September VSOC Centre 6 North Stars News

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1 September VSOC Centre 6 North Stars News Bob Aldam Centre Rep Tel: or littlebob@talktalk.net Sarah Johnson Vice Rep Tel: sarah-lou@sky.com - Secretary Tel: or Tel : jojos1971@yahoo.com Liz Allen Treasurer lizzieallen1965@gmail.com Steve Ryder Webmaster Paula Edwards Regalia Tel: Tel: Dave Mellalieu Charity Coordinator Tel: Mick Price Ride Out Coordinator Brian Walmsley Ride Out Coordinator Tel: Tel: Next Meeting is Sunday 7 th October 2018 at: St Chads Parish Centre, 235 Town Lane, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 8AJ at 4.30pm

2 A few words from Ken: Hi, everyone we have just had our monthly meeting for September including our AGM. We had apologies from the following Dave and Joy and Mick Price and John Gent. The chill out weekend went well and had good feedback from those that attended, Thanks Jo for sorting the weekend and finding the venue this it s very much appreciated by all. Centre 4 rally in Redcar was well attended by our Centre, I enjoyed the weekend especially the visit to Saltburn. This place is a small sea side town with a special Cliff Tramway, I was glad I was on terra firma, enough said look out for the write up. Any pictures from the weekend please send to Bob. Ref to the rally in Germany next year, if you require a place in a rent a tent please let Bob know as Kevin Hoyte needs numbers soon as, you can take your own tent as normal. Ref: Finland Rally year after, at the moment four of us have shown interest in going, it will be over 2 weeks doing 200 miles a day. Please let Big Al know if interested. Ref: Xmas party, please can you give your names to Jo. 5 to non-members /guests Yorkies Dinner and Dance Jo needs your deposit of 20 per person please asap to secure the rooms. Thank you to all that attended this year s AGM. We had a minute s silence for those we have lost this year. I went through all the activities and events we had done over the year, followed by the minutes from last year and the treasurers report thanks Liz. Election of the new committee, as I explained in the meeting I was stepping down from my role as Rep and any committee position due to family commitments. Bob will be taking over as Rep again and Sarah came forward to do the Vice Rep, both positions were voted on and accepted. Jo and Liz stayed on in their current roles. I have enjoyed this year as Rep, A big thank you to all for your support. I must especially give my thanks to Bob and Jo for their tremendous support in my past role. See you at the next meeting where I will be host as Jo and Bob booked a holiday earlier in the year and won t be here and Sarah is at a wedding. Safe Biking Cheers Ken Yorkies Dinner Dance 1 st to 3 rd March 2018 This is who is booked in: Jo and Bob Ken and Becky Joy and Dave Craig and Sue John and Liz Kev and Donna Doug and Jeanette Steve and Jen Brian and Liz Mick and Jen Sarah Saturday only Janet and Steve If you have not paid your 20 deposit, please do so asap by sending a cheque payable to Mrs Joanne Aldam or cash please. This secures your space. I will let you know final costs and when the balance is due asap. Centre 12 Rally Carnivulture 24 th to 27 th May 2019

3 Thatcham Town FC, Crookham Hill, RG19 4PA. Pre book is 18 to members and 20 for associates. On the gate is 20 members and 22 for associates Campervans MUST be booked are on a first come first served basis please ring to book on To apply for tickets please send a stamped addressed envelope to VSOC Centre 12, to Sue Luck, 18 Sandleford Lodge park, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8XL. Steve - can you please add to the website Thanks Minutes from Centre 6 AGM AGM commences: Ken Mortimer Thanks to my committee, Bob, Jo and Liz for all their efforts this year Thanks to Steve Ryder for looking after the website Thanks to Paula for looking after Regalia Thanks to Dave Mellalieu for his work with Rainbow House. Thanks to Mick and Brian for arranging the ride outs so far this year and also Steve who has stepped in and organized the odd one s as well Hand over to Jo to run the AGM Last years minutes have been given out for all to read - any queries? None Ken Mortimer Request vote to accept from the floor last year s minutes, all in agreement? Yes Last years accounts have been handed out, hand over to Liz to go over the accounts Liz Allen Liz to give treasurers report- went over headlines and what was left in the pot and that we still need to buy new cables etc for the rally 2337 in the pot 275 for Rainbow House if anyone wants to take the cheque let Liz know after the meeting

4 Ken Mortimer Request vote to accept from the floor last year s treasurer s report, all in agreement? Yes Ken Mortimer Committee Positions As you know Bob and I swapped roles this year and after speaking with Bob we were going to swap back this year if no one else applied for the roles which we were both happy to do if we got voted back in. Ken explained that although he has enjoyed the last year he feels that his family commitments are going to be taking up more of his time as his and Becky s parents are elderly and they have to keep travelling back down south so he feels it is not fair to be in the role and he would not be able to commit fully We have had one applicant for Vice Rep so I am going to hand over to Jo to propose the nominations for the new committee. I will need someone to propose and second them please and then we will ask if all in favour, over to Jo Nominations for the new Committee, floor votes Ken is wishing to step down from Rep this year as mentioned Bob Aldam is wishing to stand as Rep Proposer: Al Green Seconder: Paul Edwards All in favour? Yes Sarah Johnson wishes to stand as Vice rep Proposer: Brian Walmsley Seconder: George Brunt All in favour? Yes to stand again as Secretary Proposer: Steve Ryder Seconder: Sarah Johnson All in favour? Yes Liz Allen to stand again as Treasurer Proposer: Alan Green Seconder: Bob Aldam All in favour? Yes Thank you We also have some non committee positions such as Regalia, Charity Co-Ordinator and Webmaster

