Lancashire Meetings

All the Officers were re-elected except
1) there is currently no Vice Chairman.
2) Jackie Wright becomes Tournament Secretary instead of Andrew Petrie and Shareholder instead of Tony Cordery.
The Executive are to seek assistance with some of the Tournament Secretary's duties
3) Catherine Draper becomes a member of the Executive

The 2007/8 accounts were approved. There was comment on the increase in Tollemach Expenses (Lancashire reached the final stages) and Delegates' expenses (first full year of claims). As there had been a significant increase in motoring costs the treasurer thought there should be a relevant increase in the 25p allowance. As this item was not on the Agenda, it was to be discussed at the next e Executive Meeting and if appropriate, it would appear at on a future AGM Agenda.

Westhead, Edge Hill and Tudor Court are no longer affiliated to Lancashire. This leaves 22 affiliated clubs all of whom have either paid their 2008/9 subscription or have made arrangements to do so.

The EBU Fundraising Proposal was discussed and in spite of most of the comments being unfavourable, club delegates voted by a big majority to recommend our Shareholders to vote in favour at the EBU Meeting unless new facts emerged which made this inadvisable.

Selections for the Northern League and the Cumbria Match were still incomplete. The teams will appear on the website as soon as possible.