Minutes June 2010

NATAL BYPASS MEETING 03/2010 HELD ON
WEDNESDAY 2ND OF JUNE 2010
AT ENTABENI HOSPITAL
at 17:30
PRESENT:
Shane Newman (Chairman)
As per attendance register - 21 names recorded
1. OPENING AND WELCOME
The chairman thanked everybody for their attendance & welcomed everybody. Shane apologized that every effort had been made to get a guest speaker for the evening, but had been unsuccessful.
2. APOLOGIES:
The following people had tendered their apologies:
Ken Monckton, Dave Parry, Ive Singh, Harold Malan, Pat & Ron Masters, Margaret & Ian Smith, Elred & Denise Engelsman, Brian & Janet Moore, Athol Willet, Jennifer McInnes, Denise Davids & Muriel Adams
3. TESTIMONIES FROM NEW VISITORS
There were no new visitors present.
4. GENERAL
The following items were brought to the attention of all present :
• Finance & Administration
o Treasurer’s report –
 Subs for 2010 (to remain at R40) to be paid to Shirley asap
 Natal Bypass Club banking details – Account Name – Natal Bypass club, Standard Bank of SA, Branch code 042826, Account number 257360549
o Administration report –
 There had only been 30 people who had paid their 2010 subs, which was disappointing.
• Impilo drugs – George Barnes was not in attendance, but Shane informed that once there were further developments, the club would be informed, accordingly.
• 2009 End of the Year Function – the photos of everybody enjoying themselves at last years luncheon was shown to all.
5. RAFFEL DRAW
The raffle, was once again won by Sissy Farr.
GUEST SPEAKER
As an alternative to a guest speaker Shane had brought video tapes from the British Heart Foundation to be played, but technology got the better of the evening and they could not be shown.
As there was no guest speaker, time was given to the floor for any discussion.
Shirley Piek spoke on the benefits of healthy eating and Les Veckranges spoke on his experience of the side effects of using a Thrombolytic drugs (“clotbusters”), like Plavix. Many thanks to these two members for coming forward to speak those present.
After the closing of the meeting, there were a few members who took the time to socialize with one another, and from comments received the evening was a success, with no guest speaker.
Once again, my apologies that no speaker was available to address the club.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting would be on Wednesday the 4th of August 2010 at the Conference suite at the Entabeni Hospital at 17:00 for 17:30.
A copy of these minutes has been placed on the Clubs Blog site at - http://natalbypass.blogspot.com/ to view.
Issued by Shane Newman – 084 510 8738 or 031 204 5633 (office hours) or shane.newman@absamail.co.za
Chairman – Natal Bypass Club
Date : 21 July 2010