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MINUTES.The Royal British Legion Sub Branch BR3265.

Branch General Meeting.
Wednesday 1st May 2013. Kamala’s Guesthouse. Chiang Mai.

Present.
Trevor Dobson. Chairman, Rex Baggaley, Vice Chairman, Gill Dobson,Treasurer, Major Ron Rae. Secretary, John Burnett. Membership Secretary,Tony Archer. Welfare Representative, Richard Prouse. Poppy Appeal Organiser, Bob Machin. Branch Steward. Members, Victor Hayes, Bob Elkins, Kevin Reilly, Nancy Lindley, Robert Lindley, Carol Archer, Jaa Sukpirom, Maurice Phelps, Ian Cunningham, Dennis Brown, Rob Kelly, John Irvine, Russell Barnes.

All stood while THE ACT OF REMEMBRANCE was read by Kevin Reilly.

1. Rex Baggaley. Vice Chairman opened the meeting and thanked all members for attending.

2.APOLOGIES were received from Colin Jarvis,Barrie & Lynn Constantine,Peter Walker and Mrs Luangtanjai.

3.Introduction of new members.The membership secretary informed the meeting there were no new members present.

4.Minutes of the Previous Meeting. These having been circulated beforehand it was proposed by the Secretary and seconded by Tony Archer that these be taken as read.There being no additions this was passed unanimously.

5.Matters Arising From Previous Meeting.

5.1.Fund Raising Events For the Year.

A. Sponsored Swim. Gill Dobson informed the meeting that this will take place on May 16th, Swimmers are Gill Dobson, Nancy Lindley, Ian Cunningham, John Burnett & Jaa Sukpirom. Over 90 pounds has been collected so far and sponsorship forms are available from the branch and online.

B. A quiz night will be held at Kamala’s on May 29th. Entry fee is 100 baht. Beer, Chips and sandwiches will be sponsored by Chiangmai Insurance.

C. The Summer Splash will be held on Saturday June 8th. The theme will be a Hawaiian Beach Party. The Vice Chairman informed the meeting he will donate a bottle of brandy for the occasion. More details will follow.

D.There will be a Ladies night at Perns in August Details will be announced when arrangements are complete.

E. A car Treasure hunt will take place on Sunday 29th Sept organised by Rex Baggaley in conjunction with Classic Cars of Lanna. This will start at 10am and be approx. 50kms out and back followed by a dinner at a selected restaurant. More details will be announced nearer the time.

F.The Poppy Dinner and 200 Club draw will be held in October possibly at the Meridian. Details have yet to be finalised.

G. Football cards and the accumulator will run on alternate social nights.

H. The Chairman showed samples of the proposed Polo shirts and logo. The colour will be sky blue with The logo embroidered on. A size chart will be sent out later. (sizes are European). The shirts(150 of)will be on sale at 250 baht each.

I. A Christmas Dinner will organized suggestions from the membership as to venue and content are asked for.

6. Chairmans/Vice Chairmans Report. We are now firmly in our new home Kamala’s and should continue to support it, our goal of 100 members by the end of the year still stands (see membership report). The Vice Chairman now has the asset register in digital form and is trialling it before going into hard record. More help is required from the membership to run the events taking place during the year to take the pressure off the committee members who are involved in organising these events, the old adage many hands make light work should be the order of the day.

7.Secretaries Report. The secretary reported that Nick Epton has been replaced by Kaleigh Mc Feeters as Oversees liason officer, although we are a sub branch we have direct contact with her in London and she will pass on all relevant information to the membership as she gets it
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8.Treasurers Report. The Acc Balance now stands at 15 383 baht. All payments to Main Branch at Chon Buri have been made and there is nothing outstanding.

9.Welfare Report. Tony Archer reported that the FCO are changing rules about repatriating expats. He has a meeting with the UK Consul later this month and will give a full report when he has all information at his disposal.

10.Membership Report. There are now 75 paid up members with one in the pipeline.

11.Poppy Appeal Report. Richard reported that the dates will be 26th Oct to 10th Nov and that he will be distributing the collection boxes etc as usual. He has already received 2000 baht from Kevin Reilly from Saudi Arabia and that Kevin will take excess stock of shirts etc back to Saudi when he returns for sale there and the proceeds will come back to the sub Branch.

12.Stewards Report. Bob reported that although Kamala’s had changed meal timings this will not affect Legion nights, also we still require more memorabilia for the corner, he is also arranging for excess memorabilia to be brought up from Chon Buri to Chiangmai. He also received a request from the sub branch hard of hearing society for a microphone to be produced for the next meeting. He will endeavour to provide this when he has deciphered the hand signals with which this request was made.

