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3 Jun 03 Minutes of Committee Meeting

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MINUTES OF THE RAFCAA COARSE ANGLING SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AT 1030 HRS ON 3 JUN 03 AT HALLCOFT FISHERIES RETFORD

Present	Wg Cdr A S Corbett Wg Cdr J F kendall Sqn Ldr N R Barling MAEOp G Vovgyer WO A Chapman FS G J Blair Chf Tech M S Dixon Sgt I Craft Sgt M C Holmes Sgt A Smith Sgt K Wood Cpl K J Tuohy Chf Tech A P North	Chairman EAWL Chairman Team Manager/Treasurer WMAL Chairman CAL Chairman VOYL Chairman Dep Sec Thophies Rep PTC Rep & Match Sec SCAL Chairman VOYL League Rep Specimen Rep Secretary/SWAAL Chairman
Apologies	Flt Lt R Tomala Sgt J T Kiddell Sgt T G Welton Mr P Foster	Dep Team Manager PRO & NFA Rep Dep Treasurer HM & OL Rep
Absent	Nil

Item (a)	Discussion and Decisions (b)	Action (c)
1. Introductory Comments	1. The Chairman welcomed everyone, but stated that there were still a number of actions outstanding from the previous meeting, despite hard deadlines. Committee members were reminded of their duty to complete actions by given deadlines.	All
2. Minutes of the Last Meeting	1. The minutes of the last meeting were accepted as a true and accurate record.
3. Matters Arising	1. Over previous years, a number of trophies had gone missing and become untraceable. With immediate effect a signature would be required for all RAFCAA trophies. 3. Sgt Gav Atkinson has been selected to present the cheque for the money raised during last season. The date and venue for the presentation have yet to be finalised. 4. The chairman wished to thank Sqn Ldr Nick Barling and Flt lt Rich Tomala for their hard work in organising this year’s NATO Championships. The event proved to be the most successful NATO Championship to date. 5. The Chairman requested an update brief on the European Military Championships, to be completed by 30 Jun 03. 6. The current RAFCAA Coarse Angling Admin Directive was being rewritten: all sub-committee members were asked to review their individual TOR’s and return suggested changes to the Chairman by 30 Jun 03.	Trophies Rep Sgt Atkinson Project Officer Chairman All
4. RAF Inter-Unit Championship 2003	1. The RAF Inter-Unit match paperwork was to be distributed within the next 3 weeks, stations wishing to take part are to reply to the match secretary no later than COP 20 Aug 03. 2. Due to the number of cars expected at this years match concern was expresses about parking at the draw HQ. 3. Once again there will be a raffle held on the day of the match with the proceeds going to charity. 4. £150.00 was proposed for the purchase of prizes for the raffle. 5. The OL & HM rep was requested to contact the match secretary with the number of OL & HM’s expected to attend this year’s match. 6. Decision: It was agreed that a. All participating station’s and any OL & HM’s wishing to take in this year’s Inter-Units Championship, are to reply to the match secretary no later than COP 20 Aug 03. No late entries will be accepted. b. No parking on the road outside the draw HQ will be allowed before or after the match, however the Match Sec would ensure that there was sufficient car-parking at the HQ. c. All sub-committee and squad members were asked to canvas their local tackle dealers for raffle prizes. The charity would be nominated following discussion with the RAFCAA Chairman. d. Volunteers be would provided by members of the current RAF Squad to sell raffle tickets on the day. e. £150.00 would be provided to purchase raffle prizes, to be drawn from entry fees.	All League Chairmen All Stn Reps Match Sec All Match Sec All Sub-Committee and Squad Members All Squad Members Treasurer
5. Sponsorship	1. The current RAFCAA sponsorship deal with Tec-Neek Trabuco was discussed at length following the late withdrawal of the sponsors team from the NATO Championships, the poor service and failure to meet obligations. In general it was felt that the current deal could be improved on. 2. Decision: It was agreed that a. Once any outstanding orders had been received the current sponsorship deal should be terminated. b. The Chairman would continue to approach alternative sponsors. Note: Since the committee meeting, the Chairman RAFCAA has directed that no action should be taken to terminate sponsorship until further notice, since the Association was, once again threatened in terms of its Sports Board status.	Chairman Chairman
