Glos Folk

Minutes

Minutes of Glosfolk Committee Meeting May 18th 2009 at 22 Severn Way, Apperley (by kind permission of Astrid & Peter Cripps).

Those present: Brian Barnes (BB) Astrid Cripps (AC), Peter Cripps (PC) Tony Davis (TD) Veronica Lowe (VL) Bill Taylor (BT)

Apologies had been received from Gwilym Davies (GD)

The minutes of the committee meeting 5.3.09 were approved, and the minutes of the AGM 19.4.09 were noted

There were no matters arising

Secretary’s Report:  PC had had meetings with Liz Terry of ‘Sing Up’, had sent in a submission to the DCMS Select Committee, which had been accepted and mentioned, but not printed in the final report. Following this e-mails had been sent to Chief Executive of EFDSS, and Chairman of The Morris Federation enquiring why these bodies had not submitted evidence to the enquiry. Apologetic replies had been received. All MPs in the county had been urged to lobby government to get the committee recommendations implemented. Gloucestershire Dance had been contacted to ask why no folk dance in the £8000 lottery funded ‘River Severn’ project. Cath Wilkins, Director, had replied defending the use of South Asian, Caribbean, etc dance forms. VL had written to ‘The Citizen’ following this up. There had been good feedback from Mhairi Smith of Marketing Gloucester about the response for musicians for Tall Ships Festival, and from Sam Hoad of GHURC regarding the Blackfriars Open Day. Eleven e-mailings had been sent to the membership since the last committee meeting.

Financial position:£522.06 in hand. MASAD takings including donation from Norma Mills, Rod Penlington, and Geoff Wyatt was £88.83, a surplus of £18.83. Interest this quarter was .06p (gross of tax!)

Protocol for the committee:

This was adopted after minor alterations. Draft minutes would be circulated to committee within 5 days, corrections back to Minute Secretary within 5 days, publication on web site within 10 days of the meeting. It was emphasised that committee members were able to make electronic submissions, especially if unable to attend a particular meeting. Publication of a brief paper for each agenda item would facilitate this.

Election of Officers:

Chairman: PC; Vice-Chairman & Performance Manager: TD; Treasurer: VL; Minute Secretary: AC. Other members of the committee would look after Research Projects (GD); Liaison with morris sides (BT); Area rep for SW of county (BB). Jen Davis would continue to look after web site.

Business & Performance Plan:

This was adopted, and data would be collected, and progress reported on at each committee meeting, and in any case at no longer than three month intervals.

Web site//MySpace The web site has had 272 hits since beginning of April, The diary page 208. The ‘MySpace’ site was not being updated, and efforts were being made to either delete it and start again, or obtain password etc. TD offered to progress this issue.

Busking for Heroes

TD suggested that Glosfolk members were asked to do a massed busk over a period of a few days, for charity. There was support for the idea, in view of the good publicity that might ensue. PC will ask the membership for views.

Any other business

Ideas for improving MASAD and other venues were discussed, including a submission from Johnny Coppin. TD will take these ideas into consideration when planning next years event, esp. moving it to the week before Easter. Opportunities for displaying the banner were discussed, including Country Dance Festivals.

Next meetings 25th June at Innsworth Lane (by kind permission of VL), 20th August, 22nd October, 17th December (need venues)

 The meeting closed at 9.55pm