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\begin{Minutes}{Minutes of the 1st Committee Meeting of the Dublin University Rifle Club for A.Y.2001-2}

\participant{
Steven Watterson \textit{(Captain)},\\
Benjamin Jones \textit{(Treasurer)},\\
Mark Dennehy \textit{(Secretary/Match Secretary)},\\
%John Keeney \textit{(Ammo\&Equipment Officer)},\\
Alan Smyth \textit{(Chief Range Officer)},\\
Conor McDermottroe \textit{(Public Relations Officer)},\\
%Jason Sibley,\\
%Deirdre Ninaber \textit{(Ladies' Coordinator)}\\
}
\minutetaker{Mark Dennehy}
\moderation{Steven Watterson}
%\missingExcused{ }
\missingNoExcuse{
John Keeney \textit{(Ammo\&Equipment Officer)},\\
Jason Sibley,\\
Deirdre Ninaber \textit{(Ladies' Coordinator)}\\
}
\minutesdate{12 June 2001}
\starttime{1800}
\endtime{2300}
\location{Common Room, O'Reilly Institute, TCD}

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DURC Committee\\
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    Please note that these minutes are confidential to the Club
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\topic{Treasurer's Report}
Ben reported \pounds280 in the clubs account and that we
anticipated a lot of ammunition to be required before the
next grant round. Alan agreed saying that since the .22
season had been delayed by F\&M that we were in trouble,
especially given the amount of ammo we currently have
available. Steven suggested that we don't buy Diablo Sport
air rifle pellets again as their quality was far too low,
Mark agreed. Steven also suggested that our next .22 order
should be 50\% Lapua Master and 50\% Lapua Multimatch to give
better results with some club rifles due to the way these
types were manufactured.
Ben then asked Mark and Alan to sign the bank form changing
singnatories and noted that AIB wanted to see their ID cards
for the procedure.

\topic{Committee Position Assignments}
It was decided that Alan would serve as CRO, John as A\&E
officer (it was decided not to rename the position to
Armourer as the mental image of John wielding a broadsword
was too funny). The Membership or ``Stats'' officer would be
Ben during the year for ladder preparation but the initial
workload of entering several hundred membership records to
the database would be split up amongst the committee. At this
point there was a discussion on the RCMS project -- Mark
reported that the basic design was complete and so was the
database implementation and that now the tools for inserting
and retrieving data and user interaction were being written.
The discussion between Conor and Mark sank to technical
details a few times but was rescued before the rest of
committee fell asleep.
Conor was appointed PRO (aka Minister of Propoganda) and it
was agreed that Deirdre would be Ladies Coordinator, Steven
pointing out that many competitions abroad have seperate
ladies teams and that we would need this position. There was
a discussion regarding Jasons offical title - Minister
without a Portfolio was selected both because Jason is now in
final year and because we need people that we can assign to
different jobs; but it was decided to ask Jason if he had any
individual preference.

\topic{Duties and Responsibilities}
The Match Secretary/PRO interaction was discussed. The PRO
will have the job of promoting the club in papers and so
forth, as well as taking photographs which was a
responsibility that Mark was tired of because of the
camera-shyness of most of the club members. The Match
Secretary will publish notices of competitions, but the PRO
will publicise them on noticeboards further afield than the
club. Alan as CRO will be responsible for Booking Grids, this
triggered a discussion of the pros and cons of online booking
with the RCMS. Mark felt we were speculating without data and
suggested a trial period to be held before a decision was
made; Conor suggested Hillary Term to avoid losing newbies
through technical problems. This was agreed, the length of
the period to be decided on at a later date. 
John as A\&E officer was to be responsible for the
maintainance of the inventory to prevent a repeat of the
delay in producing one for DUCAC this year which caused some
levels of friction. It was not felt this would be a heavy
task as the inventory does not change much and John could
update it either on the fly, or once a term, or after receipt
of large consignments of equipment and so forth.