13.The next Sub Branch Meeting will be on 7th August.

14. Kevin Reilly read the Kohima Epitaph and the meeting was closed at 9pm.

Major Ron Rae.TD. Secretary.TRBL Chiangmai Sub Branch BR3265.

Election Results The Royal British legion 2013

Thank you to those of you who have welcomed me into my new role. I will try my best to assist with all your queries but I would appreciate your patience initially while I learn the ropes!

My first announcement is good news. Following the recent elections, Terry Whittles has been elected as the Legion’s National Vice Chairman for a term of three years. He will succeed John Crisford, who has been elected unopposed to the position of National Chairman. Both will take up their offices after Annual Conference in May.

Elections to the Board of Trustees and the Membership Council have also taken place. The following have been elected to the Board of Trustees

· Neil Salisbury

· Bill Parkin

· David Whimpenny

The following have been elected to the Membership Council

· West Midlands – James Philip Wilson

· East Midlands – Edwin Stuart Allen

· Overseas – Rodney Alec Bedford

The full results of the votes can be found attached.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards,

Kayleigh McFeeters

Membership Support Officer (Overseas)

The Royal British Legion

Dear all
Could bring the below to the attention of all our overseas members, if you click on the link, enter Poppy in the search bar you see the extensive items for sale.

It was brought to my attention that a number of Poppy branded products are being sold via the web site www.sportingkicks.co.uk

The Legal team has given some background information to this company. Around August of last year, they received by email photographs of badges bearing images of TRBL’s Poppy emblem; these were sent in by Claire Hill, a Trading Standards Officer of London Borough of Redbridge Trading Standards.

After an internal investigation, it became clear that the products were not produced by, with the consent of, under the authority of, or on behalf of TRBL, nor were they in conformity with any type approved by the Legion.

We were under the impression that the items in question had been seized. However, we will now contact the local Trading Standard’s Officer and find out what has happened to the case and notify them that the company is still selling pin badges with our Poppy emblem.

We have been asked not to support this company. I would be grateful if you could inform the membership about this.

Many Thanks
Rod.

Rod Bedford
The Royal British Legion
Membership Council representative for Overseas Branches and Districts.
2, Rue des Cordeliers, 80560 Mailly Maillet ,Somme, France

Tel: +33 322 76 29 60
Mob: +33 674090882

Charity No. 219279

Shoulder to shoulder with all who serve

MINUTES. The Royal British Legion Sub Branch  BR3625.

Branch General Meeting.

Wednesday 16^th January 2013. Kamala’s Guesthouse. Chiangmai.

PRESENT. Trevor Dobson. Chairman. Rex Baggaley. Vice Chairman. Ron Rae. Secretary. Gill Dobson. Treasurer. John Burnett. Membership Secretary. Richard Prouse. Poppy Appeals Organiser. Bob Machin. Branch Steward. Jaa. Machin. Rob Kelly. Ian Cunningham. Bob Elkins. Victor Hayes. Kevin Reilly. Roger Lindley. Nancy Lindley. Dennis Brown. Barry Williams. Pamela. J. Maynard. P . Hodge.

1.Act of Remembrance.       All stood while Rob Kelly delivered the Exhortation.

2.Chairmans Opening Remarks and Report. The Chairman stated that despite last years turmoil the sub branch had an outstanding year, raising over 200,000 baht. Funds came from Kevin Reilly and the staff of British Aerospace in Saudi Arabia who contributed over 60,000 baht, The Christmas Fair in conjunction with Lanna Care Net organised by Nancy Lindley and her team, 50,000 baht and the Remembrance Day Service organised by Richard Prouse at which 180 people attended over 30,000 baht. The Chairman extended thanks on behalf of the Sub Branch for a job well done to all of them and their support teams. Thanks was also extended to Sally Ward for her work before she returned to the UK. A letter of thanks was sent to the printer for sponsoring the Service Booklet for the Remembrance Day Service.

The Chairman then announced that he had received sponsorship from Hong Kong for 150 shirts which will be sold at 250 baht each. Designs and logos will be decided later and submitted to the members for their approval. Events for the year will include the Summer Splash, and a dinner night, Anzac Day and a Malaysia trip organised by Chon Buri will also be looked at.Information on these events will be distributed by the Secretary in due course. Finally The Chairman passed on best wishes and the thoughts of the Branch to Tony Archer who unfortunately is currently not in good health.

3.Apologies. The Secretary had received apologies from Kari Sirelius, Tony Archer, Mrs Luangtanjai and David Eastman. There were no apologies from the floor.

