Report from meeting on 22nd October

The following points were discussed and decided and this months committee meeting:

IHA SGM
Our club sec, along with 10 other clubs have requested a SGM from the IHA following the recent activity concerning the senior mens squad. The notice was acknowledged and we are awaiting confirmation of a date for the meeting.

Personnel
A new club secretary will be required after Christmas. Rob and Ali are in the process of finding a replacement for Wendy, who has done a fantastic job in the last few years. A mens vice is also still required. Anna Carson has stepped down from her role as Past captain following her move to London. We wish her good luck.

Junior events
Siobhan and 5 other volunteers have planned 3 events for our junior section. The first is due to the place at Christmas and details will be announced soon.

Club dinner
The club dinner will be open to all members, plus partners and guests. It will be formal dress and will be held on the 26th of January in the Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire. A price will be announced in the coming weeks.

Vouchers
Bar vouchers have arrived and are in the process of being handed out. They will be given to all who have paid subs in part or full before the 31st of October. Vouchers can be collected behind the bar after this weekend.

Mayfest
A date has been set for the June bank holiday weekend. We are looking for volunteers to help run the event.

Cleaner
Danny has been selected as our new club cleaner and has already settled into the role

Joint Concil & Committee meeting
The agenda for the joint committee and council meeting due on the 24th of October was discussed. Each group will give an update of their own activities to date so far, and the topics of membership numbers and pitch replacement will also be covered.

Accounts
Subs projections for the season have been done and the budget appears to be in line with predictions so far. One area we will need to work on is fundraising. Two events are being considered for later in the year.

Recruitment
The need to attract more players was discussed. A number of ideas including ‘back to hockey’ were discussed. We will consider each option and decide which to run with for the rest of this year at next months meeting