\topic{DURC-list}

Conor pointed out that many posts to durc-internal had been
for competitions and would have been better suited to
durc-list as well. Mark explained the problems of individuals
replying to the durc-list as a whole and how it had been
moderated, Conor suggested a restricted posting list of the
committee and Mark agreed to look into it and change it to
that if possible. Alan noted that his email address might be
fouled up for a time as he was changing from an undergrad to
a postgrad account, and gave his temporary email address. 

\task{Mark}{Adjust durc-list from moderatorship to restricted
posting}

\topic{40th Anniversary Events}

Mark gave a brief review of the dates relating to the club:
the modern club was founded 40 years ago, the original club 
is 163 years old and the earliest documented match took place 
in college 161 years ago. 

\subtopic{Trinity Top Ten}

Mark reported that we had had one entry from DRC, interest
from Trinity College Hartford and from clubs in Austrailia.
Steven agreed to talk to clubs from the Isle of Man (as he
was from there) and Edinburgh (where he had shot as an
undergrad), as well as other scottish clubs. Mark also gave
an overview of the changes regarding the introduction of two
new leagues in the Top Ten. 

\task{Steven}{Talk to clubs in Isle of Man and Scotland
about entering Trinity Top Ten}

\subtopic{WTSC/DURC/UCDRC Team Event}

This was introduced by Mark as being an event Geoff Cooney of
WTSC wanted to set up. At this point Mark mentioned the new
Air Rifle Classification System that Geoff had been working
on as Air Rifle Coordinator in the NTSA and explained the
rough workings of it. Steven was surprised that he didn't
make the top grade under the new system. Concern was
expressed over the larger statistics workload; Mark agreed
but said PCs and spreadsheets made this not so onerous.
Concern was also expressed over the increase in prizes; Mark
said prizes were not given out for each sub-grade, but only
for the four classes. 

It was agreed that Mark, Geoff and the UCD Match Sec would
meet and organise this event, which was to be listed in the
DURC calendar as a Celebratory event to keep in theme with
the 40th Anniversary. 

\task{Mark}{Organise DURC/WTSC/UCDRC event in concert with Geoff Cooney \&
UCDRC Match Secretary}

\subtopic{RRPC Event}
Mark pointed out that RRPC also celebrate their 40th
anniversary this year and that they had a 40th anniversary
shoot planned. He suggested reviving the RRPC vs. DURC
matches which were last shot in 1993 and whose shield was
still on the range. This was agreed, the details to be
arranged between Mark and the RRPC Match Sec.

\task{Mark}{Organise RRPC/DURC event in concert with RRPC Match
Secretary}

\subtopic{Black Tie Function}

Mark explained what he meant by this event, a formal dinner
inviting the historical members of DURC in the TCD Dining
Hall. He stated that we should try to find the founding
members current status and invite them if possible. It was
stated that this would not be a general shooting event, but a
formal dinner. DUFC and DUEC committees would be invited as
the club has a long association with these clubs. Ben pointed
out that the clubs funds were low and that the function could
not put a large load on the clubs finances. Steven wondered
about the order of magnitude of the attendance, 100 was
agreed on as a good estimate. Mark agreed to talk to Trevor
West about the function to secure his assistance. Alan said
all that was needed was effectively a second sitting of
Commons. Ben pointed out at this point that Cyril, DUCAC
treasurer, was due to be promoted and no replacement had yet
been named. Steven said we should start moving on the
function in November, and explained how the rifle club in
Edinburgh handled its annual ball, which sounded like a very
similar event. Steven was concerned over the marketability of
the event -- Mark said that we would be inviting people to a
formal black-tie function in the Trinity College Dining Hall,
which was prestigous enough to nullify the problem. Conor and
Ben agreed that pricing tickets could not approach Trinity
Ball levels. Mark related the levels for the RO dinner, and
Ben talked about the pricing of same. 
\secret{Ben also pointed out the amount the club had
spent on beer last year was far too high (\pounds600
approximately)}

