Meeting Minutes 10 February 2022

Present

Richard Bijster; Andrew Jones; Simon Pickett (Ex-officio); Matthew Spoors (Chair); Mark Whittington.

Apologies received from:

Nigel Barton; Andy Cousins; Ken Durrands; Malcom McLean; Angus Shaw; Nathan Whales; Ben Whinney

Absent without apology:

William Helliwell; Tony Shearer; Robert Sheardown;

Minutes of the previous Meeting

The minuets of the meeting held on 20 January were taken as read.

Social Activity

The rugby game at the end of December was considered to be an overwhelming success. Thanks was passed to Ben Whinney and Will Helliwell who did a magnificent job in organising the event. In the order of 1000 attended the game and £3,555.57 was raised and shared between two charities (Child Bereavement UK and The Brain Tumour Charity). The Head Master shared the article from the Newsletter regarding the event.

Going froward the discussion centred around:

• Christmas is a good time of the year; however weather could significantly affect the event.
• Christmas Diner will be 10 December 2022
• Disentangle this from the Old Boy’s Christmas Diner.
• Easter would be a good time as the weather could be better and some current students may be available.
• Venue was good but Kesteven were not as prepared as expected for the numbers. How do we have the PTFA market for the KSOB?

IN the summer there is the intention to run a large event for current and future parents by the PTFA. Provisional Date – Cricket 08 July and PTFA event 09 July. [Warning the Starlight Rugby Club event is on 2 June].

The Website

A number of meetings had taken place with regards the website. A new Instagram page was now being run by the school and it was proposed that this was added to the KSOB website and an email encouraging Old Boy’s to follow the Instagram site sent.