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Minutes of committee meeting held on: Thursday 09 January 2014. At: Calderglen High School, East Kilbride. Present: Fiona Wilson Stuart Abernethy Nicola Henderson Diane McCrory Adam Williamson Caitlin Stewart Nicola Irvine Cairn Robertson Wendy Cathcart Amie McMurtrie Apologies: Tandy Hendon Marisa Russo Minutes from last meeting Further to the issue of receipts received for the rent of Claremont Church for the summer and Christmas concert in 2013, Nicola Henderson has obtained a new receipt from the church breaking down the 150 charged into 70 for the let and 80 for officer costs. Nicola has obtained a similar receipt for the Christmas concert too. The committee also discussed possible alternative venues for future concerts. Among these were Ballerup Hall, Westwood Church, Moncrief Church and the Village Theatre. The committee will continue to investigate the possibility of using such venues and conclude at a later meeting as regards the summer concert. Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Treasurer Music Director Secretary Librarian

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Fees 2013-2014 Nicola Henderson informed the committee that there are still around 15 band members with outstanding fees. As a matter of urgency, Diane will give Nicola a full list of band members to determine who these people are and they will be personally pursued for them. Christmas Concert Fundraising Income The band raised around 1200 after costs from the Christmas concert and around 830 from the bag-pack on November 16. SCBF/NCBF The band has qualified for the finals of both the festivals entered after achieving a further platinum award at the SCBF in Livingston on December 8. The SCBF National finals take place on Saturday 16 March in Perth Concert Hall. Fiona will book a bus for this. The NCBF finals take place on Saturday 12 April at Birmingham conservatoire. The band will depart on the Friday before and return on the Sunday. As mentioned in the previous minutes, Fiona has priced the Holiday Inn in Solihull, which came to 130 per person for 2 nights including breakfast, dinner and the bus. The cost of the bus alone will be 1200 for the weekend plus the drivers meals and accommodation, which is estimated to be a maximum of 300. Hence, the total cost per person of the bus will be roughly 3o per person. Fiona has contacted Parks in Hamilton and was told that their largest bus sits 53 people. It was felt that it would be beneficial to have some spare seats on the bus for family members etc., to travel down with the band as support. Diane raised the possibility of looking for a double-decker bus. Fiona will investigate this further. Any funds raised through the bag-pack and the upcoming race night will go towards reducing the overall cost of the trip to each member. It was however re-iterated that those who do not make an effort to contribute in any way to such events will not benefit from the discount. Race Night The Race Night will provisionally take place on Saturday 8 March. Cairn currently has raffle prizes and other material necessary for organising the night.

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Items still to be bought include raffle tickets, drinks etc. The venue for the night was discussed. Caitlin suggested that holding the event in a school might put off some people, especially younger people. The Murray Owen Centre was mentioned as a possibility worth investigating. Any Other Business None.

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