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Minutes of Maxton 21 Meeting held on Monday 7th January 2008

Minutes of Maxton 21 Meeting held on Monday 7th January 2008

Present
Paul, Rosi, Ron, Isobel, Thomson, Jimmy & Douglas.

Apologies
Charlie, Elvira & Priscilla.

Previous Minutes
The minutes for the meeting held in December were accepted as correct.

Treasurer’s Report
Income for the month of December totalled £363.10 made up of £189.15 in fundraising and raffles, £30.00 in advance tickets for Hogmanay, £4.00 in donations and £20.00 in hall hire.
The expenditure in December was £501.65 made up of £381.05 for the charity and £120.00 entertainment expenses for St. Andrew’s Night.
As of 31st December 2007, the total money held in the bank account stands as £5,144.41 (less the £381.05 cheque for BAAGS still to be banked)

Past Events
9th December 2007 Mulled wine and mince pies
A small turnout, but once again enjoyed by all who attended.

23rd December 2007 Carol Singing
A much larger turnout than normal. It was noted that it was nice to see more children come out this year and join in the singing. A total of £140.15 was raised for BAAGS.

31st December Hogmanay
As usual a very good night. Praise for Steve Kendall who kept things going on the music front. Very little food was left this year which was a good sign. The cheque for BAAGS was presented to Derek Purvis. Paul has the money for Hogmanay and will pass this on to Ron for banking.

Future Events
14th January Maxton Meets Oliver Eade
Charlie is still to hear from Oliver to confirm everything is still ok, but this may be due to the festive period.
Paul will set up the hall for the talk and be on the door. Douglas & Thomson volunteered for tea/coffee duties. Paul will check with Charlie as to the introductions.

26th January Burns Night
After discussions, the following preparations were decided,

Food:
Haggis - Paul & Rosi will order the haggis from the butchers in St Boswells and cook them. It was decided to order 10-12lb of haggis split into three bags. Paul & Rosi will also order and cook a vegetarian haggis.

Soups – Jimmy will make a scotch broth, Ann will make a lentil soup

Neeps – Ron & Ann will buy the neeps. Priscilla & Isobel have offered to cook them.

Tatties – Jimmy will get a bag of tatties. Priscilla & Rosi will cook them.

Cheese & biscuits – Thomson has offered to get these.

Butters for the table – Ron & Ann have offered to get these.

Paul will order and pick up the hot box.

Ceremonies:
Paul has offered to chair the evening.

Piping in music – Paul will check with Priscilla as to a suitable piece of music for piping in the haggis.

Carrying the haggis – Isobel will check with Tom to see if he is willing to do this.

Addressing the haggis – Thomson offered to do the address

Selkirk Grace – Douglas will ask the new minister if she will perform the Grace.

Immortal Memory – Isobel will ask Tom if he is happy to prepare this. Douglas offered to stand in for Tom if he is unable to do it. TBC

Toast to the lassies & Reply – Either Douglas/Priscilla or Tom/Isobel offered to toast the lassies and reply depending on who will be doing the Immortal memory. TBC

Hall Report
Douglas has received a letter from ‘Awards for All’ confirming that the application for the renovations to the toilet area has now been completed and closed. This will now allow us to make a fresh application in due course. Douglas is hoping to invite members of the Awards for All committee to the hall when they visit the region this year.

It has been noted that there seems to be a damp patch forming around the windows in the toilets where repairs were carried out by the council last year. Douglas has spoken to the head of the services department who will come down in the next few days to investigate.

Ron confirmed that the application to the Federation of Village Halls for monies to complete the work on the toilet areas and hallway has been sent off.

Web Site
Nothing to report.

Neighbourhood Watch
Nothing to report.

HMS Maxton
The latest copy of ‘Ton Talk’ is on the notice board.

Any Other Business

· Paul read out a thank you letter from Derek Purvis from BAAGS thanking Maxton 21 and it’s supporters for their fund raising during 2007. In particular, Derek was pleased to announce that due to the monies raised by the group, BAAGS was able to run three planned training events in the coming year and produce a DVD. Paul will forward the letter to Charlie to see if it can be loaded onto the website. The letter will be kept on file should anyone wish to read it.
· AGM – the Maxton 21 AGM has been set for Monday 17th March 2008.
· Paul asked if everyone could come up with prospective speakers for the Maxton Meets 07/08 season.
· Paul also asked for thought to be given for the Maxton 21 charity for 2008. Thomson suggested that as we had a few charities to choose from last year that we might look at selecting one of them. Paul will check the previous minutes to see if the other charities mentioned were noted.
· Due to copy deadlines with the ‘What’s On’ magazine it was decided to hold our spring coffee morning on Saturday 24th May 2008.
· It was also decided to hold a St. Patrick’s Night event for the parish on Saturday 15th March 2008. The Details of the night will be sorted out at the next meeting.

Date of next meeting

The next meeting of Maxton 21 will take place on Monday 3rd February 2008 in the village hall at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Date: 10/01/2008