul Kavanagh, Jack Rolfe, Mark Candler, Greg Purdie

JJ2 said that if the allocations for games like Swansea and Norwich away are limited, the branch will employ the points system.

AOB

• Those present discussed the success of City players currently on load and those who are being signed on loan to Brighton

Next meeting – Monday 20 March 2012 at 7 pm pre Chelsea, St Francis Social Club

Agenda items to JJ2 at chez.jules@uwclub.net

Add comment February 18th, 2012

MSB minutes - 8 January 2012

MID SUSSEX BLUES

8 January 2012, St Francis Social Club

Attendees

John Joyce (JJ) - Chair

Julie Joyce (JJ2)

Rod Cummins (RC)

Ian Hinley (IH)

Tom Hinley

Asha Hinley

Max Hinley

Jake Smith

Martin Smith

Harvey Smith

Phil Purdie (PP)

Greg Purdie

Mark Candler

Del Bromley (DB)

Apologies

Pete Dutson

Elaine Seacombe

Mark Seacombe

Mike Rolfe

Jack Rolfe

Action points from the last meeting

• The minutes of the last meeting were signed by RC and JJ.
• No outstanding actions.

Treasurer’s Report

• 90 branch members – a branch record!
• Match tickets – tickets purchased for 20 games this season so far, 2 tickets requested for FC Porto away on 16 February

Action – all further FC Porto requests required by RC by 11 January

Loyalty points update

JJ2 read out the current top 12:

• 70 points – Peter Simpson
• 65 points – Iain MacLean, Daryn Buckley, Ian Hinley
• 60 points – Pete Hinley, Mike Rolfe
• 55 points – Del Bromley, Martin Smith, Peter Latham, Paul Kavanagh, Phil Purdie and Jack Rolfe

Home fixture

• IH had investigated costs - £140 for hotel, match ticket, stadium tour and then train ticket will be on top
• Most games are likely to be on a Sunday now
• If we choose to make the fixture QPR which is the last game at home this season we will probably need some advance planning

Action – IH to put ideas for the home fixture to the next meeting

AOB

• PP raised the idea of a sit down dinner. JJ said we wouldn’t want to detract from legends night or the summer barbecue. PP said it could be at the club or a pub, perhaps an awards night or end of season event to toast a trophy. Those present agreed that a trip to somewhere like the Crown in Horsted Keynes in May would be good
• JJ2 suggested that we should pay for more membership cards for St Francis so that more people can sign in branch members. DB, IH and RC agreed to become members.

Action – PP to consider options for sit down dinner and provide JJ with an e-mail to circulate to members; RC to arrange membership at St Francis for the three volunteers

Next meeting – Thursday 16 February 2012 at 7 pm pre FC Porto, St Francis Social Club

Agenda items to JJ2 at chez.jules@uwclub.net

Add comment January 14th, 2012

MSB minutes - 27 November 2011

MID SUSSEX BLUES

27 November 2011, St Francis Social Club

Attendees

Pete Dutson (PD) - Chair

John Joyce (JJ)

Julie Joyce (JJ2)

Rod Cummins (RC)

Heidi Robinson

Paul Dronfield

Ian Hinley

Tom Hinley

Daryn Buckley

Apologies

Elaine Seacombe

Mark Seacombe

Del Bromley

Mark Candler

Ben Dutson

Action points from the last meeting

• The minutes of the last meeting were signed by RC and JJ.
• No outstanding actions.
• Note that we need to speak about going to a home game in 2012.

Treasurer’s Report

• 86 branch members – a branch record!
• Legends night resulted in profit of £1230.75
• There were 74 paid tickets (71 adults and 3 juniors) which raised £1857 and the raffle raised £370
• Outgoings were guest rooms at £526, St Francis for food at £360 and sundries (decorations, petrol for a celebrity etc) at £110.25
• We also raised £310 for Paul Lake to take back to City in the community from the FA Cup photos which was given to Paul on the night
• Only outstanding costs are the two tickets donated to the raffle – RC awaits the cost of these when Alison Angus chooses her game
• RC and PD both thanked everyone for their efforts in the run up to and on legends night
• Match tickets - 27 people going to Arsenal and 6 to Chelsea

Loyalty points update

JJ2 read out the current top 11:

• 70 points – Peter Simpson
• 65 points – Iain MacLean
• 60 points – Daryn Buckley, Ian Hinley, Mike Rolfe
• 55 points – Del Bromley, Martin Smith, Peter Latham, Paul Kavanagh, Phil Purdie and Jack Rolfe

Pre-Chelsea event

• The club is running this event in London with Patrick Vieira and Brian Kidd
• 11 December from 6.30 to 8.30 pm – question and answer session

AOB

• RC gave out the Santa suits from Paul Lake and we had an MSB photo which will be framed and put up in the club

Next meeting – Sunday 8 January 2012 at 12 noon, St Francis Social Club

Add comment December 11th, 2011

MSB minutes - 23 October 2011

MID SUSSEX BLUES

23 October 2011, St Francis Social Club

Attendees

Pete Dutson (PD) - Chair

John Joyce (JJ)

Julie Joyce (JJ2)

Rod Cummins (RC)

Iain MacLean (IM)

Del Bromley

Philip Purdie (PP)

Heidi Robinson

Ben Dronfield

Abi Dronfield

Paul Dronfield

Mark Candler

Kathryn Henderson

Ben Dutson

Ian Hinley

Tom Hinley

Martin Smith

Jake Smith

Harvey Smith

Daryn Buckley

Greg Purdie

Adrian Askew

Peter Simpson

Gilly MacLean

Mark O’Hara

Cian O’Hara

Apologies

Elaine Seacombe

Mark Seacombe

Dave Bennett

Mike Rolfe

Jack Rolfe

Colin Sutcliffe

Angelo DiCristo

Action points from the last meeting

The minutes of the last meeting were signed by RC and JJ.

