Corinthian Cricket Club Newsletter
Editorial
Happy New Year gentlemen!
We have had a busy start to the year.
New president, Kelly, has already conducted one regular meeting, and one
extra meeting to get plans for the year rolling.
* Please read the section on bylaw changes elsewhere in this newsletter.
This is VERY IMPORTANT.
Your committee has already been very busy on your behalf. We have already
planned several pre season friendlies, and also some mid season games, and
maybe some trips further afield to play.
We have also had some interest from people who would possibly like to join
the club.
* There will be a NET PRACTICE on SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5th. at 8-45 am. The
captains urge you to get into shape early this year. It looks like the
regular season will be shortened, so every game will count. We need to start
the season with a bang if we are to achieve our promotion ambitions.
* Our next club meeting on February 14th will be the last opportunity to
present membership applications for consideration before net practices begin.
After this new applicants will have to wait until the weekend after the
March meeting, to be able to show their paces before the selection committee.
Julia Vann
Secretary
Minutes of the January 17th, meeting.
Held at Lalit Sharma's house, Monday January 17th.
Present: Kelly Dunagan, Lalit Sharma, Barry Harwood, Julia Vann, Masud
Zaidi, Philip Lynch.
Apologies: Martin Greenidge, Noel Emmanuel, Imran Ahmed
Meeting convened at 8.45pm.
** No quorum was attained, so no club business was voted upon. **
Reading Of The Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting (October) were accepted as published
in the November newsletter.
Matters Arising:- None reported.
Secretary's Report:-Nothing to report this month.
Treasurer's Report:-Lalit began by resubmitting the Financial Year 2000
budget, with amendments made to the equipment and ground fees budgets as
suggested at the AGM. There followed a summary of various monies still owed
to the club from the previous year; including membership and/or match fees
not fully collected.; and sundry additional amounts for banquet tickets. The
month's report proper showed a closing balance of $64.09 at 1/17,
against an opening balance of $1382.16 on 11/17. The majority of the expenses
were incurred by the annual banquet at La Canada Country Club, and although
the current balance seemed slim, it was remarked upon that it was at least in
credit - something of a vindication for the previous year's budget forecast.
Only three Financial Year 2000 playing memberships had been paid so far, so
the outlook was still positive.
Barry and Gill Harwood had donated $30 to the club to help with operating
expenses, for which they were warmly thanked by the executive committee.
Masud reiterated the importance of reclaiming monies owed at the earliest
possible juncture.
Captains' Reports
Noel and Alex were both absent. Noel reported via Julia that fully-fledged
net practices would likely begin in March. Kelly remarked that there would
undoubtedly be some informal activity at the Woodley nets before the end of
January.
New Business
There had been some preliminary discussions of new club business at an
earlier informal meeting on January 6th
* The traditional WG Grace game was planned for April 22nd.
* A golf tournament was suggested for November 11th.
* Planning of a tour to San Francisco over the Labor Day weekend
would be started. Julia would contact prospective opponents, while Kelly
agreed to look into transport arrangements.
* The SCCA's AGM was set for Friday, January 21st. Once again, the
league's somewhat erratic conduct was causing concern.
* Informal practice games had been set:
vs. BritDom on Sunday, March 12.
vs. Victoria on Saturday March 18th.
* Kelly was continuing to pursue the idea of The Occasionals joining the
LASCA social league.
* Lalit would make further investigations into setting up a web site.
* Philip agreed to begin reevaluating the club kit.
* Kelly suggested that meeting minutes and/or monthly newsletters could
be distributed via eMail as far as possible, in order to reduce operating
costs.
* It was suggested that Coco's Restaurant, just off the 405 freeway at
Roscoe, could be a convenient venue for future monthly meetings.
* The bylaws would be updated on an ongoing basis, so that all members
could receive updated editions on April 1st., coinciding with the due date
for membership subscriptions.
The next meeting was suggested for Tuesday, February 15th. This would
either be at Martin Greenidge's house, or at Coco's Restaurant.
Meeting concluded at 10pm.
Submitted (respectfully as usual) by Philip Lynch, Recording Secretary.
PROPOSED BYLAW CHANGE
The intent of this communication is to notify all the Club members of a
proposed amendment in the Corinthian Cricket Club Bylaws, Section I.9.
This section addresses the quorum for the Club meetings.
Those who have been attending the Club's monthly general meetings are well
aware of the fact that during the past few years the attendance at these
meetings has been minimal. In fact, a majority of the monthly meetings in
1999 were incomplete as the required quorum of "7" voting members was not
met. This resulted in delayed completion of important Club matters, as no
voting may be conducted in a "non-quorate" meeting.
The Club will continue to find ways to improve the members' interest in ts
operation in general, and attendance and participation in the Club meetings
in particular. However, the issue of incomplete monthly general meetings must
be addressed with an urgency as it creates obstacles in the very efforts
aimed to improve our processes and progress our Club.
The Existing Bylaw Section I.9:
"A quorum for any meeting shall consist of seven Members who have voting
privileges under Bylaw III.1."
The Proposed Ammendment:
The Bylaw Section I.9 shall read:
"A quorum of any meeting shall consist of five Members who have voting
priviledges under Bylaw III.1. Among the quorum of five, a minimum of three
must be the officers of the Club Executive described under Bylaw Section
II.1."
Proposed by: Masud Zaidi
Seconded by: Philip Lynch
Please contact Masud or Philip in case of any questions or comments. We hope
to vote on this proposal in the next quorate monthly meeting.
Thanking you for your interest,
Masud Zaidi
805 492 7122
Next Meeting :-
Monday, February 14th, 2,000
Martin Greenidge’s
11644 Mapledale,
Norwalk,
562 868 4036
5 S to 605 S, (105 east to 605 or Rosecrans exit).
Rosecrans exit,
Turn left (east)
Proceed to Fallon,
Proceed to end,
Turn left,
House is on right after you turn into Mapledale.
Your committee :-
Kelly Dunagan : President
714 965 3650 : bydc@earthlink.net
Martin Greenidge : Vice Pres
562 868 4036 : marting2@gte.net
Julia Vann : Corresponding Sec.
818 957 8215 : jvann10411@aol.com
Philip Lynch : Recording Sec.
818 244 8075 : lynches@earthlink.net
Lalit Sharma : Treasurer
818 707 3973 : lksapr@gte.net
Noel Emmanuel : Corinthians Cap.
818 764 1387 : noelemmanuel@hotmail.com
Alex Khan : Casuals Captain.
818 764 3610 : bgoodmaan@hotmail.com