Report from Alan Cross
as
Director for
for
I have attended two National Executive Committee
meetings since I became the Director for
TVC Minutes and Accounts for
2005
Receipt of these
was acknowledged by the national Hon Secretary, so all requested documentation
from TVC has now been receivedl. National have,
however, appeared to be reluctant to share this information with Directors,
and, after a bit of pressure from me, have agreed to present a summary of the
totals of Centre funds one year after the documents have been lodged with them.
Membership centralisation
A significant
topic of discussion has been the process towards centralised membership
administration, and this is progressing despite some concerns over the ability
to get this fully in place in time for the 2007-08 renewal at the end of March.
A volunteer national membership officer is yet to be found.
Company Secretary
The present
Company Secretary, Harold Baker, is retiring. His replacement will be a Charles
MacNamara.
Forthcoming events
2007 will see each
Centre making its own contribution to the International Healey Weekend, which
will be a convergence to the Silverstone Classic event
2008 will be the
50th Anniversary of the Sprite, and this will see a major event, not
unlike AH-50, at Goodwood.
2009 is already
being considered, as this will be the 50th Anniversary of the 3000.
National web site
As ProAxis Infotech, I supply the national web site on a contract basis.
The contract has just been renewed to January 2008.
Centres Directory
I volunteered to
update the Centres Directory, which was last done for national by Nigel
Unsworth. The 2006 edition was started in August and completed in October. Work
has already started on the 2007 Directory, which will be a document that
combines both the Centres Directory and the National Directory.
Directors' expenses
The matter was
raised with national regarding the uneconomic mileage rate currently paid by
national - 16 pence per mile, with a view to getting this increased. It emerged
from the debate that all Directors' expenses associated with attending the
National Executive Committee meetings should be met by the Centres, and that
the mileage rate would be whatever each Centre had agreed. This position has
been reluctantly accepted by your Centre.
Alan Cross