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Minutes of Meeting 7th May 2026
Committee Present: Chairman Simon Roach, Treasurer Carol Dingle, Secretary Ron Bean
Regional Ambassador Barrie March and Bridget March
Welcome
1.A.
Barrie introduced himself and explained his role as the Southwest Regional Ambassador the role being to assist the regions in the southwest. Barrie confirmed he will be helping the Devon committee moving forward. He explained he was a volunteer and has been in the role helping the regions for a number of years and was also the Chair of the Somerset region.
Barrie introduced the new committee members and thanked them for volunteering to take up their roles. There were no objections to the appointments.
1.B. membership Forms
Membership forms, which is a family membership, were distributed for completion by those interested in belonging to the Devon Region and wishing to participate in events and activities.
1.C. Events
· The venue was discussed and all agreed that the Jack on the Green was very suitable and can provide us with our own meeting room free of charge. Many members also enjoyed the excellent food and the opportunity to meet other members prior to the meeting.
· The club meeting date of the 1st Thursday of the month was discussed. It was raised that this clashed with the Tamar Region by Phil Tucker. Proposed by Rob Keynes that it should be moved. It was agreed to change it to the 2nd Thursday of the month. This was seconded by Graham Liscombe. All voted for unanimously, and democratically carried. It was agreed that the new date will be from July as the June Club night had already been advertised on the club website.
Future club nights and events were discussed.
Next events/club nights:
· Southwest Day at Powderham Castle on Sunday 17th May – please contact for details
· Club night on Thursday 4th June to be” Bonnets up” with the opportunity to discuss future events.
· Sunday 28th June – Devon Region to attend Tamar Day at Buckfastleigh – details to follow with possible breakfast and drive out to event
· July Club Night Thursday 9th July
· Barrie explained there are a lot of shows in the county many of them car orientated and gave Ron a list for the committee to explore these and other events including opportunities for breakfast meets
· Barrie agreed that he would come to the June meeting and help in any way on the evening
· Ideas for events and club night themes/speakers welcome
2. Committee
Chair
Simon Roach introduced himself as Chair and gave a brief outline as to his commitment to the Devon Region and he would work closely with the other committee members.
Secretary
Ron Bean intoduced himself as Secretary and outlined his work with building the register of members and how he and the committee would work together and would welcome help from any members with organizing events.
Treasurer
Carole Dingle introduced herself and explained the issues in opening the club account and confirmed that she was 90% there and just had to finalise a couple of things.
The Lloyds Bank account will have a monthly fee of £4.65 (?) – due to banking status and regulations
A new Devon Region laptop has been purchased
Funds from the previous Devon region to be transferred as soon as the bank set up complete
3. Subscription
· Sums for the region were discussed. For fairness, to be delayed until the region was more established.
· Once introduced it should be a fee to cover the cost for equipment, printing, stationery etc and due to the banking status and regulations, monthly bank charges.
· We are a non-profit organisation
AOB:
Charities:
Ron suggested to adopt a charity. Air Ambulance or RNLI were mentioned. Please send suggested charities to support to Ron. A demoncratic vote for charity to sup-port will take place at a club night
The formal side of the evening closed just past 8.00 pm and Barrie introduced Mike Wilds who gave a fantastic presentation on his racing career.
Thank you for all your support and we hope to see everyone at future events/club nights
Secretary
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