\task{Mark}{Talk to Trevor West about Black Tie event to
secure his assistance}

\subtopic{Trinity College Hartford}

Steven wondered if anyone had heard of Hartford before, to
see what its academic standing was like. Conor had heard of
them but had not heard opinions on their standing. There
followed an explaination of correspondance with their captain
by Mark and a discussion of possible formats for a postal
competition as TCH were DURCs first opponents outside the
British Isles in 1967 - when we won. Disciplines, ranges were
discussed. There was confusion over TCHs discipline, Mark
thought perhaps it was a misspelling in their email that they
shot 50ft, when they meant 3P 50metres, and he agreed to
follow up on that. Steven noted that there was a case for
comparing scores from 15yd indoor to 25yd indoor if
necessary. 

\task{Mark}{Follow up on TCH event}

\subtopic{NSRA/Eley Postal}

Mark related the faxes and emails he had sent to the NSRA
regarding the second round of cards that had been submitted
and their lack of response. Steven agreed to follow up as he
had contact details for the NSRA. 

\task{Steven}{Contact NSRA regarding NSRA/Eley Postal cards}

\subtopic{Colours Match}

Mark reported that the Colours was now finally offically
recognised by CUSAI and that we had been told we should enter
the Intervarsity Event of the Year award next year and thus
we would be eligible to attend Sporting Commons. 

\subtopic{World Student Shooting Games}

Mark reported that this, the first time shooting was in the
world student games, was being organised for this year, to
be shot in the Czech Republic in September 2002; also that
Dave Cooney was enthuastic about entering a team from UCDRC
and that Pat O'Brien was attempting to locate details on the
event for the NTSA. It was felt we should enter, though we
would probably not do well - but it was pointed out that as
UCDRC would enter that we would at worst only come second
last. Mark wondered if postgrads would be elegible to enter,
and agreed to follow up on enquiries.

\task{Mark}{Follow up on gathering information re World
Student Shooting Games}

\subtopic{Diary}

Steven noted that a good diary was needed to keep track of
when entrys and so forth were required for these
competitions. Mark agreed.

\task{Mark}{Maintain diary with dates for competition entrys
and so forth}

\subtopic{Foreign Shooters}

Ben wondered if we could get English shooters to attend
competitions in Ireland. Steven said it was a good idea but
hard to do as not many Universities in England shot Air
Rifle, and Mark pointed out the problem with the fee for the
temporary Gun licence in the Republic. Mark related the
details of how the Air Nationals had circumvented this by
loaning actions to english competitiors, who brought their
own stocks, Steven was very impressed by this idea. Mark
suggested that an event where we shot against english
shooters should be held in the North where temporary licences
were free; Ben pointed out that DUCAC would not fund this.

\topic{Sponsorship}

Mark gave a brief outline of the efforts made to date on
this front with the letter to Eircom to which no reply had
been received. It was felt that the amount (\pounds5000)
asked for had been to high, Mark stated that it was not as he
had seen the cash flow levels within Eircom and that they
could easily support such an outlay while other companies
might not. Steven said that applying to shooting
manufacturers was a better policy and that we should observe
their percieved market penetration when considering applying. 
Ben suggested banks and other institutions considering
advertising at students, such as Meteor and other mobile
phone companies.
Steven suggested asking Eley and so forth for donated
ammunition - but that proved less useful than expected
because of how DUCAC funds our ammunition.  Mark suggested
that if they would cover prizes only, it would be a great
help as these are not funded by DUCAC. Ben suggested a
greater public image would be beneficial to attracting
sponsorship which was agreed. Steven will agree to apply to
the Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Bank for sponsorship,
Mark to forward him the ~\LaTeX~ files he used for the Eircom
letter.

