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Minutes of March 2008 Meeting

 

Attending:

 

Trevor & Jennifer Cobbett                                      Martin & Pauline Barr

Tony & Karen Barnes                                             Paul Donnelly

Gary Montgomery                                                 Andrew Reid

Ian & Sandy Viele                                                   

                                                               

Trevor opened the meeting by welcoming new members Niki Fagan and Colin Millar to the club. 

He then went on to read the following statement:

 

Statement by Chairman

I am sure that you aware that in the past week ACCCNI has had a rather serious accusation

made against it by one of its members.  The member concerned took the decision to make the

complaint very publicly throughout the club without first attempting to talk to me and has accused

ACCCNI of discriminating against a disabled member.  The member has also made claims that

this matter has been discussed at previous meetings, with no action having been taken. I have

made my reply to that member.

With the exception of the February meet I have been present at all meetings, and this is the first

time this subject has been raised. ACCCNI takes accusations of this nature very seriously so therefore

for the benefit of the minutes and the other members within our club I would like to make ACCCNI policy

very clear on this matter.

With reference to the Disabled Anti-discrimination Act.  I have read this act and am aware that the

Act applies to all private clubs with 25 or more subscribing members.  At this present time ACCCNI has

less than 25 subscribing members and has therefore no responsibility to comply with this Act by law.

The Act also states that any business that accepts members of the public through its doors is to

comply with the Act.

Even though ACCCNI does not have to comply by law with this Act we are pleased to continue to

comply with it’s terms as far as is reasonably possible.  ACCCNI shows no prejudice towards any member

and does not seek to discriminate against any individual.  ACCCNI takes pride in accommodating its

subscribing members and welcomes all new members.

As I am sure you are aware our meetings used to be held in the Ivanhoe for the 6 winter months,

this in itself created difficulty with members living in more rural locations and was thought to give preference

to those living in Belfast.  With the interests of treating all it’s members equally ACCCNI decided that winter

meetings would be held in different locations every month.  Members are always welcome to suggest a venue

for any of the winter meetings and we are always looking for new places to meet.

To remind all members again they are always welcome to provide suggestions and queries at any of the

meetings, and if unable to attend in person, have that matter added to the Agenda for discussion,

through the Secretary, via email/telephone.  Contact details for all Committee members are on the

web site and listed at the bottom of all minutes.

Review of February minutes:  The mothball run was discussed and finalised as:

Meeting @ 11am @ Harly’s Diner (Magherafelt) carpark, leaving @ 11.30am sharp

travelling round the Antrim coast to Portrush.  Late lunch in Portrush (venue tbc).

Venue for April meeting:   Sunday 6th April 2008 at mothball run.

 

Events:

17th  March 2008: St Patricks Day parade in Downpatrick. 

Application forms can be obtained from our web site. Anyone intending on going please let Gary know asap,

so that he can give the council numbers.

6th April 2008: Our annual ‘Mothball Run’. 

26th April 2008:   We have been invited to The Argory Annual Vintage Vehicle Rally @ 11am. 

Application forms for this will be on the web site also.

5th May 2008:  Shane’s Castle Vintage Steam Rally

 

Members Suggestions & Queries:

Trevor suggested that to ease the website workload that a formal Club Photographer be appointed. 

This was discussed at length and, as he has a certain flair for photography, it was suggested that

Martin Barr should be appointed.  Martin was pleased to accept.  For future reference,

anyone wishing to have their photos uploaded to the website should send them to

Martin using the acccni@hotmail.co.uk email address. 

AOB:   A  REMINDER TO MEMBERS:

Any member who wishes to have a query or suggestion discussed at a meeting can do so in 2 ways:

1/  Attend that meeting in person where you will be able to make your point/ask your question  or

2/  Should you be unable to attend a meeting, contact a member of the Committee either by phone or

email to enable the query / suggestion to be discussed at a meeting in your absence.

Contact details are on the website and below.

With no other business Trevor closed the meeting.

 

 

  

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Contact the Committee:

Trevor & Jennifer:                028 9030 0694

Tony:                                      028 9187 8804

Gary:                                      07801  144588

Sandy:                                    028 8224 3861

Technical Advisors:

 Ian:                                        028 8224 3861

Mark:                                       079 8000 3442