Minutes of the 60th meeting
Minutes of the 60th meeting of the Kent & Sussex Regional branch of The Socialist Party of Great Britain held on 13th November 2016The meeting started at 2.08pm and was held at the Muggleton Inn, High Street, Maidstone, KentPresent: Dave Chesham (Secretary), Marie Chesham, Rob Cox (Treasurer), Dan FabianApologies for absence: Mandy Bruce, Susan Chivers, Hannah Dutton1. Election of ChairMotion 1. Cox & D.Chesham “That Fabian be Chair”AGREED2. Minutes of the 59th Meeting held on 2nd October 2016 were before the meeting Motion 2. Cox & Fabian “That the minutes be adopted”AGREED 3. Matters arising from previous minutes i) Street Stalls Report of Canterbury street stall – 8 October Rain again hit the stall. As the forecast was dry until 3pm we went ahead, but the rain came early (as soon as we started) and was persistent, until about 1:30pm. As a result, not as many visited the stall as usual. We did manage to hand out some leaflets and had a few interesting discussions, one of which was with a Labour Party member who knew the SPGB from a West London friend who was a Party member in the 1960’s.We were entertained by some pleasant jazz guitar from a ‘Socialist’ busker, who spent half an hour chatting with us about why the workers have yet to achieve their emancipation. We were pleased to be visited again by two of our anarchist followers from Dover, who contributed to our literature sales (3 Standards, one SOYMB book and a donation of £3.50).ii) Brighton GroupGroup members have had a couple of meetings with the Socialist Society based at Brighton University.It is hoped to hold another public meeting in February.iii) Membership matters Rob and Dan had produced a questionnaire which would be sent to all branch members to be followed up about four weeks later with an electronic version.NOTEDiv) Further call for nominations for Socialist Standard layout members A second call was received for a further layout member. It was AGREED to circulate the branch membership once again.v) Further call for nominations for 2017 Party Officers and EC members The branch nominated Jacqueline Shodeke, to serve both as an Executive Committee member and member of the Campaigns Committee. AGREEDvi) Snap General Election possibilityIt was AGREED to inform the Executive Committee that the branch would be prepared to run a campaign in the Parliamentary Constituency of Canterbury.The Secretary would ask the members in Brighton if they would be able to run a campaign in one of the constituencies there.4. Autumn Delegate Meeting – report of proceedings NOTED5. Finance reportThe Treasurer gave a financial report. It showed a deficit for the year ended 12 November 2016 of expenditure over income of £36.58. The accumulated fund showed a balance of £338.94.Motion 3. D.Chesham & M.Chesham “That the Treasurer be thanked for his report and the balance remaining at Unity Trust Bank be transferred to Nat West Bank” AGREED6. Forms 'A' & 'F'NONE7. Branch membership transfersNONE8. EC minutes – October meeting – 1-10-16NOTED 9. Future propaganda activities NONE other than those already mentioned10. Any other businessNONE Meeting adjourned at 3.30pm(members socialised for a further two hours following the adjournment)Collection taken: £11.00Literature sales: £3.00