\task{Steven}{Apply for sponsorship to AIB, BoI}
\task{Mark}{Pass on \LaTeX~ files to Steven from Eircom bid}

\topic{Trinity News, Trinity Today, University Record}

It was decided the PRO would prepare articles for these
college publications, including a 40th anniversary article
for the Trinity News. Alan mentioned that he had a contact in
the University Record which would give us priority in access
to publication there. Mark was to pass on the photographs he
had on file for DURC to Conor.

\task{Conor}{Prepare articles for college press publications}

\topic{Membership Drive}

Ben explained DUCACs proposed second week of Freshers demos
in Luce Hall. This was seen as a good idea by all. Steven
queried the amount of time and scheduling for demos. Steven
also said a list was needed of those we could nab for RO duty
during Fresher's Fortnight. There was a query as to where
Deidre hailed from so we'd know if she was available for the
fortnight. 

Steven then introduced the idea of running participation
demos on the range in fresher's week, so that newly joined-up
members could immediately get to try air rifle for ten shots
or so. Alan agreed, saying that opening in the first week of
term was vital as in previous years the initial enthuasism
had been lost by the time we opened in the second week. The
general feeling was that starting quickly was an excellent
idea. 

Mark brought up the leaflets, which were acknowleged as
having been a good idea, and the difficulties in printing the
quantities required. Printing in small batches over a long
time was forwarded as a better idea, but commercial printing
was suggested by Mark as the best idea, giving a panel of the
leaflet over to advertising for a commercial sponsor like
Reads or Meteor or whomever. Conor suggested leaving these
leaflets in the packs given out to the Freshers on their
enrollment. 

\subtopic{Membership fee}

It had been proposed to change from \pounds2 to \pounds5, of
which \pounds2 would be returned in the form of range credit:
but it was felt that this would reduce membership to nothing.
Ben pointed out that \pounds1 was give to DUCAC for every
member and that the end-of-week party was paid for by the
other \pounds1 so that we couldn't reduce our fee, and that
societies didn't have to pay this levy, only sports clubs.
The idea of changing the fee was rejected, and it was decided
to retry asking for sponsorship from beer companies or
O'Briens or Red Bull or any such company.

\subtopic{Range Tidying}

Alan announced he would ``tidy the range through delegation''

\task{Alan}{Tidy range}

\subtopic{Irish Pony Club}

Mark related the details of the IPCRA report at the NRPAI agm
and said that we should be targeting IPC shooters for DURC as
their standard was very high. He agreed to talk to the DUEC
committee further on this. Conor suggested a joint DURC/DUEC
membership offer, this was seen as a good idea, but that it
might bring financial problems, though if sponsorship for the
end-of-week party could be arranged, that problem would solve
itself.

\task{Mark}{Meet with DUEC committee regarding IPC member
recruitment}

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\marginpar{\it \footnotesize 
At this point a 15 minute recess was called so
that the captain could check the cricket scores, the
treasurer could check on his physics experiment and the
secretary could collect some paperwork and refreshments. Alan
left at this point and all reconvened after England had been
beaten by Pakistan.}

\topic{DURC 50m Open}

Steven suggested the end of August for a date; Mark warned
about checking for conflicts with other events as the 50m
calendar had been badly affected by the F\&M crisis and many
events had backed up. The MRC venue was discussed as an
alternative, and was felt to be an acceptable venue but the
problem was the amount needed for range hire, as FSC was felt
to be free given our contribution the year earlier. It was
agreed that Mark would ask John to secure more information on
this as it was John's local range. Mark was also to secure
accurate information on the NTSA levy amount. There was a
discussion on the amounts charged as fees but nothing was
decided. The prizes were also discussed, with Steven feeling
that in the higher grades, silverware prizes were commonplace
enough to be not an effective attractor and that alternatives
should be considered. Wine was suggested, as was rifle
equipment - but that was dismissed as shooters at that level
had all their own equipment. 

\task{Mark}{Find out about NTSA levy amounts}
\task{John}{Gather information about MRC, including range
hire fees}

\topic{Best Newcomers Plate}

Conor inquired about his plate; Mark replied that he had been
unable to locate Anna Hickeys current location but was still
trying.

