1.1 Steve Moon Nottingham Forest, Rose McEwan Hibernian, David Gilchrist Dundee United, John Jobber Rangers, David Clarke Rangers, Catherine Budd Middlesbrough, Ian Wood, Burnley; Paul Morrison, Aberdeen; Paul Franklin, RISSC; David Leith Barrow, Peter Riley Nottingham Forest & Roger Pyne Exeter City.

2.1 Phil Cordingley, Newcastle United.

3.1 After a correction to show Kevin Wells Chaired the meeting the minutes were approved.

4.1 Neil Le Milliere, Exeter, queried whether the Treasurer had received the money for the perpetual trophies from Plymouth. The Treasurer replied that this had not yet happened but he would talk to the Plymouth rep after the meeting.

4.2 Neil reported that the feedback we had been promised by Passenger Focus would either be in April or May as the meeting where they would be putting forward dour views was not until April.

5.1 Darts Report
Ian Wood pointed out that the Darts Reports should be amended to read "all clubs who entered the cup should forward their £12 to the Treasurer" rather than just "Burnley".

5.2 Travel Report
Richie Cockton pointed out in 8.4 it should be Gwyneth Dunwoody not Gwyneth Dundee.

There being no other corrections the minutes were approved.

6.1 Neil Le Milliere, Exeter, advised that Steve Cole, the Pool Secretary, had brought the details of the Norwich Pool entry with him and would talk to the Norwich representative later.

6.2 Neil reminded all clubs that they had been asked to provide raffle prizes for the Dinner Dance.

6.3 Neil also pointed out that there had still not been a volunteer to take on organising the Ten Pin Bowling competition and unless someone came forward it could not take place.

7.1 There was no report from the Chairman.

The Treasurers item was taken next as Nick had to leave for work.

8.1 Balances
Current a/c £376.57
Deposit a/c £2794.85

8.2 Movements since last meeting
Income: £60.00 darts cup entries (Gillingham, Newcastle, Rotherham, Chester, and Burnley)
Expenditure: Web site name: £105.74

8.3 Income still outstanding
Pool. Norwich and Sheffield Wednesday

Derby and Sheffield Wednesday owe £30.00 each for darts trophies NB Derby paid at the meeting.

9.1 Webmaster
The Secretary reported that we may have found a webmaster as a possible volunteer has come forward from Newcastle, Phil Cordingley, who was attending his first meeting.

At the committee meeting prior to the main meeting it had been agreed that Phil would have a look at the website to get a feel for what was involved and would come back to the committee with a decision.

10.1 In Julie's absence there was no formal report but Julie had reported to the committee that the next Rail Forum meeting had been set up for April.

10.2 Comments were then taken from the floor. Amongst these were the following two points of interest.

Cardiff have booked to travel with Great Central the next time they are in the North East and would report back on how the service performed.

Neil Le Milliere (Exeter) advised that National Express East Coast are carrying out a two for one offer at the moment but you needed to get a voucher from their website. Neil also mentioned that National Express had provided excellent customer service after the date of a game was changed so it could be shown on Setanta TV.

1. Pool
   Please see Annex A for the pool report.
   
   
2. Football
   Please see Annex B for the football report.
   Ian Wood also advised that the draw for the semi-final of the cup would be made after the meeting
   
   
3. Darts
   Please see Annex C for the football report.
   
   
4. Social Secretary

   .1 Dinner Dance
   As already mentioned more raffle prizes are urgently required and will be most welcome.
   Also any club that can recommend a DJ please contact Sandra Cunningham as soon as possible.
   There followed a discussion over the dress code for the event and following this is was greed that the tickets should state Smart Casual, no jeans, trainers or football tops.

   .2 Ten Pin Bowling There had not been a volunteer at the meeting, so could clubs circulate their members asking anybody who is prepared to to please contact Sandra a matter of urgency. It was pointed out that this had been a highly enjoyable event and it would be a shame if it did not take place.

Following on from his report at the previous meeting Ian Todd (Sunderland) confirmed that the 2009 FA Cup Final will be either 16 or 30 May subject to whether there was to be an England friendly on the 16.

13.1 It was agreed that the next meeting will be on Monday 7 April at the Exmouth Arms.