6. Sub-Committee Appointments	1. Cpl Kev Touhey took over the new post of Specimen rep. 2. WO Tony Chapman would be handing over the post of CAL Chairman to Sgt Kim Allsop on his retirement from the RAF, during the summer. The chairman thanked him for his efforts for the league, and during his various previous appointments on the RAF committee. 3. The post of EAWL Chairman is soon to become vacant, volunteers of SNCO rank or above were still required to fill this post. 4. The Post of NFA representative was still vacant, although the PRO was monitoring the post until a replacement could be found. Ideally this post should be filled from within the EAWL or EMAL. However, volunteers from outside the league were welcome	All Secretary CAL Chairman All EAWL Chairman All Sub-Committee members
7. RAFCAA Coarse Angling Records List	1. The Chairman had revamped the record claim form and record list. Anyone wishing to claim a new coarse angling record should do so on the form found at Annex C.	All
8. RAFCAA Coarse Clubman Competition	1. The rules for the inaugural RAFCAA Coarse Angling Clubman competition were revised. 2. Decision: It was agreed that a. The Final will be decided on points and not weight. Total weight would only be used in the event of a tie on points. b. Only anglers who have not previously been selected to represent the RAF would be eligible to take part in this competition. A detailed list of the amended rules can be found at Annex A.	All All League Chairmen
9. Financial Statement	1. The Financial statement was produced as given at Annex B.
10. AOB	1. Every effort to promote angling within the RAF should be made to encourage and develop new anglers. 2. Several league chairman expressed concern about not receiving match results, including Inter-League results from the previous year. 3. WO Greg Meech was put forward by the CAL as an RAFCAA Old lag. 4. The chairman required a copy of each leagues match fixtures. 5. Following the RAF Inter-Unit championships, several sets of scales were still unaccounted for. 6. The chairman requested that anyone with pictures of this years NATO championships forward him a copy. 7. League chairman were asked to produce a list of any RAFCAA equipment held by their league. 8. The Team Manager gave an update of early season squad activity. The season had been extremely successful so far with the RAF finishing first and second teams in the NATO Championships, and having the individual winner in Flt Lt Tomala. A development team had been entered in an additional fixture hosted by the RN at HMS Dryad. Despite half the team never having seen the venue before, they finished a very close second by 1 point, to the full RN team. 9. The VOYL rep requested clarification of para 25 d of the Admin Directive. 10. Decision: It was agreed that a. All sub-committee and squad members were to make every effort to promote angling at all times within their stations, if necessary league chairmen were to investigate the possibility of arranging coaching sessions for less experienced anglers. b. League chairmen are to provide the match secretary with an alternative POC within their league, to ensure match results get the widest distribution. Results from the previous years Inter-league were to be produced by the organising area. c. WO Greg Meech was accepted as an RAF Old Lag. d. League chairmen are to send a copy of their match fixtures to the chairman. e. All leagues are to check for the scales missing from last year’s inter-unit championships. f. All league chairman were to ensure a full list of any RAFCAA equipment held within their league, is forward to the chairman NLT 1 Jul 03. A consolidated property book would be produced by the Sec before the next meeting, including the current trophies property book and any other items belonging to RAFCAA(Coarse). g. The interpretation of up to 49% of a team being civilian was read across to angling as 1 angler in a team of 3 could be a civilian, providing that a serviceman was not consequently unable to compete for a stn team. In the case of a stn entering more than 1 team into an event, a maximum of 1 civilian could be in each team, again providing this did not exclude a serviceman from competing in one of the teams.	All Sub-Committee And Squad Members League Chairmen Match Sec OL/HM Rep League Chairmen League Chairmen League Chairmen Trophies Rep Sec Unit Match Secs
11 Next Meeting	1. The next meeting would be held on Tues 2 Sep 03 at RAF Brampton, immediately before the RAFCAA AGM, and the day before the RAF Inter-Unit Championships. There being no other business, the meeting was closed at 1200 hrs.

A P NORTH
Chf Tech
Secretary

Annex:

A. Revised RAFCAA Clubman rules.
B. Financial Statement.
C. Specimen Fish list
D. Updated Contacts list.

Distribution:

External:

All RAFCAA Coarse Angling Sub-Committee Members

Information:

RAFCAA Chairman
RAFCAA Secretary

Updated: 13 Oct 04
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