Minutes of the East Yorkshire Ranger Council meeting
held on Tuesday 26th June 2001 at Paull

Units present :
Driffield, Holderness, Wolfreton
Apologies for absence : Brough/Elloughton

Matters arising from the last meeting The Ranger Council Constitution was briefly discussed after being looked at by the chair before the meeting. It was found that one adult should be present for advisory purposes.

Foot and mouth (D of E expeditions) Joy Thompson, the D of E adviser, reported that no expeditions are allowed to take place and as a result of this everyone now has until the age of 26 to complete the Duke of Edinburgh awards.

Future events : Future events suggested for this summer included gliding which seemed very popular and potholing which was fairly unpopular. The lightweight training camp, which is normally held in July, will now be held in Sept/Oct probably in Beverley. It will probably not be a camping event. These changes are also due to foot and mouth.
It was decided that we would like to organise some county events. The idea of a day at Barton doing water sports was very popular. This is now being organised. It is likely to happen on a Saturday in September. We will try to get details out to everyone as soon as possible.
We would like to make it a senior section, not just a Ranger event.
The ideas of staying in the camping barn in Dalby Forest and of a Dutch Dash or similar event were also suggested as possible county events. The Dutch Dash was suggested for February half-term and the camping barn for Easter time.
Silly Chilly will be held again next spring.
In April the Commissioner's Challenge event will be held. This will involve such events as survival cooking.

Service Teams : From 4th - 10th August 2001, Unite 2001 is being held at Raywell. It is an international event for Scouts and Guides aged between 10 and 16 years. If anyone is interested in being part of the service team contact Pam Greaves.
In 2002 Flight is being held from 3rd to 10th August also at Raywell (Guideacres). Anyone interested in being a part of the service team for this event should contact Sue Whittleton .

Next meeting : The next Ranger Council meeting will be the AGM. It will be held in Willerby on Friday 26 October at 8pm. For details of how to get there contact Sue Whittleton . We would greatly appreciate a good turn out as everyone seemed very interested in pursuing the idea of activities on a county level, as some Ranger Units are quite small. We acknowledge that communication needs to be improved as people often find out about the meetings at very short notice. In order to try to solve this problem an email list was started which will be sent to everyone on the email list. To obtain a copy of this list or to join it contact Frances Thompson .

AOB If anyone wants details about service projects or D of E please contact Joy Thompson.

 

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