Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting held in the
Press Room at the City of Manchester Stadium
on Tuesday 05 October 2010
Chairman:
Alan Galley
Committee Present: Alan Galley, Alan Potter , Kevin Parker, Carol Darvill, Alex Channon,
& Christine Wardle
Apologies:
Karen McCormack, Howard Burr, Mike Young, East Yorkshire, Hazel Grove,
High Peak, & Piccadilly
Meeting Opened:
7.10pm
Minutes of Last Meeting:
Moved:
Middleton
Matters Arising:
None
Seconded:
Didsbury
Correspondence:
Hazel Grove, High Peak, East Yorks
Howard Burr
Apologies
Scandinavia, Sweden, Woodside,
Baguley, Galway, Hazel Grove, Bredbury,
Nantwich, Halifax, Hampshire, Merseyside
West Yorks., East Yorks., Essex, Blackley
Poynton, Lincoln, Southport, Barrow,
Didsbury, Cambridge, London, Reddish,
Isle of Man, Hr Openshaw, Prestwich,
Blackpool & Heywood
Memberships
Donegal & Ballymena
Belfast
FSF
Southport & Nantwich
Chris Jones
Eric Fitton
Mark Blackwell
Costa Blanca, Donegal, Ballymena
MCFC
Website
Mary D’s
Newsletter
Polo Shirts
Hazel Branch info
Proposed Brisbane Branch
Proposed Cyprus Branch
Citycards
Corporate offers
Moved:
Chorley
Seconded:
Swinton
Treasurer’s Report:
Bank Statements as at 24/9/2010:
Main account
£51,918.39 – less £21k ‘accounted for’ re MCFC and less £10k Norway
‘on account’
Travel account
£24,812.62 – unchanged as at 26/8/10.
Paying in books – now available, please contact Alan to reserve one.
Alan asked that all outstanding monies be paid to him at the next EC (19th October) as he
may be away for the 2 November meeting but will be back for the 16 November meeting.
Moved:
Failsworth
Seconded:
Bolton
Travel Report (read out by Carol):
Insurance Forms:
Forms for Blackpool to be with Karen no later than 10 October
Forms for Wolves to be with Karen no later than 23 October
Forms for West Brom to be with Karen no later than 31 October
Fulham £28 adults & £21 concessions – insurance form needed by 14 November
Depart Moston at 7am
CoMS at 7.15am
Town at 7.30am
Crispins at 7.45am
Kevin confirmed that minibuses are covered by the Supporters’ Club Insurance.
Moved:
Bredbury
Seconded:
Cheadle
Social Report:
Xmas Draw tickets available.
Moved:
Bolton
Seconded:
Eccles
Membership Report:
Inserted after meeting!!
As of Monday 4th October 91 Branches have been issued with Membership Cards and 65
have returned their Membership Lists:
Despite the deadline of 30th September for returning Membership Lists 26 Branches have
NOT done so and are highlighted in yellow on the list below.
The 20 Branches highlighted in red on the list below, have NOT been issued with any
Membership Cards and it’s not known if they are still active.
A34 Winchester
Ancoats & Miles Platting
Baguley & Brooklands
Ballymena
Barrow & District
Bath & Wiltshire
Belfast
Billy McNeil Renfrewshire
Blackley
Blackpool & Fylde
Bolton
Brantwood (Belfast)
Bredbury
Bredbury - Blues Gelsenkirchen
Brooks Bar
Cambridge
Cape Town
Carlisle & District
Catalunya - El Fom
Cheadle
Chester
Chesterfield
Chorley
Clayton
Coleraine
Cookstown (N.I.)
Cork
Costa Blanca
County Carlow
County Wicklow
Denton & Gorton
Didsbury
Donegal
Dublin
Dukinfield
Dundalk
East Midlands
East Yorkshire
Eccles & District
Edinburgh & Lothian
Essex Blues
Failsworth
First Lisburn
Forfar
Galway
Ghana
Gilford (N.I.)