Only outstanding action is to discuss home game trip at next meeting

Treasurer’s Report

83 branch members

67 tickets purchased for legends night and 10 guests

All 35 tickets for QPR away have been allocated to our branch - £50.50 per adult, £45.50 for members aged 16-21 and £22.50 for juniors and OAPs; RC will send out tickets on Tuesday

1 request for Liverpool away, 4 for Arsenal away and 3 for Newcastle

Next e-mail will be for Chelsea away on 12 December – deadline 3 November

Loyalty points update

JJ2 read out the current top 10; after the meeting the top 11 was:

40 points – Peter Simpson

35 points – Del Bromley, Iain MacLean, Ian Hinley

30 points – Tom Hinley, Phil Purdie, Mike Rolfe, Jack Rolfe, Kyle Simpson, Martin Smith, Harvey Smith

Legends night – 4 NovemberJJ had received a number of calls in the last week from people interested in the branch and legends night, so we may well sell in excess of the current 67 tickets

PP offered use of his PA system if required

JJ asked members to let him have City music and memorabilia to decorate the club

It was agreed to purchase a few decorations from the City store to supplement our own

JJ said that we would need to man the front desk to check tickets on the night and that we would welcome volunteers to support us on 4 November in the afternoon

JJ also asked everyone to find a raffle prize to donate

Actions

PD to bring City store brochure to Wolves game so we can select some items

All members to give JJ music, decorations and raffle prizes in advance
AOB

JJ told those present that there will be a pre-Chelsea event which is being set up by the club in London; this could be our Christmas get together

JJ said there has been limited interest in the book signing evenings he suggested so he will not progress these

JJ asked those present if they wished to buy raffle tickets for the MCFC Christmas draw – 40% of sales goes to our branch

IM asked members to let him know if a QPR away ticket becomes available as he missed the deadline

Actions

All members to let Iain MacLean know if a ticket for QPR becomes available

JJ to let members have further details of the pre-Chelsea event

Next meeting – TBC, St Francis Social Club

Add comment October 25th, 2011

Minutes of meeting held on 15 August

MID SUSSEX BLUES

15 August 2011, St Francis Social Club

Attendees

John Joyce (JJ) - Chair

Julie Joyce (JJ2)

Rod Cummins (RC)

Iain MacLean (IM)

Del Bromley

Justin Ratcliffe

Philip Purdie

Heidi Robinson

Ben Dronfield

Abi Dronfield

Paul Dronfield

Colin Oliver

Mark Candler

Apologies

Paul Kavanagh

Jim Morris

Mark Seacombe

Pete Dutson

Adrian Askew

Martin Smith

Dave Bennett

Kirsty Bennett

Julian Turner

Ian Hinley

Kathryn Henderson

Ben Dutson

Jon Dutson

Matters Arising

The minutes of the last meeting were signed by RC and JJ.

JJ said that legends night will be held on 4 November, the night before our game against QPR - see AOB for more details.

Update on the points system is a formal agenda item – see below.

As Ian Hinley is on holiday we agreed to roll over his action point.

Action – Ian Hinley to investigate costs of home game/tour trip

Points system

JJ2 showed those present the spreadsheet we have developed to keep track of who is accruing points. JJ2 raised three issues which had arisen since the AGM. Each were discussed in detail and put to the vote. The following agreements were made:

a) The original points system required you to have a City Card in order to take part. The City Card has been replaced with Blue Membership and therefore members who wish to attend games and accrue points are encouraged to apply for this if they have not already. Those present agreed unanimously that you only become part of the points system at the point that you purchase a Blue Membership card. RC should receive the cards already requested during the next week.

Action – RC to provide JJ2 with the list of Blue Membership numbers when the cards arrive.

b) Points are to be allocated to all games. The only exception is where the ticket allocation is decided using the points system (i.e. a champions league final where demand outweighs supply).
c) Where a member of the branch wishes to take non-Blue Membership card holders to a match, it will be up to them to identify someone who is not attending and seek permission to use their card. The member should then tell RC how many tickets they require and confirm who has agreed their membership card can be used. Points will then be given to the owner of the blue membership card (if it is an away fixture) as a thank you for helping out the MSB member.  Those present agreed this was a fairer way of handling the situation and would avoid complaints being made by members as to whose card is being used and therefore their position in the points system.

Action – JJ2 to update spreadsheet to reflect attendance today.

Treasurer’s Report

RC confirmed that the outstanding debt of £326 has now been paid.

We have 68 members so far and could possibly rise to 80 if all those from last year renew membership. The first point for declaring membership to the club and paying the annual fee is the end September.

IM said that he had passed an MSB card to someone whose husband is a local fan.

Match Attendance

RC said that 1 person was attending Bolton away, 10 had sought tickets for Spurs away and 42 people have requested tickets for Fulham. We still await confirmation from the club as to whether we can have the 42 for Fulham. 42 is the largest request we have ever had as a branch.

The cut off for QPR away will be 3 October.

JJ thanked RC for keeping the branch afloat with ticket payments over the last month.

Action – RC to circulate e-mail re QPR tickets in mid September

AOB

JJ said that he could not provide details of who will come to legends night this year, but it will be at the Social Club and he has already starting talking to Danny Wilson at the club.

Next meeting – Saturday 24 September, St Francis Social Club, 12pm

Add comment August 17th, 2011