District General Meeting - 24th November

LONDON SOUTH DISTRICT COUNCIL

www.lsdc.org.uk

Notice is hereby given of the

DISTRICT GENERAL MEETING

To be held on

Saturday 24th November 2012 at 2.00 p.m.

At St. Paul’s Methodist Church Hall, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley.

N.B. This is the same venue as for the District Annual General Meeting.

In early November, each General Secretary of an affiliated Club, or Association, will receive from the National Executive three copies of their Annual Report and the Agenda for the National Council Meeting to be held on Sunday 2nd December. Secretaries are asked to distribute copies to your delegates and the Club, Association or its Committee should consider the items contained therein. These could affect the future of your sport. Your delegates are then requested to attend the District meeting on 24th November to instruct our 4 elected National Councillors on how they should vote on each item.

Richard Blackmore

Hon. General Secretary

gensec@lsdc.org.uk

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National AGM voting briefly.

The National AGM broke for lunch and someone posted the brief details of the voting - will update as I learn more.

6. Clubs will be deemed to have resigned from CTT if their annual subscription remains unpaid at 15th November (currently 31st December). Lost

7. Change definition of an Interclub to allow more than 4 clubs to participate. Carried

8. Allow riders to ride for an Armed Forces Team parallel to their first claim club. withdrawn

9. Rewrite rules on double entry of events to prevent request of early/late rides to allow it. Lost

10."A competitor must not enter an event more than once with the aim of undertaking multiple rides within the said event." Carried (amended to include type A events only)

11. "Every competitor must start with a rear light fitted to the machine in a position visible to following road users and active whilst the machine is in use." Lost

12. Change helmet regulation to encompass all riders in all events - not just Juniors/Youths. Lost

13. "A club is free to choose its prize list but a condition of one ride–one prize, is not permitted." Lost

14. Change regulations on Tandems to allow them to be spread among a field. Carried

15. Completely re-write the rules on Course Measurement. Carried

16. Change to National Championship conditions - primarily in respect of maximum number of competitors in the Hill Climb. Carried

17. I think implements a maximum gear restriction on Juniors in GHS Championships. Lost

Lisa

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National AGM report

CTT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING – 5th December 2010

This was my first experience of a CTT AGM and with the heavy snow during the week there was some doubt whether it was going to be possible to get to Leicester. Fortunately there was a thaw on Saturday so the journey was not a problem and only the 3 delegates from South East DC (snowy Kent) failed to attend.

The first news of the weekend was that National Secretary, Phil Heaton, is retiring and will be replaced by Andy Cosgrove from Teesside DC. The Annual Report and Accounts were accepted with very little discussion.

The main part of the day was taken up with discussion on the 19 motions submitted. Of these 5 were from the National Committee and 8 from London West, with their delegate Chris Hart on his feet for much of the day proposing most of them. Without London West I thought that it would have been a short meeting but I am assured that however many motions there are the discussion of them always expands to fill the day.

The longest discussion this year was on the merits of rear lights in events and whether they should be made compulsory. When London South first proposed this several years ago there was little support but we subsequently gained agreement for a recommendation to use a rear light to be put on start sheets and this year there were motions from the National Committee, South West and East districts to make the use of a rear light compulsory in events. The third of these actually had a majority in favour from those voting, but not enough for the two-thirds majority required for a rule change. A better worded motion next year might well get accepted.

The result of the voting on all the motions is shown below. The actual votes on items 15 and 24 were not announced to the meeting but both were lost heavily. The main decisions taken were :-

1. Up to 150 entries can be accepted in open events subject to the approval of the District Committee.

2. The ‘reserve rider scheme’ can be used to accept up to an additional 15 riders instead of 10.

3. In 12 and 24 hour events a circuit of at least 20 miles may be used any number of times.

4. The symbol TAN in the Handbook will mean that a tandem event is run in conjunction with the solo event.

My impression of the meeting was that the same 3 or 4 people spoke on most of the motions and have probably been doing so for many years past. There is also the problem of delegates being mandated on how to vote by their Districts, as a couple of times people spoke in favour of motions only to say that they were mandated to vote against. It could well be that on several of the motions all the discussion on the merits or otherwise of the proposed change was a waste of time because the delegates had already been instructed how to vote. Perhaps an indication of how the delegates have been mandated to vote should be given in advance to see how many free votes are available to be influenced by the points put forward at the meeting.

Overall it was an enjoyable experience, but despite spending a weekend in Leicester I have seen nothing of the City, only the half mile of industrial estate between the M1 and the Marriott Hotel. I understand that the previous venue in Derby was in the City centre which would have been more interesting.


Keith Wilkinson.

