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NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DRAMA ASSOCIATION

Minutes of the meeting held on 26th February 2019 at Arnold
Present;- Joan Wildgust, Christine Davison (Secretary), Barbara Barton, Mike Stewart, Gordon Parsons, Neil Mackintosh (Treasurer), Rob Hurst, Linda Whitehurst, Howard Whitehurst, Bob Wildgust, Barbara Fisher, Kevin Fairbrother, Mel Reynolds

1 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN
This being the first Council meeting after the AGM, the Secretary asked the Council to elect a Chairman. Joan Wildgust was asked if she wished to continue in the post. Joan announced that she wished to resign as Chairman. She said that she had done the job for 15 years and felt that now was the time for someone else to take over. She agreed to chair the meeting on this occasion, to allow time for the Council to consider options. She will continue to act as Play of the Year co ordinator.

2 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
Roy Ainscough, Tony Vokes

3 MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING.
The minutes of the previous Council Meeting held on 11th December 2018 had been circulated and these were signed as a correct record.
Matters arising to be discussed in the relevant agenda item.

4 HON TREASURER'S REPORT as at 26/02/2019 (2 months)
Balance = £8695 12
NS&I = £2384 19
Current = £6010.93
On hand = £300.00
Decrease = £341.83
SINCE LAST MEETING
INCOME
OPERATIONS
Subscriptions - Group membership - 1 = £25 (Nottingham Arts theatre)
Bank Interest - NSandI annual @ 0.725% = £17.17
EXPENDITURE
Website Design E A Design = £384
RESULT
THEATRE LUNCHEON - ADAM PENFORD
INCOME=£1280.00
EXPENDITURE=£1280.00
BREAK EVEN
GURD AWARD BALANCE
£316.61 plus interest @£3.63 = £320.24.
This amount will be transferred and therefore will not accrue any interest.

5 AUTHORISATION TO APPLY FOR INTERNET BANKING
The need for specific authorisation was explained by the treasurer. It was unanimously resolved that the Association's treasurer, Neil Mackintosh, be authorised to apply for online internet banking as the primary user

6 FESTIVALS
Play of the Year 18/19 and Awards Dinner
Thirteen entries have been adjudicated so far this year from the following groups:- Bonington (3), Lace Market (3), Radcliffe on trent (1), Blind eye (1), Whetstone (1), WBDS (3), Ratae (1). The standard has been very close.
JW said that there had been some problems with groups applying too late for an actor to be considered for the Sidney Hopkin award (for best newcomer). RW noted that in spite of the fact that groups are urged to read the rules carefully, the rules are not always well known. HW suggested that the entry form be simplified
Dinner - The price is £30 this year. A decision will be made at the next meeting what to charge.
Youth Festival
This will take place on May 2nd /4th, (not the 3rd) The venue will be available from 3.30 on the Thursday for setting up. One entry has been received so far from Ravenshead Youth, with two more entries expected from the Lace Market Youth. BF asked what was the minimum number of entries for a viable competition. 3 was suggested as a viable number. There was a discussion about which other youth drama groups (not NANDA) could be contacted. MR will ask Jean Lebeter about the acceptability of electronic scripts. MR reiterated the need for volunteers to man the doors and sell tickets. Sonya Oates has agreed to be stage manager. BB will loan their noticeboard for the event.

7 THE FUTURE OF NANDA
There was a wide ranging discussion on how to make NANDA useful and relevant to its member groups. Although NANDA has a healthy bank balance JW reiterated the need to be cautious. NM stated that the bank balance must not go below £6K. Suggestions included encouraging groups to bid for an amount of money, subsidising events, running workshops (directors course, makeup etc), help with publicity in promoting plays. RH said that we should go out and visit groups and ask how NANDA could help. To this end, a small sub committee (BB, KF, RH) volunteered to make contact with individual groups.

8 CELEBRITY LUNCHEON
There is nothing planned in the immediate future. LW will contact Adam Penford later in the year to ascertain whether Alex Kingston would be willing to be a speaker.
It was unanimously agreed that we send a £200 donation to Adam Penford's chosen charity - Shine Community Youth Theatres.

9 MEDIA
It was noted that some groups are still using the old NANDA logo. JW will email all groups reminding them to use the new logo in their publicity.

8 MEMBERSHIP
CD has brought the membership list up to date and will email this to Council members. This list is for the use of Council members only and must be used with discretion because of data protection issues

9 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be held on Thursday April 4th at 7.30pm at Aspley

The meeting closed at 4.18pm