2009 SEASON
MINUTES OF MEETING
November 30, 2008
@ BINKEY’S
1 Present were Lakhram Pooran, Steve Senwasane, M. Jinnah, Rajin Balkissoon, Baldat Pooran, Farel Anoville, Chris Samaroo and Lall Persaud. Late was Jerry Pooran.
2 Meeting was called to order at 3:20 pm after it was certain more members will not attend and was chaired by Steve Senwasane.
3 The chair asked Lall to address the meeting. He expressed disappointment at the low turnout and reiterated that the club cannot function without adequate funding. In a discussion with members present it was decided that a letter will be sent out to each member of 2008 season and prospective members to pay a membership due of $100.00 by January 31 2009. Based on the membership dues collected, a decision of what team(s), or if any, will participate in the CSA league for the 2009 season. This process will be undertaken by Steve and Jinnah. A General Meeting with the membership will be called in the second week of February 2009. A similar procedure was initiated by Rajin with the hardball in November 2008.
4 Based on the league membership, another attempt will be made to get members to participate in non-league games in 2009. This is an important sector that has been neglected.
5 The club anticipates playing both versions of cricket and each version will try to share the cost of approximately $3,000.00 necessary to complete basic expenses. Each version will have their own committees to administrate their games.
6 There are some shirts remaining at Liquidation World that the B team used last year. Someone will purchase them and keep it for members who will be new to the club.
7 Fund raising in the form of dominoes competition will not be undertaken because the members who benefitted directly from the effort do not support the cause. Compliments to the hockey boys who supported the competitions were given.
8 Steve and Jerry will check with the 5 O’ Clock Bar and get a date for a dance in January 2009. Members will be given approximately 5 tickets each to sell with the expectation that none will be returned.
9 Those members who do not pay their dues by the deadline January 31, 2009 will be decided upon at the General meeting. Currently there are 2 options; whereby the club will have to proceed with the committed paid members it has or charge a surcharge of $50.00 for those failing the deadline and add them. Regardless, the money will have to be paid upfront.
10 The CSA will be holding the meeting earlier than usual. This necessitates the fees to be ascertained as early as possible.
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It was reported that the teams
that visited
12 Jinnah reported that the club’s account is about $1400.00. His name will have to be added to the registered account so that he can take control of cash flow. He was complimented for a job well done.
13 It was reported that the club started out with about $2,000.00 in 2008. That money was used to pay the Park user’s fees, both teams’ league fees, and the fees for GRCA grass cutting. No money collected from membership was used to cover the aforementioned expenses. That cushion of $2,000.00 was instrumental in getting the club through the 2008 season, where the budgeted membership was 40. The total membership in 2008 was 30, and therefore, the need for the club to take a hard line stance respective to membership dues.
14 The questions of lunch costs were explored. There might be an additional fees depending what the membership decides for softball. The hardball will stick to tradition where 2 members will prepare lunch for each game at their own expense.
15 The meeting ended at 4:34 pm.
Submitted by
L D Persaud
Secretary
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