RNA 10 Area
Unity, Loyalty, Comradeship and Patriotism

 

06.01.08

Decisions Taken at the National Council Meeting Held on 08 December 2007.

The National Council met in London on December 8th. Listed below is a summary of the decisions taken at that meeting.

1. The National Council invited the NC Members for No. 8 Area and No.12 Area to review the temporary arrangement recently made for Overseas Branch Representation, and to make proposals for a permanent means of filling the appointment.

2. The National Council endorsed the recent work of the Relocation Working Group (RWG) and invited its Chairman to follow up an initial dialogue with naval authorities to explore the possibility of relocating to Portsmouth Naval Base.

3. The National Council considered a complaint laid against the General Secretary by the President of No. 10 Area and invited The Deputy National President and National Chairman to visit No: 10 Area to investigate the substance of the complaint.

4. The National Council decided to hold its next National Council Meeting ( March 2008) within the geography of No. 10 Area, probably in HMS Eaglet and to invite post meeting participation by No. 10 Area Officials.

5. The National Council considered candidates for the appointment of National Ceremonial Adviser and was pleased to re-elect S/M Alan Robinson to the post.

6. The National Council considered an application for a grant from The Victory Services Club but decided to delay final judgement on the matter until further investigations were carried out.

7. The National Council decided to make a grant of £1 5,000-00 from The Central Charities Fund to Help for Heroes (a registered charity working towards improving facilities for wounded Service men and women at the Joint Service Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court) and to recommend that Branches and Areas adopt this charity as the principal recipient of charitable donations for 2008.

8. The National Council endorsed The National Ceremonial Adviser’s proposal to mount the National Standard Bearers Competition for 2008 in HMS FORWARD (the RNR Training Centre in Birmingham.

9. The National Council considered a brief report from the General Secretary in regard to RNA Flag Days and invited S/M S Caulfield (National Communications and Public Relations Adviser) to investigate the matter with a view to reporting to the spring meeting of Council.

10. The National Council endorsed a proposal that HQ Staff leave which has been unable to be taken in 2007 should be carried forward to 2008.

11. The National council directed the General Secretary to prepare written guidance on the relationships between Branches, Areas and Headquarters which would establish coherent business processes.

10.01.08

National Council to meet at HMS Eaglet.

It has been confirmed, that the next meeting of the National Council will take place at HMS Eaglet(Liverpool) on March 29th.  It  is expected, that an invitation will be extended to officials from No.10 Area to meet members of the Council at the conclusion of their meeting to discuss several issues that have arisen recently.

12.01.08

Ellesmere Port branch disbands.

It is regretted that the Ellesemere Port branch has announced its closure effective from December 31st 2007. The branch, formed in the early 1970s had a fairly large membership during that period, and for a time operated its own club. However in recent years, it has suffered from falling membership, and this compounded with the death of their long serving Branch Secretary in December, has led the four remaining members to decide that the branch was no longer viable.

19.01.08

Hazel Grove Branch Annual Memorial Service

The Hazel Grove Branch will hold their annual memorial service and parade to commemorate the loss of the convoy rescue vessel SS Stockport on Sunday February 24th 2008. The salute will be taken by the No10 Area President, Commander H Harley RN(Rtd).

The order of Parade is as follows;
12:00 Muster at Hazel Grove Railway Station Car park
12:15 March to Norbury Parish church
12:30 Memorial Service
13:35 (approx) Parade reform and march back to Branch HQs Hazel Grove Conservative Club for refreshments.

29.01.08

   

Conference Lifts Threat of Subscriptions Freeze

Delegates attending the winter Area conference at Atherton on January 26th voted overwhemlingly to lift the Area committee's earlier recommendation to withold branch subscriptions to Headquarters following a dispute involving the tone of letters sent in reply by the General Secretary to several Branch Secretaries.

The Area committee sought an apology, which has now been received from the General Secretary and led to the lifting of the threat at Saturdays meeting.

29.01.08

Area Elects New Chairman

Shipmate David Tollerton Secretary of the Crosby branch  was elected as Area Chairman at the Area Annual General Meeting held at the Atherton Branch headquarters on Saturday January 26th.

Shipmate Tollerton emerged the winner of the earlier ballot involving three candidates by a single vote.

30.01.08

National Conference weekend conflicts with Blackpool Veterans Day

The date chosen for this year's National Veterans Day [June 27th] will conflict with the National Conference in Dundee when many of the RNA delegates will be travelling that day to attend the conference in Scotland. Many shipmates will be forced to choose which event to attend, with Blackpool offering many attractions throughout the week for those attending. For further information see the Home Page.

31.01.08

A personal statement by Dave Tollerton.

Shipmates, it was with great pleasure and hearty thanks I accepted the possition of Area 10 Chairman at the A.G.M. last Saturday.

There is nothing better than to have your peers put their trust in you and I hope I can deliver a lively thriving Area 10 whilst in my tenure as Chairman.

John Dixon was a formidable character and someone I liked very much personally, so I hope I can fill his shoes and take the area onward. The Area committee is hard working and I have to tell you shipmates we have good men in the right positions, our secretary is the main man and I will have to lean on his broad shoulders for a while. Our president as you know takes his appointment very seriously and is a staunch and loyal supporter of Area 10.

One thing I am keen to do is make the Area inclusive again, it is a big area so we need maybe to travel about it a bit more than we do and reach the more remote parts more often. We need everyone's input, north, south, east, and west.

We need you all at conferences and we need cohesion and a determintion to to use our strength to our advantage. I would like all secretaries and chairmen to contact me and put forward any thoughts they have to improve our area communications, perhaps we should meet somewhere central with all the branch chairmen and secretaries, I will be putting this to the committee at our next meeting.

Once again shipmates thank you for giving me this great opportunity, I am honoured by it.

YOURS “AYE” Dave Tollerton.

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