Business Meeting and Moonraker Briefing

32 Club Members were present at Oake Manor- a number welcomed by the President.

Business Meeting: Community Service -John Binns: Year end disco details to follow. He reminded us of the need for all Club events to be supported by a Risk Assessment, otherwise Rotary insurance could be withheld. 

Vocational - Phil Greenway: concentration on Technology Competition for schools. 

International - Roderick confirmed that Kenyan project was underway.

House Programme: Colin indicated programme full until end of year, including two social events with details to follow, and a talk by John Binns - 'A not so cold Cold War 3'. 

Members of the Club, 71 Club, Breakfast Club and Inner Wheel will be invited to the Xmas meeting on December 16th.

Communication : still no Chairman, and President Kathryn urged members to consider filling this position, and also to identify possible help to handle social media.

Halcon -Taunton East Development Trust: Paul gave a detailed presentation on the status of this huge project, including an update on achievements to date. The proposal - 'The Club commits, subject to availability of funds, to support Halcon in the sum of £5000 per annum for minimum of three years' - was approved by Members present. 

Moonraker: Bill gave an update on Moonraker that will take place on 5th October. To date we have 34 teams and 190 walkers. Briefing documents will be issued as well as a briefing session for Checkpoint leaders beforehand.

Kathryn thanked Bill for all his work on this project which was enthusiastically supported by Members present. Well done Bill!!

New Directory and Membership Lists are now available. Contact Secretary.

Next Meetings: 30/9 TenPin Bowling, Hollywood Bowl 7.15pm. Apologies to David Janes to enable estimate of attendance.

5/10 Moonraker.

9/10 Breakfast Meeting.

Ball Draw: Won by Andrew Janes, but still no Joker. £200 next time.