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Minutes
of the AMBIC Meeting on Friday 3rd April at the Noah’s Ark
Members
Present: Not Recorded
Apologies:
Zim
Punja, Mike Dadd, Gerald Hackemer, David Petche, Mike Chambers, Richard Plowman
Approval
of Minutes of Last Meeting:
The minutes were passed with some
reservation about a few inaccuracies .
Business
Opportunities:
Terry Wiles enquired whether anyone
was interested in joining the Foundation he works with to bid for a malaria
indoor residual spraying contract in Africa. However he needed to know by
Friday 3rd April.
Chris Waterhouse has expressed an
interest.
AMBIC
Website:
In the absence of Richard Plowman, Liz
Johnson attended the meeting with suggestions of how to update the
website. Major items of discussion were:
1.
Need
for password to access the site – many felt no password was needed as little
that was confidential was posted. Others disagreed. In the end it was
agreed that the objectives of the website were:
a.
To
be AMBIC’s window to the outside world
b.
To
communicate to members e.g. minutes of meetings, agenda.
This would necessitate the website
being split into 2 parts – An open part accessible to anyone, and the second
members part only accessible using a password.
The Usename is AMBIC and the agreed
password is ‘cibma09’ in
lower case.
In future, the Chairman and Secretary
should send the agenda to Liz to put on the site before the next meeting and
also the minutes after the meeting. The agenda would be available to
members in case they did not receive their copy by email – as happened with
some people before the April meeting.
The Agenda and Minutes should also be
emailed to each member as usual.
2.
Updating
the Website – Liz suggested 2 areas needed attention.
a.
Updating
the text on projects completed so far
b.
Creation
of a standardised template for people’s profiles
Malcom Ogilvy asked who actually uses
the website and who should update the text. It was suggested that Richard
Plowman be asked if he would take on the role.
Future
Programme:
May:
Richard Plowman was in the process of organising a talk on ‘Personal
Finance’. He has since said the speaker is away and the talk is to be held at
another date. Chairman – Mike Dadd; Secretary – Tony Hodgekiss
June:
Richard Plowman is coordinating a visit to Langmeads Grove Farm. Directions to
be supplied later.
Chairman – Richard Plowman
July:
Darwin’s Down House Visit organised by Gil Fletcher and Alan Knowles
August:
No meeting?
September:
Fernhurst Furnace
Iain Brown has volunteered a visit to
the Fernhurst Furnace on Friday 11th September the day before their
Open Day. Note the change from 4th September. Chairman – Iain Brown
instead of Gil Fletcher, who has already changed with Dick Eyre. Iain to confirm
with Dick.
October:
Prickly Nut Wood! c/o Ben Lawes. Iain offered to negotiate a group
visit. Ben normally charges £50/head but there would be few takers at
this price. It was suggested we aim for AMBIC funds to be split 50/50 with
members for a contribution of say £10/head – or Iain to try to negotiate
about £100 for a 2 hour visit.
Date – 1st Friday if
possible, otherwise depends on availability of Ben Laws.
November:
Wine tasting? David Petche
Pensioners’
Lunch
Now costing £20/head at Lythe Hill.
See February Minutes. If interested, contact David Petche to confirm, even if
registered already.
AOB:
Initially None – even the Treasurer
was happy. Then
1.
Treasurer
requested a slot on the Agenda for Treasurer’s Report.
2.
Ask
Liz Johnson to put Chairman’s rota on website. All changes to be notified to
her, and to Malcom for info.
3.
Confirm
that John Pidgeon has sent a formal letter of Thanks to Mike Bushell.
Next
Meeting:
Friday 1st May at the
Noah’s Ark, 12.30pm for 1pm.
Chairman
– Mike Dadd, Secretary – Tony Hodgekiss
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