Item No     Description                                                                           For  Against Result
Item 6:     Increases to club subscription fees                                                          28 37 Lost
Item 7:     Date renewal must be paid by                                                                 28 36 Lost
Item 8 (a): Powers of National Committee                                                                 47 16 Carried
Item 8 (b): National Council Meetings (Tidying of resolutions)                                           50 19 Carried
Item 9 (a): To allow use of recumbents                                                                   18 47 Lost
Item 9 (b): Confining recumbents to Club Events                                                                Not taken
Item 9 (c): Placing of numbers for recumbents                                                                  Not taken
Item 10:    Competitor’s machine - rear light                                                            29 37 Lost
Item 11:    Competitor’s machine - rear light                                                                  Withdrawn
Item 12:    Competitor’s machine - rear light                                                            26 20 Lost
Item 13:    Limitation of entries - allow fields of 150                                                  53 13 Carried
Item 14:    Limitation of entries - Increase reserves from 10 to 15                                      60 6 Carried
Item 15:    Duties of Event Secretaries - Outlaw "one rider, one prize"                                   ?  ? Lost
Item 16:    Duties of Event Secretaries - clarify that no rider shall start before his alloted time      55 11 Carried
Wording amended to move last sentence to be the first.
Item 17:    Team Time Trials - remove requirement for similar clothing, recommend instead                45 19 Carried
Item 18:    Team Time Trials - remove requirement for similar clothing                                         Not taken
Item 19:    The Course - allow 20+mile circuits to be used over and over in 12 & 24 hour events          58  8 Carried
Item 20:    Timekeepers - include Principle Timekeeper in rules                                          60  6 Carried
Item 21:    Championship conditions - extend entry criteria                                              59  7 Carried
Item 22:    Event dates - notes on who can enter which events                                             4 62 Lost
Item 23:    Event dates - use symbol TAN for Tandem events run with a solo event, cease seperate listing 38 28 Carried
Item 24:    Postage costs for Handbooks                                                                   ?  ? Lost

Annual Report here - with full details of motions
Also link to CTT Rules and Regulations for original wordings of rules.

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District General Meeting to discuss 2008 National Agenda

Notice is hereby given of the

DISTRICT GENERAL MEETING

to be held on

Saturday 29th November 2008 at 2pm

At St Paul's Methodist Church Hall, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 8ER
NB This Is the same venue as the District Annual General Meeting.

This meeting is to discuss the agenda for the CTT AGM and mandate your delegates for voting on the propositions.

The full agenda paper can be found on the CTT website as a PDF file.

Items up for discussion/voting include:

• Affiliation fees to rise to £40 from £30
  
• Suggestion that Chairman will get £2000/year honorarium.
  
• Changes to the appeal system.
  
• Restricting the distances that young competitors are allowed to ride.
  
• Lowering the area that a front wheel open from 45% to 42% to accommodate latest designs.
  
• Proposed changes to clothing rules to allow sleeveless tops. (Triathlon type tops).
  
• Two riders only required to finish in National TTT Champs
  
• Red lights on machines in TT's.
  

District AGM - Sat October 11th 2008

The AGM and Date Fixing will take place on Saturday 11th October 2008, commencing at 2pm.
Location: St Paul's Methodist Church Rooms, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley, West Sussex.

DISTRICT GENERAL MEETING - Nov 24th

LONDON SOUTH DISTRICT

Notice is hereby given of the

DISTRICT GENERAL MEETING

to be held on

Saturday, 24th November 2007, at 2 pm

at St Pauls Methodist Church Halls, Woodfield Road , Northgate, Crawley, (NB This is the same venue as for the District AGM.

just off A23. Ample parking for both cycles and vehicles. Whether coming from north, south, or M23, proceed to on the A2011 Crawley Avenue , at the roundabout where Gatwick Road flys over, take the A2004 Northgate Avenue and then Immediately right is Woodfield Road . The halls are opposite the petrol station and parade of shops


In early November as General Secretary of an affiliate you will receive from the National Executive three copies of their Annual Report and the Agenda for the National Council Meeting to be held on Sunday 3rd December.

You are asked to distribute two copies to your delegates and the club (or its committee) should consider the items contained therein. These could affect the future of your sport. Your delegates are then requested to attend the District meeting on 24th November to instruct our four elected National Councillors on how they should vote on each item.

District Agenda Meeting

LONDON SOUTH DISTRICT

Notice is hereby given of the

DISTRICT GENERAL MEETING

to be held on

Saturday, 25th November 2006, at 2 pm

at the Gossops Green Community Centre, Crawley

(Please Note this is a change from previous years)

map here

(Ample parking for both cycles and vehicles. Whether coming from north, south, on M23, proceed to Junc 11 take A23 Crawley By Pass to Gossops Drive which is just north of Horsham Road on left. Turn left and the hall is on the left.

In early November as General Secretary of an affiliate you will receive from the National Executive three copies of their Annual Report and the Agenda for the National Council Meeting to be held on Sunday 4th December.

You are asked to distribute two copies to your delegates and the club (or its committee) should consider the items contained therein. These could affect the future of your sport. Your delegates are then requested to attend the District meeting on 25th November to instruct our four elected National Councillors on how they should vote on each item.

There is a need to find a new District Secretary please see the notes of the AGM.

Brian Dalton