Gloucester & Cheltenham
Gorton
Greeve
Guernsey
Halifax & District
Hattersley
Hazel Grove
Heywood
High Peak
High Crompton & Royton
Higher Openshaw
Hong Kong
Huddersfield
Isle of Man
Jersey
Johannesburg
Kent
Kings Lynn
Knutsford
Leicester & Rugby
Limerick
Lincoln
London
M40 Blues
Macclesfield
Malta (Cactus Bar)
Mansfield
Merseyside
Middleton
Mid-Sussex Blues
Milton Keynes
Morecambe Bay
Mossley
Mullingar (West Meath)
Nantwich
New Zealand
North East
Northenden
Perth Western Australia
Phuket
Piccadilly
Portadown
Poynton
Prestwich & Whitefield
Reddish
Rusholme & Moss Side
Sale & Ashton-on-Mersey
Scandinavia
Sierra Leone
South Costa Blanca (Blue Moon)
South West England
South Yorkshire
Southport & West Lancs
Stretford & Urmston
Sussex
Sweden
Swinton
Thames Valley
Torino
Warrington
Waterford
West Yorkshire
Woodside (Middleton)
Wythenshawe
Yeovil
Charity Report:
Sierra Leone: Alex said there would be a five minute video available shortly on the website
showing a brief summary of what had happened during the visit. The South African football
team were currently using the coach
Blue Father Christmas Charity Run – Paul Lake was due to attend the meeting but was
double booked so Alex read out the following mail to the meeting and asked for any
interested branches/individuals to let him have their names after the meeting:
Dear All
Now that we have decided which charities we are to partner with, my role is to head up our fundraising
activities as part of the City Giving Project. One of the main events is going to be the Manchester City Santa
Dash – sponsored by Optimum.
This Fun Run is to take place on Sunday the 5th of December and will consist of an initial Kids run (with an Adult
running if requested) inside the stadium grounds and finishing in the Family Stand where a goody bag will
await them as they receive their medals. The Adults can then start their race whilst the kids/other parent or
grandparent(s) have the option of enjoying the activities provided by CITC on the concourse or the events in City
Square. The run is approximately 3km starting in City Square and participants can run, jog, walk or even dance
their way around the route which will include closing down the nearside carriageway of Alan Turing Way
before finishing back in the square.
As the eternal optimist, I have ordered 3000 SKY BLUE adult sized Santa suits and 500 children’s and these will
be made available as part of a pack of which fans, runners and our wider community can apply for, which will
soon be advertised when marketing sends out the official announcement on the website etc.
As an add on, I have approached the Guinness Book of Records to come and assess whether we will in fact be
smashing all existing records of people wearing Sky Blue Santa suits in one place. Seeing as Liverpool currently
hold the record for Santa’s in one place at last year’s race (3,921) and this year, with more than 5,000 entries
taken before the race, their organisers are hoping to top the record once more – the gauntlet is down! I know,
as a City fan myself, we all like a challenge and their race has built up over the last 5 years ( I think) but with all
of your help, the hope is that we can make it an amazing day and who knows what we could achieve!
As I said, when we announce the Manchester City Santa Dash officially, all of the questions that fans and
participants alike will have, can be answered at that time, but if you could prime as many fans as possible as to
the event – then we can all hopefully make it an amazing spectacle, have a good laugh, and raise lots of money
– all of which will be going to our nominated charities.
Thanks as always for all of your help
Kind regards
Lakey
Moved:
Middleton
Seconded:
Dukinfield
General Secretary’s report:
Polo Shirts – Details are Munshini Sports (Leather Connections), Clyde Mill, Stewart Street
BL1 3PA. Tel: 01204-365785, Fax: 01204-525779 & mail: [email protected].
Please see last minutes re disc/badge info.
Lech Poznan (a) & Juventus (a) – Lech Poznan tickets are £25 and the same criteria may be
used for the allocation – 2300. no definite details as yet for Juventus away.
Hospitality for Lech Poznan - as per Kevin’s email sent out on 5 October.
Membership lists – many have been sent through but Kevin & Howard need to go through
them before any reminders are sent out. Membership cards available from Kevin.
Moved:
Warrington
Seconded:
Failsworth
There being no further business the Chairman closed the meeting at 7.35pm.
Date of Next Meeting:
Tuesday 19 October 2010 at 7pm prompt
Branches Attending:
London, Swinton, Denton, Failsworth, Northenden, Eccles, Didsbury, Chorley, Dukinfield,
Cheadle, Bolton, Bredbury, Warrington, Middleton, Stretford, Brooks Bar & Openshaw