Minutes of the meeting of Coleraine Probus Club
Held in Portstewart Golf Club on Tuesday 11 March 2014.

Attendance: 45 members were present.

Apologies: Sam Barr, Robert Campbell, Noel Finlay, Peter FitzGerald, Ronnie Gray, Jack Henderson, Dermot Jennings, Tony Smyth, Mike Turner. (9)

Club President, Gordon Ward, welcomed members to the meeting and then introduced our speaker for the morning, Miss Bernie McGill who gave an enthralling account of how an author researches and skilfully assembles Historical fact, transforming it into a work of Fiction entitled “The Butterfly Cabinet”. A work which has received excellent critical reviews. A brief summary of this talk is available in the Speakers’ Record Book, and also on the club web site. A vote of thanks was proposed by Ian Scott and was passed on by the President. The members showed their appreciation.

Minutes: Nigel Semple proposed that the Minutes be taken as read; seconded by Cecil Spotten and approved by the members.

All Ireland Rally 2014
Presentation
Jim Gordon reporting on the Rally said that the planning process commenced almost one year ago and the success of the Rally will be dependent to a very large extent on the involvement of all able members of our Club.

The planning continues with the compilation of the Rally Brochure including adverts, photographs and proof reading. The Brochure should be ready for printing by mid April at the latest.
Jim continued the Power Point Presentation with a detailed outline of the Rally Agenda for the two days from 14.00 hrs on Wednesday 28th to the conclusion at 14.45 hrs on Thursday 29th May.

The Presentation concluded with a listing of the volunteer tasks which included the assembly of the information packs for 300-400 delegates.

Every able member was asked to seriously consider how he can help with this event, which is very special in the life of our Probus Club and is most unlikely to be repeated for many years to come.

When the members have done so, please place a tick in the box or boxes which they would be prepared to offer help and return the completed from to Jim Gordon.

Rally leaflets and Task forms were given to each member.

The success of the Rally depends on planning a good programme and members giving a warm welcome to and taking a personal interest in each and every one of our guests.

Neighbouring Clubs
Letters seeking assistance have been forwarded to the Presidents of the five neighbouring Probus Clubs.

Finance: Nigel Semple reported that the Charity Collection in aid of “Cancer Research” amounted to £323.00.

Next Speaker’s Meeting will be on 18 March when the guest speaker will be Mr John Moore who will be telling us about the “Causeway Tram”.

The President thanked everyone for attending.

Meeting closed at 12.15pm

Signed: Gordon Ward
Date: 18 March 2014