Minutes of the 21st Meeting

Minutes of the 21st Meeting of the Kent & Sussex Regional branch of The Socialist Party of Great Britain held on 7th July 2013The meeting started at 2.15pm and was held at the Muggleton Inn, High Street, Maidstone, KentPresent: Dave Chesham (Secretary), Marie Chesham, Rob Cox (Treasurer), Ed Mann, Jacqueline ShodekeApologies for absence: Les Courtney, Hannah Dutton, Glenn Morris1. Election of ChairMotion 1. Cox & M.Chesham “That Shodeke be Chair”AGREED2. Minutes of the 20th Meeting dated 9th June 2013 were before the meetingMotion 2. Mann & Cox “That the minutes be adopted”AGREED 5-0-0 (five members present)3. Matters arising from the previous minutesi) Contact with Wealden Progressive MovementNo further contact with them as yet; an informal meeting has still to be arranged.NOTEDii) Portable display stand, folding table and chairsFurther enquiries had revealed the source where the two folding tables at HO had been purchased sometime ago. The same design was still available from a few different outlets.Motion 3. D.Chesham & Mann “That Rob be requested to purchase a table and two folding chairs at the best available price”AGREED 5-0-0 (five members present)iii) Literature stall in Canterbury – June 22ndIn view of anticipated adverse weather conditions it had been decided to cancel the stall planned for June 22nd.Motion 4. D. Chesham & Cox “That the next stall in Canterbury be held on Saturday, 3rd August from noon”AGREED 5-0-0 (five members present)iv) Branch motions to the June ECIt was AGREED to await sight of the EC minutes.4. Report by comrade Perrin on Party InvestmentsExtensive discussion of this report took place and it was AGREED to return to the subject at our next meeting.5. Correspondence from branch membersRob had received a letter from Les Courtney.NOTED6. Branch financial reportRob presented reports of the Branch Finances and Socialist Standard sales to June 2013. He was thanked for the reports and arising from the subsequent discussion the following motion was moved and seconded.Motion 5. D.Chesham & Shodeke “In view of the Party's decision to abolish dues there is now no longer any obligation upon branches to make remittances to Head Office based on contributions made by members to branches”AGREED 5-0-0 (five members present)7. EC minutes6th meeting – 1/6/13NOTED8. Summer School – 12-14/7/13Altogether five members and two sympathisers would be attending.NOTED9. Kent Miners' Festival – 26/8/13As no firm confirmation been received regarding the branch's application for a stall at this event it was AGREED that Rob get in touch with Gary Cox, one the organising team.10. Future Propaganda ActivitiesNone at present11. Any other businessNoneMeeting adjourned at 7.25pm********************************************************************************************************The next meeting of the branch will be on Sunday, 11th August at 2.00pm. Same venue.