The Plymouth Laryngectomy Club

(PLC)

80, Warleigh Avenue, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2DH

Tel: (01752) 563800

Mobile: 07749819828 (text only)
Website: http://plymouthlc.webs.com
Email: saudigeoff@yahoo.co.uk

AGENDA
FOR THE CLUB’S THIRD MEETING
TO BE HELD AT THE JACK RABBIT, PLYMOUTH
AT 11 A.M. ON MONDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER 2010

ITEM 1: WELCOME & REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

1.1. Welcome.
1.2. Apologies.
1.3. Resignation.
1.4. Committee Meeting.
1.5. Speech Therapist.
1.6. Greetings.
1.7. Raffle.

ITEM 2: THE TREASURER’S REPORT

2.1. Financial Report.

2.2. Bank Account.
2.3. Starting-up Costs.
2.4. Monthly Subscriptions.
2.5. Receipts Book.

ITEM 3: THE SECRETARY’S REPORT

3.1. Contact Details

3.2. List of Members.
3.3. Membership.
3.4. Registration With the National Association of Laryngectomy Clubs (NALC).
3.4.1. Registration.
3.4.2. Registered Charity Number.
3.4.3. General Committee Meetings.
3.4.4. Annual General Meetings.
3.5. Disabled Toilet Key.

Supported by: Mr. Tass MALIK, BSc FRCS (Gen), FRCS (ORL H&N)
Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck / Thyroid Surgeon
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
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3.6. The Club Diary.
3.6.1. Calendar of Events. http://plymouthlc.webs.com/Calendar.htm
3.6.2. Future Entertainments. http://plymouthlc.webs.com/Future.htm
3.6.3. Transport.
3.7. Our Constitution.
3.7.1. The Draft.
3.7.2. Proposed Amendment.
3.7.3. Registered Charity.
3.7.4. Approval of the Draft.
3.7.5. Adoption of the Constitution.
3.8. Our Website. http://plymouthlc.webs.com
3.8.2. Updates.
3.8.3. The Story of Our Logo. http://plymouthlc.webs.com/logostory.htm
3.8.4. Popular Links. http:/plymouthlc.webs.com/links.htm
3.8.5. FAQ.
3.9. Refreshments.
3.10. Friends of the Club.
3.11 Letterhead.
3.12 Swimming for Laryngectomees.
3.13. Platon Medical1 (the Provox People).
3.14. Public Relations.
3.14.1. Press Release.
3.14.2. The Plymouth Shopper.
3.14.3. The Herald. Attachment
3.15. Transplants.
3.16. Cancer Laryngectomee Trust2.
3.17. Funding.
3.18. Liaison with Other Clubs.
3.18.1. Speak Easy Club, Cornwall.
3.18.2 The South Devon Laryngectomee Club.
3.19. Strap-line3.
3.20. Michael DOUGLAS. http://plymouthlc.webs.com/MD100817.htm
3.21. National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

ITEM 4: ANY OTHER BUSINESS

4.1. AOB.

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http://www.platonmedical.co.uk/
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http://cancerlt.org/

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A good strap line makes you think, promises something, provides a guarantee of performance or confirms your identity. The strap line is the pithy
statement that reinforces your position and states a claim for your differentiation. At different stages of a business life and under different
leadership your strap line reveals the inner focus of the organisation or product by focusing either on the emotional, ideas, and concepts or the
rational, performance claims and statements of fact. The choice of strap line is not a matter of right or wrong, it is a question of positioning.
However, it is a matter of good and bad. Whichever option you choose, above all avoid the wishy-washy, undifferentiated platitude that adds
nothing to the reader’s experience.

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ITEM 5: NEXT MEETING

5.2. Monday, 4th October 2010:

Club Social Meeting, Including a Luncheon at the Peter Tavy Inn.

ITEM 6: CLOSING REMARKS BY THE CHAIR

6.1. Thanks.
6.2. Close.

Geoffrey N. Read
Secretary,
The Plymouth Laryngectomy Club

Monday, 6th September 2010

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 ATTACHMENT

CLUB TALK
Published in The Herald on Thursday, 19th August 2010

THE PLYMOUTH LARYNTECOMY CLUB

Our Club, which has recently been formed, provides a support group for those who have
undergone a Laryngectomy. We meet on the first Monday of every month.
Laryngectomy is the removal of the larynx and separation of the airway from the mouth, nose and
oesophagus. The Laryngectomee breaths through the neck, a stoma. It is done in the cases of
laryngeal cancer. However, many laryngeal cancer cases are now treated only with radiation and
chemotherapy or other laser procedures, and Laryngectomy is performed when those treatments
fail to conserve the larynx.
If you are a Laryngectomee you would be most welcome to come along on your own or with your
partner. Please visit our website: http://plymouthlc.webs.com/ for further details or contact
Geoff on (01752) 563800.

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