Minutes of Committee Meeting January 2026

  1. Attendance:
    • Attendees: Mike B, Joe K, John S, Lester, Al P, Leo, Ingrid
    • Apologies: Rob, Steve C
  2. Review and Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
    • Proposed: Leo Seconded: John
  3. Matters/Actions Arising:
    • There were no matters arising which were not covered under AOB.
  4. Officer's Reports:
    1. Chair: Nothing to report. Has joined a number of rides recently, and rides seem much better organised/disciplined.
    2. Secretary/IT Officer:
      • Website has migrated
      • Need Ride Guidance content. Will put together a draft, and share - use Glos CC, Stroud & Swansea as guides
      • Newsletter going out this week - new published ride guidance to be included
      • A few new enquiries
      • AGM date to be set
    3. Treasurer: £50 on skittles, £13.43 on website. Balance £2610.76.
    4. Social Secretary:
      • Skittles early December - not a huge turn out, but a good night.
      • December lunch meetup at the Hop Pole, Tewkesbury.
      • A flexible buffet curry night was discussed, on a week day night - will look at potential venues and dates.
      • Looking for dates for the Summer BBQ.
    5. Runs Secretary: New runs list starting to be built shortly
    6. Audax: Nothing to report
    7. Publicity Officer: Nothing to report
    8. Welfare Considerations: Nothing to discuss
  5. Any other business:
    1. Rider Guidance: Draft to be produced for publication on website and via newsletter.
    2. Clothing: Once designs have been finalised, we'll look to order a batch of 10, then take other interest as we go. Mike/John shared some designs, and the committee has fed back. Going to go back to Alex and make some tweaks. We'll then look to get an initial batch ordered ASAP, and we've agreed to subsidise them initially for the setup cost (£150 agreed).
  6. Next meeting: 2nd March 2026