1.  WELCOME TO ALL

Iain McGovern opened the meeting at 1.15pm by thanking everyone for attending.

2.  REVIEW OF OCTOBER 2005 EGM MINUTES

Iain read minutes from the EGM and all Members accepted them as read.

3.  CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Iain thanked everyone for their support during the transition of change when Steve Jones resigned as Chairman when he went to Spain. Iain also made a special thank you to Jack O’Kane for her work in getting extra tickets for matches, other committee members for their work, to Davy Mac, Chris Craig & Mick Craig for their great work on the club website and to Eddie the Driver for his patience & tolerance with us!  Iain talked about the success of various club trips throughout the season including ‘Bad Bhoys’ trips to Preston & London, Sportsman’s Dinner in Consett, Player Of The Year Awards and especially Mick Currie’s team winning the ‘Play On The Park’ competition in which he won MOTM award.

Iain also talked about the disappointment of the club being unable to go ahead with an event for Shearer’s Testimonial due to costs involved, the frustrations of members not turning up for buses or tickets without notice and sad events of the past season including the Passing of Fr Cass and Jinky.

Iain closed his report with the following “So a season of highs & lows draws to a close with many challenging and exciting times ahead, not least the prospect of CL football.  As can be seen from the Agenda we have many issues to discuss and important decisions to be made.  The future of Tyneside No 1 CSC is in ALL our hands.  Our greatest asset is our collective will, and our love for our club should ensure a healthy future for all of us!”

4.  SEASON TICKETS

Season Ticket renewals was discussed and at the date of AGM only 1 club member had received their renewal forms – Iain agreed to chase this up with Celtic Ticket Office.  Due to varied circumstances, some members are not renewing their Season Books – these have been taken over by Darren Butler, Scot McGroarty & Colin Sutherland.

The cost of tickets to buy if ticket holders are not travelling was agreed at £23 (£18 to member subs to be divided between all available books & £5 to club funds).

Due to the availability of extra tickets it has been possible for more members & non-members to travel to matches.

5.  BUS, TRAVEL & TICKET PRICES, MEMBERSHIP FEES

This season we have ran a coach to 99% of home games with great success. We have shared travel with Teeside & Darlington Hoops and have seen a marked increase in non-members travelling.

It was agreed that if we have the present coach (without toilet) that the cost of travel would remain the same £15 for adults & £5 to juniors.  However, if we use the coach with a toilet (member preference) the cost would increase to £17 for adults & £7 to juniors.

As in the past, if bus prices increase due to fuel costs etc then the situation will be reviewed at our meetings on a Tuesday evening.

Iain pointed out the need for all members to take responsibility for the cleanliness of the coaches and in particular to respect the wishes of the Driver.

It was agreed that Membership Fees will remain at £5 for adults and £2 for juniors.

6.  POINTS SYSTEM

It was agreed that the points system would remain the same:

3 points for travelling to a match

1 point for attending a meeting

It was also agreed that we would bring back the system of 10p per point to be redeemed towards the end of season.  This would apply for the season only and if members did not claim their points before the last game they would be lost.

7.  TREASURER’S REPORT

Iain explained to the members that due to an increased work load Richie Gardner had handed over the Treasurer’s role to Jack O’Kane in February 2006, he thanked Richie for all his work as club Treasurer over the years.

Jack O’Kane explained that she was unable to give a full financial statement due to the change over.  The main problem being that match sheets were lost/missing for September, October & November.

However, Jack was able to give bank balances for the various club accounts – Barclays, Abbey & Allied Irish.  She presented a list of costs and large amount of cash spent on items including: New Club Flag, T-Shirts, Pin Badges, Car Stickers, Business Cards etc.  A large donation was made to 2 charities, money paid out for club gifts to members, website costs and a wreath was sent on behalf of the club to Celtic Park for Jinky.

8.  CLUB RUNNING COSTS

It was discussed and agreed that costs incurred by members i.e. mobile phone costs, would be reimbursed by club.

9.  FUNDRAISING

Iain spoke about the constant need to fundraise for the club and asked members to put any new ideas forward.

It was agreed that the club would seek a suitable venue for a club Ceilidh to be held in September and that the ‘Bad Bhoys’ would play as per the loan agreement with the club.

The Henrik Larsson Oil Painting was discussed (again!) and it was agreed that this would be raffled separate to our normal raffle and be drawn on the night of the Ceilidh.  The cost of the tickets was set at books of 5 at £1 per ticket.

Iain has got 2 Celtic Shirts signed by the Celtic Squad – it was agreed that these would also be raffled at the Ceilidh.

We will continue to sell Football cards.

It was agreed that as we have now obtained a gambling licence, the ‘Club Lottery’ will commence on the first game of the season 06/07.

Sharon Smith from Villa Victoria announced that she would be making a donation of £250 to the club and thanked all members for frequenting the Villa Victoria pub for televised games and the recent events of Shearer’s Testimonial. Sharon also expressed her desire to accommodate the club in any way she could in the future i.e. showing ALL Celtic televised games, but asked for the club’s support in return.  She also said she would gladly change the name of the pub to ‘Jinkys’ if such support was received.

Gerry Golightly suggested having a Sportsman’s Dinner for the club – similar to the one attended in Consett by various members.  It was agreed that this would be an option to look at in the future.

10. NOMINATION OF CLUB CHARITY FOR 06/07

A written ballot was taken from all members present:

The Club Charity for season 06/07 is: Motor Neurone Disease

11. HOME OF TYNESIDE No 1 CSC

The venue for meetings and televised games was put to a ballot and it was a majority vote that the Clubs new ‘Home’ would be the Villa Victoria at 144 Westmorland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

12. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

An appeal was made for Junior Celtic away kits on behalf of Steve Jones, to be sent/taken out to Guardamar.

Chris Craig asked that the subject of ‘Censorship’ of the forum be discussed and it was agreed that it should be a forum of free speech but that offensive posts would be removed.

13. COMMITTEE

Iain thanked the Committee (again) for all their work in the past and announced that both Dave Shearan (due to his plans to travel) and Richie (due to work commitments) would be stepping down immediately.

3 candidates, Davy McIntyre, Chris Craig, and Sharon Smith were proposed and seconded, which took the vote to a ballot.

The 2 candidates voted onto the Committee were:

CHRIS CRAIG and DAVY McINTYRE

Committee as follow:

IAIN McGOVERN, JACK O’KANE, PAUL OWENS, GERRY GRAHAM, BILLY CRAIG, CHRIS CRAIG, DAVY McINTYRE

MEETING CLOSED AT 3.12pm