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Apologies for Absence were received from Bob Cole, Murray Prior, Rosemary Prior, Rosemary Beeson, John Hardy, John Paul, Geoff Bell and Nick Hutton-Penman.

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Minutes of the Previous Meeting held on 19^th November 2008 were agreed.

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Matters Arising from the above Meeting – the exchange of e-mails between John Hardy and Rosemary Prior.

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The Treasurer was unable to attend the meeting, but the financial situation was little changed from that at the last one. A full report will be made at the AGM. The Commodore reported that Rosemary was willing to continue as Honorary Treasurer. Caroline Weetch offered to help Rosemary.

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Karen Sadler provided us with the current membership details

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David Pinkney presented the following items of correspondence:

Flyer advertising the talk by the RSPB about their Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project that is being held on Saturday 10^th January at the Royal Burnham Yacht Club. The Commodore said that he would try to attend;

E-mail from a prospective member and Wednesday evening entrant;

E-mail from the Secretary/Treasurer of CAYF about renewal of subscriptions;

Crouch Yacht Club’s committee following their AGM;

Mike Gibson added that Christmas Cards had been received from the Town Mayor, Maldon District Council and the RNLI.

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David Pinkney gave an update on the latest Clubhouse Bookings.

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The Notice of the AGM had been mailed. David Pinkney provided the Commodore with a draft Agenda. This will be finalised after the 18^th January deadline for the notification from members of topics for discussion; and nominations for the post of Honorary Secretary.

There was a discussion on the best way to carry out mailings in the future to cut costs, eg e-mails. The Commodore and Karen Sadler will discuss.

David Pinkney will speak to a prospective committee member with regard to the Honorary secretary position.

John Torrence and Alf Reynolds tendered their apologies as they will be unable to attend the AGM.

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Sailing: Colin Blanks had obtained a copy of the two new RYA Racing Rules publications. There was a discussion about the new “water at mark” rule.

Russ Smith had agreed to be our Handicap Officer.

JCC: The Commodore reported on the last JCC meeting. Jo Barker is now the JCC Chair and Rosemary Prior the Vice-Chair. Rosemary is also the Chair of MAP and we have been asked to provide another representative for this sub-committee.

Pontoon: Repairs to the pontoon were discussed.

Dinghy & Car Parks: Richard Taylor has arranged a working party for the 24^th January to remove all the old fencing. The new fencing will be installed either that weekend or the following one.

John Mellard said that the Car Park potholes had been repaired and that they had given us a set of keys to the gates to allow us our right-of-way across the site.

There was nothing further to report on the purchase of part of the CEFAS site.

House: A new microwave oven had been donated. Richard Taylor had repaired the urinals waste pipes.

Social: The Christmas Party had been a great success and John Mellard thanked whoever had written the note in the latest Newsletter. The event had raised £380.

The next social event is the Spring Shakeout on 6^th February, organised by Mel Lewis and Laura Rawinsky.

Juniors: Karen Sadler reported that a meeting of the Group Leaders will be arranged as soon as John Paul is back from holiday. No one has yet volunteered to lead the Gypsy Moth group in place of Richard Taylor.

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Thursday 12^th March at 7.30pm in The Clubhouse.