\task{Mark}{Locate Anna Hickey and secure return of plate}

\topic{NSRA bills}

Ben said that the NSRA had not yet sent the books or targets
that we'd ordered; Steven gave Ben the invoice he had
received from the NSRA for range plans. Ben agreed to follow
up on the NSRA order.

\task{Ben}{Follow up on NSRA order for targets and books}

\topic{Summer Opening}

It was pointed out that there had been enquiries about
shooting during the summer. Mark suggested that those that
shot then should be required to enter the Trinity Top Ten; it
was decided that it should not be mandatory but that it
should be strongly advocated by the ROs. Mark was also
annoyed at his friends constantly choosing dates for getting
married when a competition he wanted to attend was on. It was
decided after debate that the range should open one or two
nights a week on an informal basis, but that those wishing to
shoot had to phone the club or email rifle.club@tcd.ie to say
so: Mark was to arrange with ISS to redirect that address to
the committee list.

Ben noted that Aisling would not be around during the summer
but would be there for the Freshers week. 

\task{Mark}{Arrange for rifle.club@tcd.ie to be redirected to
committee list}

\topic{CRO postings}

It was agreed that the CRO would be formally responsible for posting
weekly notices to durc-internal with the weeks notes, as Mark
had done on a few occasions last year.

\topic{Ladders}

The system of ladders in the club was discussed. The idea of
a challenge-based ladder was considered and rejected on the
grounds that it would be akward to maintain and that past
experience with the system showed that enthuasiasm waned very
quickly. There followed a discussion on possible
alternatives, including Ben's production at the AGM of a
last-12 ladder, and the idea of a rapidly changing ladder was
seen as an good idea, but the question of which ladder got
the prize was a problem. Conors ladder from last year was
also pointed out, as his early scores had unfairly
handicapped him at the end of the year, while Adrian Costigan
had beaten him on the overall ladder because he had not shot
as many cards. After discussion of technical implementation
and Conor and Mark assuring the committee that it would not
be a major problem to implement, it was decided that this
year two ladders would be maintained by Ben using the RCMS; a
weekly ladder carrying the best 5 of the last 6 cards shot,
and the yearly ladder which would be the average of the top
50\% of the scores that shooter had put in. The top novice in
the weekly ladder would pay RO rates on Winchester ammunition
or Air Pellets for that week; presumably the top experienced
shooter would as well if he/she were not an RO. 

Steven pointed out that as money was now involved, the
updating of the ladders would have to be more formalised; Ben
said he had done so on a weekly basis last year; it was
agreed that this was sufficent, with the addition that should
Ben be away for a week at conference or other, that he would
appoint a deputy for that period.

\task{Conor,Mark}{Write chunks of RCMS to handle ladders as
discussed}

\topic{Squads and Training Practises}

Mark felt that the squads had been a good idea last year but
not sufficently backed up to give excellent results on a
large scale. Steven felt that the arrangements for selection
needed to be less formal than a qualification score. The
question of coaching was raised, specifically where to find
coaches as Steven, Mark, John, Ray and Keith were felt to be the
only people in the club technically adept enough to coach.
Mark agreed to ask members of the National Squad to come down
to the range and coach for a night; Ben said we could pay
them \pounds15 per night, which was felt to be a pittance.

Steven felt that selection for the squad needed to be less
formal, and that it should be more on the basis of motivation
as opposed to technical skills. He was hoping for a situation
where we could specify what the squad would train in: Mark
pointed out that some people disliked some disciplines enough
to avoid them and that we should instead what we would be
training in and let the squad attend if they did that
discipline, as per the National Squad's arrangements.

