Minutes of last meeting :- There was no proposer that the minutes of the last meeting were a true record, but the member without portfolio seconded the non proposal and it was unanimously voted that they were near enough to being a true record.

Committee reports :- Proposed that while the Social Secretary is acting as Raving Ambassador (seeing as he is always globe trotting) the Secretary will carry out his duties of Social Sec while he is away.

Treasurer’s report. We got £21.00 in the kitty

Social Secretary’s report. As he has so much to tell us after his trips to Hong Kong, and Thailand, he said he will fill us in later when his wife is not listening.

 

Chairman’s request, That we make up a list of members owing to fact that we don’t really know who is and who isn’t a member. This is being aggravated by the fact that some people are claiming to be members when it suits them and denying the fact when the going gets tough.

Raving Ambassador’s report, He told us that he has received diplomatic enquires from certain regulars at the Poundfold XXX and was urged to cultivate relations with them, owing to the fact that thy got a great pint of Speckled Hen over there and a twining arrangement with them could be advantageous to us.

He also told us that there was a possibility that the Wildfowler in Clase looked a promising proposition for a twining arrangement and asked us if we would like him to look into it. We decided that this would be too dangerous a mission for him and suggested that he stick to his original plan to go to Afghanistan to find the whereabouts of Bin Laden .

 

Management Liaison Officer’s report. The MLO has had to deal with two complaints since the last meeting, the first was, that one of our members was using a mobile phone in the gents bog. We have been asked to discourage this as it bringing down the tone of the place. He reported that he had looked into this case and the reason the member was forced to use his mobile phone was that there was no loo paper on the roll and the only way he could think of to get some quickly was to phone his wife at home to bring some down. Seeing as she told him to bog off he then rang his best buddy, who thought it was a wind up (it’s not everyday someone rings you on their mobile to fetch them some bog roll). As a result of this report the members of VICE decided that this was a crap issue and they would like to dump it.So we were unanimous in deciding to wipe out this complaint before someone gets in the shit.

The second complaint involved the new notice board, MM has complained that it is too difficult to put pins into it. This is quite unbelievable as we all know she has had many years of practice sticking pins into things, especially small doll like images of Ken, and anyone else who steps on her toes. The matter was resolved when the member without portfolio asked "what the hell is she doing sticking things on our notice board?"

The MLO was then officially thanked for his fine work in producing a first class notice board for VICE matters. The member without portfolio (MWP) then thanked the MLO for going this far in the meeting without resigning, this is a first!

Curry night

Things are going to plan but MM said she is very much against a certain member attending at the subsidised rate seeing as he took 50p in change from the collection on Children in Need Night. She then threatened to leave the pup for good and never come back if this were to happen. The members thought that this as too good a chance to miss. so it was suggested that the member in question should have a doubly discounted rate just to make sure. It was also proposed that to make absolutely certain it would be a good idea if he came twice. The MLO said his wife often wanted him to do that but he has never managed it yet.

Valentines Night

It is proposed that we have a dinner in the cellar bar on or near the night as this would be a good opportunity to bring the women out. Plans are being made.

Bar person of the month

There was only one nomination this month owing to the fact that the award cannot be won by the same person two months in a row. The unanimous decision was that the award go to Catherine for the excellent service she has provided during November. The Honoury Life Member said he would have to abstain from the voting as he was technically engaged to her and did not want to be accused of nepotism. It is well known that he is an anti-nepotancer, and there is a file on record to this effect in the central police station.

Honoury Life Member

It was agreed that "The Prof" should be made an honoury life member in recognition of all the fine work he has carried out with regard to membership cards, beer mats and the like. He has asked us to put something in the minutes to this effect as he is looking for a bit of glory, and he has not had much lately, quite the opposite in fact. On this matter it is worth noting that a letter of thanks has been received from The Black Boy Inn, for taking him on board and giving him so much to do at the Village Inn, that he no longer has the time to frequent there any more.

Any other business

It was brought up that no matter how quickly one leaves the Village Inn, saying good night to (Tony) the Raving Ambassador, by the time you get to another pub he is always there before you. Is this a mystery? The matter was explained by the fact that Swansea University has been experimenting for a number of years with a new cloning technique and that the original cell donor was Tony. So Swansea west is now full of "Tony’s Clonies"

 

The meeting ended at 7.00pm with an award cremony for beer of the month.