AGFC Committee Meeting - 5th December 2007 - match report

[Ceri]

Afternoon all,

As you may recall, one of the suggestions that came out of this year's AGM was for AGFC committee members to meet a few times throughout the year to discuss issues as they arise, rather than only once a year at the AGM.

Well the first of these meetings took place last Wednesday after training, and here's what was discussed:

Selection Committee
Everything fine for now. The forum is working out as a good mechanism for declaring availability for Friday matches, and will continue to be used for the rest of the season.

Finance Committee
Everything going fine, apart from the issue of subs - it was decided things need to be stricter from next term, with payment of subs required 4 weeks after they are due in order to be considered for selection for Friday night matches.

Fixtures Committee
Few new possible teams in the pipeline. Someone suggested the option of joining a league in order to improve the number and reliability of fixtures, but there wasn't much support for this idea.

Social Committee
Suggestions for a repeat of the popular pool tournament, to be organised again by Rich. Also Enda suggested a poker night at his place sometime in the near future.

Communications Committee
The forum seems to be working out well, with nobody (as far as I'm aware) having any problems.

Other Business

Any progress with reducing/offsetting AGFC's carbon footprint - not really...

We also discussed the possibility of sourcing fair-trade kits and equipment. It was agreed to give such things a try, but only continue if the products are of good enough quality.

Award Voting
An issue was left unresolved at the AGM - the issue of how many games a season a player has to play in before they can vote, and be voted for, for various end of season awards (Player of the Season, Goal of the Season, etc.). The suggestion made at Wednesday's meeting was that:

All paid up members of the club are allowed to vote for all awards, and are eligible to win all awards, regardless of how many matches they've played in - with the exception of the Player of the Season and Goal of the Season awards. For both of these awards, players have to have played in a minimum of 33% of the season's matches to both vote, and be voted for.

This idea will be put to the vote shortly.

(I can't believe we're about to vote on the voting process - I doubt there are Premiership clubs that have this much bureaucracy! )