11 April 19

RECORD OF DECISIONS OF SWINDON BRANCH MEETING HELD IN

SWINDON RAFA CLUB ON WEDS 10 APRIL 19 AT 1930 HRS

Present: Andy Ormston Chairman

Tony Smith Vice Chairman
Mandy Smith Wings Officer
Members and
representatives from
local Air Cadet Sqns.

Apologies: Roy Lobley Standard Bearer

Ian Kent 1244 Sqn
Daz Pascoe 633 Sqn

Action

Item 1 – Introduction

1. The Chairman thanked the members and committee for attending the meeting.

Item 2 – RoDs of Last Meeting

2. RoDs will be produced from this meeting.

Item 3 – Matters Arising from last Meeting

3. Train Station Collections. Thanks to everyone was made for all their work All.
and ideas. The train station has been approached and are happy to allow us to
collect for Battle of Britain week on the 9th September at Swindon and 12th
September at Kemble. It was agreed that we would benefit from a uniformed
presence at these collections.

4. Newsletter. This has been a real success and will be going out to all non
email members next week. Please can we encourage all non email members to
share their email addresses as this will save diverting funds away from the All
branch to pay for postage etc.

5. Summer Barbecue. Clare has investigated pricing for a Summer Barbecue

for the branch which was agreed would be held as a Family barbecue and would
cost £7.50 per head. The group unanimously agreed to this and Claire will liaise All
with Janet to arrange a date with entertainment in the evening. This could also
raise funds towards Wings Appeal.

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Item 5 – Fundraising

6. Supermarket collections/Various Events for 2019. A full agenda for Nick

fundraising events for this year is now in place. Mandy is managing this, and we
will post this widely. The Cadet Sqns hope to be able to support us, and we
agreed to a join venture at North Swindon Orbital park. Nick Goddard of 878 Sqn
will look to arrange.

7. Other events. A full programme is in place for the rest of the year and Claire Claire
kindly offered to give a presentation in June on the Invictus Games where she
won Bronze medal in 2017. Claire hopes to co-present with others involved in the
event.

8. Brew for a Few. Discussion took place around the use of the £119 donation
from a members passing. It was agreed at the last branch committee meeting
that it would be used for a Brew for the Few on Battle of Britain week possibly at Hughie
the Pop In Shop in town. This idea was discussed further and it was suggested
that we held it on Saturday 14th September if Isobel was able to open up. This
would also help with the town collection and would given us a base to use for
resting etc allowing better help with the fundraising. Hughie will liaise with Isobel.
Hughie is also liaising with Christchurch to arrange this years Battle of Britain All
service. Claire will play the Last Post and Reveille again and we hope Roy will
parade the standard.

9. Merchandise. The new merchandise was shared with the group and
everyone made aware they can obtain it through Mandy. Donations on the
evening, and the contents of the Bottle on the Bar totalled approx. £90 taking the
Wings account to around £2700. A big thank you to Janet, Mandy and Tony for All
arranging this.

10. Conference Update. Thanks to Hughie for a good update from Area
Conference. The main points raised were around the restructuring.

11. RAF Fairford. This was discussed in previous meetings but we had been James, Lyneham
unable to find a contact. James from the Lyneham Cadet Squadron will look into Sqn, Air Cadets.
and report back.

12. Battle of Britain Ball. Planning for the Ball is well underway and the meeting
was updated on this. Raffle prizes is our next push and all are welcome. All
The branch has a letter if anyone needs a formal letter to approach donors with.

13. Other items. Several other items were discussed and will be looked into
before being feedback at the next meeting.
 Photographer for Ball – Nick (878 Sqn) suggested contacting Jim Gillespie Nick
as Jim has done some great photography for RAFA and the Cadets.
 Mobile flagpole for ball discussed for Sunset ceremony. James