4.Introduction of new members, John Burnett introduced Kevin Reilly to the members present, albeit belatedly as Kevin has been working abroad.

5.Minutes of the previous meeting, The minutes of the previous meeting having been circulated & there being no additions or amendments, the Secretary proposed that these be taken as read, seconded by Rex Baggaley and passed unanimously as a true and accurate record by those members who had attended the previous meeting.

6.Matters arising from the previous meeting. There were no matters arising from the previous meeting however the webmaster Victor Hayes requested that the membership send him information they wished put on the website to keep it updated.

7.Secretaries Report. The secretary informed the meeting that after 3 months in the post he was rapidly becoming familiar with the duties required and was still in the process of updating himself on a host of new regulations namely the New Version of the 2003 Charter of Incorporation and Schedules of which the new Version 7. came into force on 31^st July 2012 and which he has just received a copy from UK.  Also the Presidents address to the Legion in London which he has circulated to all members, the main points being that in the near future close relatives of members will also be entitled to assistance and serving members of the armed forces will also become what will be known as Serving members of TRBL. Further information will be circulated when it becomes available however it should be noted in the words of the President “there will be big changes”in the future. There were two Committee Meetings and one Emergency Committee Meeting since the AGM. The secretary had been to Chon Buri in December (at his own expense)

and met with the President, Chairman and Secretary who informed him that they were happy with the way the sub branch was running with the exception of problems relating to the Poppy Golf which they were now taking over and required all funds held by the sub branch to be transferred to Chon Buri with immediate effect which was duly done by the treasurer on receiving the information from the secretary.

While in Chon Buri the secretary received information that Nick Epton who runs all overseas branches from HQ in London had resigned, the main effect on Chiangmai is that hard copies of the Legion Magazine will now no longer be sent abroad however it is posted and can be read online, this will save money in the UKs annual account. The webmaster has already sent Emails to London acknowledging this information.

The secretary asked all members who have any photos, plaques or memorabilia they would like displayed in the Legion Corner at Kamala’s to give them to Bob Machin the Branch Steward who will arrange with Ian to have them put on the walls. The secretary announced that he had along with the Chairman met with Kari Sirelius who expressed his wish to resign as Vice Chairman due to family commitments this was accepted and Kari is thanked for his contribution to the sub branch where we hope to see him back as a member. Kari has returned the golf trophies which are now on display in Kamala’s. The secretary informed the meeting that he had delivered letters of thanks to The Pub and The Old Bell for sponsorship of the Poppy Golf and that Graham at the Pub had said he would be happy to sponsor us again this year. Our President Graham MacDonald was awarded the MBE and our Secretary Bert Elson the BEM in the new years honours list the secretary has sent letters of congratulations to both on behalf of the sub branch and we look forward to meeting them at our launch of our new home at Kamala’s on 6^th March. Finally anyone having problems getting Email from the secretary should send an Email to him major.rae@gmail.com to which he can reply and automatically put you on the branch mailing list.

8.Treasurers Report. The treasurer reported that the general fund now stands at 13,583 baht which includes monies from Bob Elkins Christmas cake, John Burnett, Dog and Bone and the accumulator. Expenditures were web site fees, bank transfer fees and a wreath for “Old Bob” Myers funeral in Chon Buri which was attended by Ron Rae & Richard Prouse on behalf of the sub branch. All money transfers required by Chon Buri have been sent.

9.Welfare Report. In the absence of Tony Archer the Chairman reported that there were no current welfare cases. A suggestion came from the floor that there should be some sort of form produced in which a member could record his/her wishes to be carried out on the event of throwing off the mortal coil. This will be looked at later and the membership informed.

10.Membership Report. The Membership Secretary Reported that we have 73 paid up members and that the Chairmans goal was 100 members this year.

11.Election of Vice Chairman. There was one nomination for the position. Rex Baggaley was proposed by Victor Hayes and seconded by Bob Kelly, there being no need for a ballot the secretary called for a show of hands from those present and Rex Baggaley was elected to the position of Vice Chairman unanimously.

12.Date of next branch general meeting. Due to Songkran this will now be Wed 25^th April. The secretary will confirm this date later.

13.All matters having been dealt with The Chairman closed the meeting at 2100.

Major Ron F Rae TD. Secretary TRBL Sub Branch Chiangmai.

JJ Markets Christmas Fair 24th Nov. 2012

JJ Markets Christmas Fair – in aid of The Royal British Legion and Lanna Care Net

photo’s from City-now.com, thank you

JJ Markets Christmas Fair 24th Nov. 2012

JJ Markets Christmas Fair – in aid of The Royal British Legion and Lanna Care Net

photo’s from City-now.com, thank you