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Minutes of the agm held on 6th Sept 2007 in IWA, Clontarf, Dublin.
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Present : Joe Finnegan, Kiron Choudhury, Brenda Munroe, Cecilia Armelin, Ian Erskine, Terri McKeon, Tom Mitchell and Con O’Ceadaigh (8).
Apologies : Alex Thackaberry, Ken Strong
Chair : Joe Finnegan.
The meeting started at 8.35pm. Chairman welcomed everybody to the meeting.
Back to topThe chairman ask Secretary to read the minutes of the last agm. Secretary read out the minutes. The chairman asked the meeting if the minutes were correct and true. As there were no points raised chairman duly signed the minutes of the last agm.
Chairman said that he and Tommy Keenan were umpiring at the 6 Nations Primary School Championship in Cork. This tournament was run by Tony Martin and John O’Donoghue. It was an excellent tournament and those represented other countries they all appreciated very much.
Chairman then asked Secretary to give his report. The secretary read out his report. The report mainly consists of highlights of 2006-07 season. He considered the report was excellent and that was due to contributions of all umpires. He thanked for their support during the last season and he hopes to work with all other umpires during 2007-08 season. The new address of the umpires association is http://www.ittua.com. Terri McKeon wanted to know why the address of the umpires web site was changed. The secretary explained that ‘address of the web site’ and the ‘name of the site’ should be the same, as much as possible, so that people could remember it. Kcsiweb was his own web site, and, as there was no web site of umpires, hence, kcsiweb was used. At the end of his report he said that he would like to bring some other points at that stage because it could be too late to discuss the position of secretary after the election of office bearers have been sorted out. The chairman said that he could bring his points under aob.
Communication:
Copy of appreciation letters from:
(1) Director of Sports, Irish Wheelchair Association, Dublin, Ireland,
(2) Organiser of the Boys Brigade Championship, Dublin, Ireland,
were given to all present.
Both organisation have expressed their sincere thanks to all umpires.
The chairman asked the treasurer for his report. The report shows the expenses of 2006 and 2007, side by side, so that people could see expenses of both years. At the end of 2006-07 there was a surplus of €632.84. This is mainly because the association received a donation of €500.00 from 6 Nations Primary School Championship. The meeting thanked treasurer for the good job he has done. Leinster Branch is to be request for a grant of €350.00 for 2007-08 season.
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At that stage the committee of 2006-07 is dissolved. Tom Mitchell was
appointed acting chairman to conduct the appointment of chairman.
Tom proposed Joe Finnegan for the position of chairman, which he accepted.
He was seconded by Terri McKeon. Joe is duly elected.
The new chairman presided over rest of the meeting.
Kiron Choudhury
was proposed for the position of secretary by Tom Mitchell and seconded
by Brenda Munroe. Kiron is elected.
Com O’Ceadaigh was proposed by
Joe Finnegan and seconded by Terri McKeon.
Con is elected.
Tom Mitchell, Terri McKeon and Brenda Munroe were proposed by Kiron and seconded by
Ian Erskine. They are all elected.
At that stage Kiron Choudhury suggested that
as there is no specific number of committee members, he proposed Ian Erskine
to be a new committee member. The meeting accepted the proposal and was
seconded by Brenda Munroe. Ian is elected.
That concluded the election of office bearers.
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AOB:
Recruitment & Training of Umpires
The secretary reported that he had some ‘upsets’ during the last season
as regards the training and qualification of county umpires. The secretary
is reluctant to retain this part of his duties. He would be happy if
someone else would like to take over recruitment and training of
umpires. Tom Mitchell has kindly agreed to look after the recruitment
and training of umpires.
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Maintenance of Yellow Cards
As regards the maintenance of Yellow Card the secretary told the meeting
that umpires are supposed to inform secretary when yellow card is used,
so that he could maintain the record. But, he did not receive any during
the last season. The meeting accepted that during the current season
whenever a yellow card is used the secretary to be informed in writing
accordingly. The following information are to be supplied : name of player,
name of the event and date and the reason for issuing yellow card.
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Dress Code
The question of purchasing a suitable tie for umpires was also discussed.
The meeting felt that it should be left up to the individual to wear a
suitable tie to go with the blazer. As regard the colour of the shirt or
blouse it was decided to leave it with the umpire. The point was made
if umpire is wearing a ‘white shirt/ blouse’ and the match is being played
with a ‘white ball’ then he/she should not take jacket off during the
umpiring. Emphasis was made upon the umpire to dress up like a professional
umpire.
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Travelling Expenses
The secretary should maintain the umpiring records, but, not the number
of matches umpired. Con O’Ceadaigh pointed out that whenever he is
referring for a gaa match he receives €50.00. The association should
consider paying something towards travelling expenses. Terri McKeon
said that we do not have that kind of fund to provide travelling expenses.
There was a fair amount discussion on this matter and the meeting came
to a conclusion that:
“the secretary should maintain umpiring records and at the end of the
year it will be reviewed again to consider if any expenses could be paid”.
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Long Working Hours
Ian Erskine pointed out that in certain tournaments umpires are working
for a very long session/day and towards the end eyes become very tired.
Kiron Choudhury suggested that in such a case if the tournament goes to
a late session then the umpires should take a break to refresh himself/herself.
If he/she feels too tired then he/she should leave the tournament and go home.
Tom Mitchell suggested that instead of umpiring on a specified table the
umpire should take charge of a number of tables and see that matches are
progressing accordingly. This may not be possible if umpiring for a
specified table.
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The meeting concluded at 10.10pm
Secretary: _________________________ Chairman: ________________________
Date : ____________________________________________________________