FRIENDS OF RYTON COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

Date: 26^th January 2010

Time: 7.30 pm.

Venue: Community Room, Syd Cowans Sports Hall.

Present: Richard Griffiths, Judith Donaldson, Carolyn Willoughby, Brian Willoughby, Dave Campbell, Trish Campbell, Susan Forster, Carolyn Below, Derek Marrs, Chris Robson, Wendy Morgan, Becky Polito, Steve Williamson

Apologies for absence: Susan Forster, Steve Williamson

Minutes and action

Area	Comment	Responsible	Timescale
Matters Arising	On agenda
Review of Winter Fair	Thanks to all especially donations team Breakdown of receipts and costs was shared – total profit £1854 Points for next year: recruit elves early! Dispense with raffle and use Wheel of Furtune instead Attractions for very young affected by low nu7mbers – advertise earlier Coordinate with other local events more. Agenda for September	SWI	Sept 2010
Funding Applications	Music request to fund Northern Synfonia visit to school. To be shared with other schools too. Agreed to £500 and cheque to be passed on.	SWI	28^th Jan
Future Events	Big Band Night – as last year, FoRCS agreed to run bar. DM volunteered to shop. Volunteers TBC next meeting Offer of free room at Rugby Club. Explore summer Band night for mix of student/adult bands. CR to sound out band, SWI to speak to Music dept. SF to check with Rugby Club6thor 7^th May as suggested date. York trip in November but planned in September	DM FoRCS CR SWI SF CW and others	30^th March 2^nd March 2^nd March
AOB	RGR/JD to explore idea of permanent licensee training/status Noted local history project to collect stories from elderly residents on 30^th March	RGR/JD	2^nd March

Meeting closed 8:40pm

Next Meeting Tuesday 17^th November 2009