\task{Mark}{Invite members of National Squad to train DURC
Squad}

\topic{Supervision of Shooters at away competitions}

Mark described the problems that had been encountered at the
Nationals with ammunition distribution, firing point
allocation, and other technical issues. He read the minutes
of the committee lunch where it had been suggested that a
``nanny'' system should be used, where one person (with a
deputy to take over when the nanny was shooting) would be
responsible for organising details, issuing and tracking
ammunition and so forth. Steven suggested instead a ``buddy''
system, whereby each shooter would be paired with another.
The more experienced shooter would then be assisted by the
junior, who would learn by osmosis. This had the advantage of
one-to-one supervision, as well as being of real benefit to
both shooters as setting up a firing point in RRPC was an
onerous task to do in three minutes. This was felt by all to
be an excellent suggestion and it was agreed to implement it
immediately for trial this weekend at the FSC Open.

The problems posed by Ger Ryans behaviour at the Nationals
were then brought up. It was felt by Mark and those who had
attended that his behaviour reflected poorly on the club, and
that it was not nervousness due to the continuation of this
behaviour at the AGM. A written Code of Conduct for the clubs
away trips was suggested and accepted as a worthwhile
measure. Steven agreed to prepare on with the NTSA's code as
a basis, which Mark agreed to locate and pass on. The Code
was to be on a single A4 sheet which would be signed by the
competitor before going to the competition. The timing of the
signing was debated and the agreement was that the
competitor should sign before going, but that we would
allways have a copy handy for unexpected arrivals at
competition. 

Further to this, it was agreed that from now on, attendance
at competitions was to be initiated by an invitation from the
ROs with guidelines issued for them, but ultimately at their
discresion. A grid-based system for attending was agreed as
the best system to continue to use.

\task{Steven}{Prepare a Code of Conduct document for the club
along lines of NTSA code}
\task{Mark}{Supply Steven with NTSA code of conduct}

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\topic{AOB}

Steven had several other points to add to the meeting.

\topic{BUSA Top XX}

Steven suggested entering the BUSA Top XX team competition
and the Top XX individual competitions this year. This was
agreed as an excellent idea and Steven agreed to get the
contact details and Mark would follow up.

\task{Steven}{Get contact details for BUSA}
\task{Mark}{Follow up}

\topic{Three-Position Shooting}

Mark had been suggesting for a year that we encourage 3P
shooting in the club. Steven said he had a problem with that
in regards to safety as the change in shooting rythym might
cause someone to set off a round with the gun vertical in
standing or kneeling position. Mark pointed out that this had
happened last year from the Prone position, but agreed it was a problem.
Ben suggested that we reintroduce 3P Air Rifle as a
discipline to counter these problems so that we could train
for 3P in the club. Steven and Mark agreed this was an
excellent idea, not just as a compromise but as a discipline
in its own right. Mark asked if it would get a night per
week, after some debate it was agreed Conors suggestion of
switching to 3P Air after 2000 on an Air night would be best.
The idea of a 3P Air colours against UCD was brought up -
Mark will bring up the idea with UCDRC and see how they feel.
Steven pointed out that at the point at which you shoot from
for prone and kneeling with air, you require a platform, as
you are too low with respect to the target. This was seen as
a minor problem, and an excellent project for Keith White. 

\task{Mark}{Discuss 3P Air colours with UCDRC}

\topic{Shotgun Colours}

The shotgun colours was brought up at this point - Steven
felt that while it was enjoyable as a novelty competition, it
worried him that we would be holding a competition in a
discipline we did not train for. The social aspect of the
competition was put forward as sufficent cause for the event.
No decision was reached.

\topic{Social aspect of club}

Steven proposed a general rule of thumb for this year, that
the ROs tell members on the night which pub they would attend
after shooting and when so that they could get together in an
informal setting for a chat - this to increase the members
interest in the club. This was seen as a good idea, though
many of the ROs would not drink that often, and that timing
was a problem as the shooting ran on so late. No final
decision was reached, though it was felt to be a good idea.

\topic{Playstation}

Steven is concerned over the effect the PC in the lounge was
having on the social aspect of the club as many people came
in and read email or played games and never talked to the
others. Mark agreed, pointing out that the PC was never
intended for this purpose and that the current webserver was
to have been replaced by it. Steven did not know, however,
what to do with the PC, so it was agreed to consider it for a
later discussion.

