Players AGM Minutes 2007

PLAYERS AGM HELD AT THE HALFWAY HOTEL ON JUNE 23rd 2007

THOSE PRESENT:

Steff Lelii (Club Chairman)
Mark Davies (Club Secretary)
Debbie Davies (Club Treasurer)
Jackie Lelii (Committee Member)
20 Players
Arthur Jones (Guest Representing the Carmarthenshire League)

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 16.00 and welcomed Arthur Jones, the players and officials to the players meeting for 2007. Mr. Arthur Jones was invited to the meeting to explain the new registration rules to the players and committee members. After Arthur had completed his explanation he was thanked by the Chairman and Mr. Jones left the meeting.

Steff then tried explained to the players the events leading to the resignation of Robert and Richard and the possible impact this would have on the club. The players felt let down by the resignations but there was a determination amongst all to carry on. All the players decided that a restructure of the club had to be carried out and recommended the following: Mark to carry on as 1st Team Manager with Darren Clark as his assistant, Ste Lelii to manage the Reserve Team and his assistan would be Keith Owen. As no other alternative to this suggestion was on offer, all four members were invisited to accept these posts which all accepted. The management then invited Craig Jones to carry on as Fitness coach, which he accepted.

Debbie produced the Treasurers Report, which was accepted by all. There was a requirement for as Assistant Treasurer; the players invited Jackie Lelii to fulfill this role which she accepted.

Mark explained the structure of the club for the coming season to the players and also stated the club wished to investigate the possibility of creating amintaining a Special Needs Team, the players accepted the structure and complemented the committee on it's hard work to date. The players agreed the committee is made up of the management of each team.

The Chairman then asked the players to decide on the following topics:

COMPETITIONS
Which extra ones should the club enter, the players decided that the club should enter the Star Cup, which was agreed by all, and the WW Cup. However Mark stated that he found it difficult to select a team for previous matches in the past at venues outside the Carmarthenshire area due to work and other commitments, he felt with such a young squad it would not be benficial for the club to enter this year. The players finally agreed and the club would not enter this years West Wales Cup competition.

TRAINING
The players would like to get back to training as soon as possible. It was decided by all that training would commence on Tuesday 26th June, 2007. The players asked Mark to find a suitable venue for Winter Training.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP
The players were asked to decide on how much the subscriptions should be paid, it was decided that the workers would pay £3 and students and unemployed £2. A £10 membership was required from all members this money would go towards winter training and players were not required to apy any extra money for winter training. Membership had to be in by the first League match of the Season, if any players had not paid membership by this time the club would then impose an extra £1 on their weekly Subscriptions. The players agreed.

TRANSPORT
Any player offering his car to transport team mates to away matches outside the Llanelli area would be exempt from paying subscriptions for that week. However, those players wishing to take their car and not offer lifts would be expected to pay subscriptions. The players agreed.

RAFFLE
A match day Raffle would be again introduced this season. Each Saturday all players and officials were expected to take part,opposing away teams would also be invited to take part. The players agreed.

AOB
FINES, due to the changes in the registration procedures any player booked or sent off would have to pay their fine by the end of that month the player was booked or sent off. The players agreed.

The meeting was closed at 17.45