BLACK BULL, 15TH MARCH 2006
[actions in red]
[post meeting notes in blue]
Mark Proctor Markage Secretary (THIS TIME ONLY)
Iain Mitchell Iain
Andrew Senior Senior* Seens *New name post 40
John Carmichael JC
Dave Mooower Bloke flu
Andy Ryduuuur Forgot. Note received after last ‘plane left Oz – I assume otherwise he’d have come
Dutt Had CDR the next day and sh!t had hit fan. I assume this was Children’s Dress Rehearsal and he’d forgotten his lines. Or stitches.
Yoda Wants to be given tough challenge. How about to let his family live in a properly finished, i.e. normal, house rather than a building site, by 2020.
Togle Southerner
Bully boy Busy being a Dad?
Birchy Not allowed out
JC arrived at 20:24 (remarkably 20 mins earlier than FTA)
and the meeting was declared corum
[Meetings are usually “quorum”, not “corum” - Seens]
Meeting adjourned at 20:24:10 for JC to buy some beers. Meeting reconvened at 20:28
Dave Moower’s last minute ‘illness’ was raised as suspicious. Seens advised that he could check whether he’d been at work.
Action: Seens to check on Mooower’s movements on 15/3 (not toilet-related thankyou)
Absence of Little ‘I’ll bob in later’ Andy and Col and Barlymow (silence) was discussed. Somebody suggested they be banned which the Secretary thinks is a little harsh. Point made.
(20:34 Roma 0 Middlesbro 1)
‘Markage’ has already been logged on Seens’ website. Addition of ‘fat’ was deemed superfluous as Markage was indeed already fat.
[That’s the point : “Fat Markage” it is then – Seens]
Seens stated that predictive text spelled ‘Marriage’ when typing Markage. This was immediately disproven – ‘Maplagd’ came up and this was not deemed suitable. Oh, it must be spell check then declared Seens. Whatever.
Action: Seens to check connection between ‘Markage’ and ‘Marriage’ - apart from the current obvious one.
(20:37 WHU 1 Bolton 1)
15/3 was proposed. It was carried that the date was indeed 15th March.
Post Stag Event was confirmed, after a small (but slightly too long) delay, as 23rd Sept.
Action: Markage to compile matrix to get best fit date around late Aug/early Sept. This is also to detail the full attendee list
Secretary’s note; Simon has already booked hols end-Aug
Given the geographical dispersion of the likely attendees (a rather clever map was used at this point where the circles were drawn on a map where the size of the circle indicated the number of people from that area. Either that, or there are some ‘ring marks’ from pint glasses on my notes), options were agreed as:
(20:44 Roma 1 Boro 1)
O/seas location that all could go to from their local airport
Somewhere in the Midlands was discussed at length, including the possibility of a mass invasion to Jowler’s pad in Madrid. JC also stated that a recent do in Barcelona had cost him £600 (although on providing a breakdown it seemed that only £200 was on flight and accom – must be expensive beer). Evetually, o/seas was discounted on reflection that the reaction of foreigners to 20 dishy ladymen, sorry blokes dressed badly as women, could not be predicted. Or rather could be predicted. Apart from places like Amsterjam and Prague which are already inundated with Stags and not therefore appropriate.
It was decided (shock horror) that the venue would therefore be the Midlands.
Secretary’s note: Can Yoda and Jimothy please be resuscitated at this point as we will not use your houses.
Decision: Venue = Midlands
Seens then waffled on about the Peak District which he described as ‘The Midlands version of the Lakes without the Lakes’ - Midlands tourist board to note for future use. He then changed the subject by proposing Derby.
Action: Seens to check with Derby residents on good Midlands venues
Markage proposed Stratford which was roughly Skipton-size.
(21:30 Roma 2 Boro 1)
Iain proposed Burton-upon-Trent and Warwick
Action: Iain to investigate BuT (standard things: # curry houses, clubs, travelodges etc)
Proposals were as follows:
Brides (Markage) A good, strong early candidate. Already Seconded by Ryduuur.
Squaws (Seens)
Traffic Wardens (JC)
Star Treck (Seens)
Stewardesses (Iain)
Netball Team (JC/Iain) Another strong candidate as it was Markage’s idea last time
Cheerleaders (Markage) Obviously another good ‘un
Witches (Seens) Seens vote was formally registered for this - at the first meeting!
Shirley Basseys (JC)
Vicki Pollards (Seens)
Mermaids (Seens)
Ballerinas/fairies (JC) This sounds like an inferior copy of ‘brides’ to me
Seens then said that Nic’s college mates had some ideas but, typically, he couldn’t remember them.
[Post meeting note: These are Nic’s mates. I will understand if Seens’ memory fails him so consistently that it is necessary to hear their suggestions directly at a future meeting. – Markage]
Passed as suitable on the basis of:
being a big Alan Partridge fan
being caught, unprompted, washing up at about midnight
[I seem to ½ recall jugs being discussed – details escape me, but the word “failure” was NOT used – Seens]
Note: a request for further viewings up North was made.
Action: Markage to sort
(you can tell I’m getting bored now…..)
With the Committee still in semi-shock having earlier actually made a decision, no further matters were discussed and the committee quickly ran to the Dilshad.
TBA – whenever Markage wangles a trip up North.
Sub-committee meetings were approved for the Southern contingent with matters arising to be reported back to the main Committee
Action: JC to be secretary at next meeting
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