\topic{Bisley}

Steven worried that we had not been entered for Bisley Week.
Mark pointed out the confusion over the trip and whether it
had been one member going on his own or a group representing
the club. He had therefore not been asked to look at it until
just before he was running off to the Isle of Man and had not
arranged anything. Mark agreed to check the entry status with
the NSRA.

\task{Mark}{Check status of entrys to Bisley Week with NSRA}

\topic{Request for summer shooting}

A request for a staff member to shoot during the summer was
considered. Noone had any problems with it as there would be
.22 training anyway this summer. It was agreed that Mark
would post a notice to durc-list explaining the informal
arrangements for summer shooting and that it was also not a
problem for Paul Dunne to shoot. Conor said he was able to RO
most afternoons if needs be. Ben asked if an RO duty roster
would be needed, it was agreed that if it was, Alan would
arrange it.

\task{Mark}{Post notice to durc-list regarding details of
summer shooting}

\topic{Financial dealings rules}

Ben agreed to produce a one-page letter detailing the rules
for dealing with DURC for finances. This was felt to be
necessary as the NTSA and other clubs were not providing
receipts or invoices which was causing problems as DUCAC
insisted on these. 

\task{Ben}{Produce list of procedures for clubs dealing
financially with DURC}

\topic{British University Shooting Community}

Steven proposed that we get involved in the British
Universities shooting scene, as the scores in the club have
dropped off over the years and we are becoming slightly
complacent. Mark thought this was an excellent idea. Ben
pointed out that DUCAC would not fund UK trips. Mark then
showed the Competition Attendance Reports he was giving to
DUCAC to increase their perception of the club. 
Steven suggested a subsidised trip as opposed to a fully
funded one, there was a discussion on the fee's level, during
which the idea of means testing was rejected, and it was
agreed that \pounds100 was too high and \pounds50 was
acceptable but might not cover costs. Steven had suggested
attending the Scottish Universities Indoor Rifle
championships in Perth, which is 3 cards at 25yds followed by
a social event, with teams of 8. 
It was felt that a team event between universities was a good
case for DUCAC to provide some funding. It was suggested Ben
personally inquire about the levels of UK funding given to
other clubs by contacting their treasurers, where these were
personally known.

\task{Ben}{Contact other treasurers about UK funding levels}

\topic{Security moving to 201 Pearse St.}

Mark recounted his meeting with Pat Moray regarding the move
of the security offices to 201 Pearse St. While the Front
Arch office would remain open, it was not felt acceptable by
the committee that the rifles and ammunition would then be
supervised by the Accomodations office by day. Pat was also
not happy at the current arrangement where ammunition is
stored beside rifles. It was agreed that Mark would meet Pat
again and clarify whether 201 had space for Ammunition and we
would purchase a new gun safe for the range to store the
remaining rifles on the range. Mark would also clarify where
the keys to the range would be stored - it was not felt best
to store them in Front Arch. 

\task{Mark}{Meet Pat Moray again and clarify storage
situation for Ammo and Keys to range in 201 Pearse St.}

\topic{Marks Rifles}

Mark having bought two rifles (a 2013 and a 2002) in Munich
the previous week, asked for offical permission to store them
in the club (having asked informally before buying them).
This was agreed without debate. 

\begin{Secret}
\topic{Gratutities}

Mark proposed a formal bribery fund be allocted in the
Treasurers records to fund christmas cards, birthday cards
and small gifts to relevant people to smooth the running of
the club. This was agreed as a good idea. 

\end{Secret}

\topic{Network Bill}

ISS not having sent the remainder of the bill for the club's
network hire, Mark agreed to remind them to do so.

\task{Mark}{Ask ISS for bill for network hire}

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Steven Watterson, Club Captain\\
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Mark Dennehy, Club Secretary\\
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