Cramond Angling Club

Cramond Angling Club – Committee Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Held at Cramond Boat Club 2000hrs
10h February 2010
Chairman
Hamish Barrie (HB)
Vice Chairman
Millar H-Laing (M H-L)
Treasurer
Fen Howieson (FH)
Secretary
Mike Harle (MH)
Outings Secretary
Scott Henderson (SH)
Present: HB; M H-L; FH; MH;SH; Wan Mahamood, Chris Adams, Adam Cross, Jim Gillespie, Mark Roccio, Calum McRoberts, Jim Madden
Apologies: Wan Mahamood, Dan Penman.
Approval of Previous Minutes The minutes of the 13th January 2010 Committee Meeting were approved and will be on the website page “links and downloads”. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, December 2009, were approved for presentation to the Members at the 2010 AGM.
1.    Chairman’s Report
1.1 Survey – HB to contact Rob Briers on the possibility of a further River survey by student(s). Email sent.
1.2 Website – now launched and working well. Thanks to Wan and Fen. 1.3 Opening day Fourteen members attended, to be included in first newsletter.
2.    Vice Chairman’s Report
2.1 Waste Bin – glad to report that a new litter bin has been sourced for the Grotto pine copse. To be installed prior to trout season. Secretary to appraise 2 Div HQ.
2.2 Website – Three articles have been added: Constructing a tapered leader for the river; Attaching a braided loop demonstrated by junior member aged 11: and A simple guide to trouting on the Almond
3.    Treasurers Report
3.1 Membership is now at 109. (245 for 2009). 3.2 Income from sale of tickets/permits £1826.80p 3.3 Expenses, – £1046.93 include £300 for printing day tickets. 3.4 Day Tickets – printed and issued. Fishers paid £100 towards printing. 3.5 Ning Almond Forum – shutdown. 3.5 Visits A visit has been arranged to the East Calder Sewage Treatment Plant on 26th
February. 3.6Kick Sampling Training is arranged for 25th March at 1000hrs, Dowies Mill – weather
permitting.
4. Secretary’s Report
4.1 Invertebrate (Kick) Sampling Pete Hill’s reports sent to Committee members by email as they become available.    Ongoing MH
4.2 MH to write to BAA regarding the clearance of footpaths on the South Bank of Beat 3. Pending proposals from Bank Maintenance team.    Pending Proposals
4.3 Correspondence ; 4.3.1Sent: Hon Membership ; Pete Hill, Paul Buchanan, Mike Wilson (Fishers).
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Corr. Sent Contd 4.3.2 Mr J Nevin thanking him for his kind offer of 2 rods on the River Tummel East Haugh
Beat on 11 May 2010. 4.4 River Tummel. See 4,3,2 above. Secretary to advise all Members and entries will be
drawn at the April Committee Meeting. Tickets £10 per entry.    Ongoing 4.5 Outing 27th March 2010 Loch Tay – Highland Lodges Secretary to advise all Members.
5. Outings Secretary Report –. 5.1 Outings Programme 2010
5.1.1 Friday 26th March 5.1.2 Saturday 8th May
available. 5.1.3 Saturday 22nd May 5.1.4 Saturday 5th June 5.1.5TBA Mid June 5.1.6 Saturday 17th July
5.1.7 Sat. September 25th
5.1.8 Sat October 30th 5.1.9 TBA November
6.    Open Issues
- Loch Tay (Highland Lodges). 4 boats, 3 anglers /boat. – River Isla. 8 rods available £40 per angler, boat and ghillie
- Loch Faskally. Trolling for salmon, £21 per angler. – River Almond Competition: Hinshelwood Trophy. – Junior Competition Allendale. – Crosswood Reservoir; Evening Session; boat and bank;
including BBQ. – Crosswood Reservoir; Tam Kerr Trophy. Boat and Bank
0900 to 1700hrs. £17 Bank and £19 Boat. – River Earn Lower Aberuthven – £27 per rod. – River Tweed; Lower Caberston. Details to follow.
6.1 Work Party Calendar Adam Cross and Millar Laing took ownership of Bank Maintenance Projects. Sunday 21st February – Meet at Cammo entrance Grotto Bridge to SEPA monitoring station.
6.2Signage at Beat 3 – Signs collected and held by MH. Landowners / leaseholders to be contacted before installation of signs. Jim Gillespie agreed to assist ML and AC regarding clearance and signage.    Ongoing
6.3 Kirkliston Day Tickets – Tickets printed and issued to Kirkliston Post Office.
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6.4 Installation of gauge boards. – Below the waterfall on the East Wall. Bracket and gauge board now available, to be installed at low water.    Action: FH/MH
6.5 Storage of Club Tools and Equipment – No tool store containers available due to demand. Calum McRoberts has kindly offered to store tools etc . at Turnhouse Farm. Inventory to be updated and sent to him. Calum is unable to store the tools due to quantity. Alternatives being sought.
6.6 Waste Bin at Grotto See 2.1 above.
7. New Business
7.1 Fishing Assessment – Fen reported that the FDSFB independent auditor ha completed the re-assessment process across the District. It is expected that the rate will be increased by 70%. If the rate/pound remains the same this will mean an increase in cost of approximately £500 per annum to CAC.
8.
AGM Business – Instructions from the Members – see below.
8.1    Catch returns – for 2010 to be entered into a draw, one prize only of free membership for 2011. The existing Rules will be enforced in 2010 and any Member who does not enter a catch return will be penalised within the rules.
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8.2    Waterfall – missing keystones. Seek external funding for the work, survey due by hydro-geologist in early 2010.
8.3    Beat 3 Bank maintenance – focus to move to the North Bank of Beat 3 for Season 2010.
8.4    Prepare for Trout in the Classroom Project with the involvement of FDFSB, RAFTS etc. to implement in January 2011.
8.5    Promote the Club’s Junior Section whenever possible. 8.6    Continue to involve CAC in the West Lothian Bio-diversity Plan where
possible.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
No other business. The Meeting Closed at 2050hrs.
10.    Next Committee Meeting – Wednesday 10th March 2010 at 2000hrs.
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