5 Steve Ryder is willing to continue doing the website Paula is willing to continue doing the regalia Our Charity Representative will continue to be Dave Mellalieu. Our ride out Coordinators are Mick and Brian are you both OK to continue? Brian was present at the meeting and agreed, others may pitch in as and when Thanks to Ken for his year as Rep Changes with new committee We are still looking to run the Centre as we have done this year so the meetings will be taken by any one of us but not necessarily everyone will be here All ride outs still need to be sent to Steve Ryder to add to the website and Facebook please not The newsletter will be continue to be condensed and all events will be on the website as an Events page with links for tickets etc If you are organising an event you need to Steve Ryder please with all the details such as costs, meeting points etc etc and your contact details Calendar We will be getting together before New Year to create your calendar of events for 2019 so any ideas or plans already in your heads please share them asap Any other business that anyone wishes to discuss? Dave M wanted to thank Steve Ryder for all of his help this year with Rainbow House as he has helped out at the last minute at a few events. Bob asked Dougie how Steve Butterworth was doing Doug said he had seen him a few weeks ago, slow progress at the moment, Bob asked Doug to send his regards from the Centre Ken Mortimer Closed the meeting and thanked everyone for coming Thanks for all your support shown to me as Rep over the last year thanks to Bob for stepping back into the role of Rep.

6 Write Up Chill Out Weekend August 2018 The chill out weekend this year proved to be a bit of mission as a lot of sites do not allow groups or we couldn t find anywhere with somewhere to walk to etc etc Eventually we remembered a site we had visited a few years ago that had a barn that groups could use so although some people didn t travel far we opted for Ribchester because after all it doesn t matter where you are when in good company. Dale Hey Caravan Park at Ribchester was the chosen place and for those of you that have a caravan/motorhome this is a great site so try it one time. The camping area was in a little wooded area slightly away from the caravans and was lovely. We all camped, we had about four bikes and everyone else came in the car with comforts! Brian, Liz, Bob and I had barbecues to bring so that was our excuse so of course we packed pillows and duvets!!! Friday night was down the local pub, Black Bull. Google said it was a twelve minute walk down a hill so of course that meant uphill back but I convinced Sarah it was just a slight brew. Sarah led the merry party to the Pub where we had some good home cooked food and a few beers before us all gradually disappearing to go back to the tents. Sarah loved the walk back with three fella s helping her along up the slight brew by placing their hands on her backside and giving her a little push along! She disputes it was a slight brew! The next morning was a leisurely morning with us all sat about chatting and having breakfast before walking down the brew for the little local bus into Clitheroe for the food festival. The queue formed at the bus stop and we soon realised it was going to be a squeeze and it was, we had to stand for 40 minutes into Clitheroe, whilst the bus went down country lanes at speed with us all laughing with the locals. Clitheroe was packed, all the streets lined with food stalls so we made a decision that there was no way we would keep everyone together, so we would meet at 2pm onwards at the Bowland Brewery and get the 5.00pm bus back. The Bowland Brewery is well worth a visit if you have not been and one of the rooms has still got the old engines in from the old mill it once was. Some visited the famous sausage shop to get provisions for the evening and others mooched about. The weather was kind to us thank god but we knew the evening was not forecast well and if we were not careful we would be barbecuing in the rain. We all decided to go early for the bus as we had a fear of not getting on it and what a good choice, it was packed again. We had a good laugh with the locals again and then the bus made an awful noise and we all thought great we are going to break down. The bus Driver got off and Dave shouted have we got a bus mechanic on board, knowing Steve was, this created a bit of a laugh on the bus and Steve went through the fire escape to see if he could assist. On climbing back on board everyone cheered but he noise was still there but we knew it was the turbo so hopefully it would get us back if not slowly. On arrival back into Ribchester I asked the driver if he would throw us out at the top of the brew, Music to Sarah s ears that was, and he did, what a great bloke. We said our goodbyes to the locals and waved at them as we trotted off to the site to to set the barbecues up before the rain. Rain was due at 7.00pm. Thankfully I had asked if we could use the barn that night and Catherine the owner was smashing and

7 for the small price of we had shelter, tables and chairs, not forgetting table football and snooker although both tables were a bit dodgy it caused some competitive streaks to appear! We managed to set the barbecues up just outside the entrance to the barn and we had just finished when the rain came. Thanks to Brian and Liz for bringing along another barbecue to help us cook everything. Liz and Bob make great Chefs! Barbecue over and the snacks came out, no matter what happens Dave and I have to have doritos, not forgetting the big tray of pastries courtesy of Steve Ryder, he didn t have any honest!!! The rain kept coming but we were nice and dry and having a good laugh with a few beers of course and it was an enjoyable night. We had a line up to prove who the t shortest person was, think Sarah won that one? Before we knew it, it was 11pm and we felt obliged to keep to the site rules as always and off we all went to bed. The rain poured all night and at about 7.00am it stopped so when I crept out of the tent at 7.15pm to the toilet I was surprised to see a good few already packing up whilst they had a break in the rain. Joy needn t have bothered creeping about to the shower as she had to go to work, she came back to everyone chatting and local caravanners slamming doors so if you can t beat them join them and it did make sense to try and get packed dry so before long we were all up and packed away early and off home so we all had the rest of the day to enjoy. A great weekend, hope you all enjoyed it, the feedback was good so thanks for coming and joining us.

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