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Solent Branch

Branch Officers 2007-2008

Chairman: Capt Richard Eastham

Vice Chairman, Capt Colin Thomas

Vice Chairman, Sea: Capt Matt Winter

Hon. Secretary: Lt Cdr Peter Aylott

Hon.Treasurer: Capt David Gibbons

Meetings Programme for 2007/2008

Thursday 13th September 2007

              THE SOLENT BRANCH OF THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE.

                              EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Thursday, September 13th. 2007, at the Southampton Master Mariners’ Club

The meeting convened at 1930 with 24 members in attendance.
Apologies were received from Q.Cox,.I.Walters, PKC Harris, I.Lawler, I.Russell, I.Odd, P.Grant, M.Plumridge, J.Habberley, J.Styles, J.Milner,C.Lowe, A.McDowall, J.Funnell and L.Morris.
Vice Chairman (Sea) Matt Winter extended a special welcome to Philip Wake, Chief Executive of The Nautical Institute. He thanked the SMMC for affording the use of the Clubroom and “Liz” for running the bar and assuaging our thirst.
Matt invited the meeting to comment on the future (or otherwise) of the Solent Branch and, in response, Rob Hoole welcomed the initiative to “revitalise” the branch but hoped that it would not “eventually wither on the vine”.

The Branch Secretary, Reg Kelso, was asked to initiate the election procedure and he reported to the meeting that he had three nominations for office – one for each of the vacant positions viz Branch Chairman, Vice Chairman and Branch Secretary.
The nomination for Branch Chairman was Richard Eastham, proposed by George Lang and seconded by George Angas, the nomination for Vice Chairman was Colin Thomas, proposed by Barry Peck and seconded by Doug Gates and the nomination for Branch Secretary was Peter Aylott, proposed by Reg Kelso and seconded by David Gibbons.
The meeting was invited to endorse each appointment individually and voting was unanimous.
Reg Kelso explained that there would not be an appointment as “Meetings Secretary” as experience had indicated that this was unnecessary. If it was deemed expedient to reintroduce this post a further decision would be made at the 2008 AGM.

The Branch Committee currently comprises:
Q.Cox   I.Walters* G.Lang P.Grant* I.Odd* together with “ex officio” Committee members   N.Hardy* M.Barnett   F.Greenfield   A.Peacock N.Beer J.Lang and I.Lawler*
* denotes “seafaring”

Nominations for membership of the Committee were invited from the “floor” of the meeting and the following names were forthcoming:
Rod Hoole    George Angas    Paul Docherty   and Claire Hogan
The nominations were unanimously endorsed by the meeting

Richard Eastham then took the Chair of the meeting and initiated a general discussion on the modus operandi of the Branch in the year(s) ahead. Reg Kelso had tabled a paper explaining the various categories of meetings and events – Branch meetings, Speaker meetings, Social events and Committee meetings – and hoped that Branch meetings would be reinstated to encourage the greater involvement of the membership. The meeting endorsed this viewpoint and the Chairman then announced a short interval after which there would be brief discussion about the venues, timings and format of future meetings, together with “Any other Business”.

               A FULL REPORT WILL BE CIRCULATED IN “SEAWAYS”

Thursday 25th October 2007

“HMS ASTUTE – A SUBMARINE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS”

This vessel is the first of a new class of SSN’s currently under construction for the Royal Navy and has been designed
to keep the Royal Navy at the forefront of the submarine “world” for years to come.

VENUE: Warsash Maritime Academy, Newtown Road, Warsash

SPEAKER: Lieutenant S. Owen, Royal Navy.
(Ship’s Towed Array & Sonar Officer)

This is a joint meeting of the Solent Branches of the NI and the RIN.

Wednesday 31st October 2007

“A baptism of fire; managing the MSC Napoli incident”

We are indebted to the Hampshire & Dorset Branch of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
for inviting us to attend what will undoubtedly be a fascinating discussion.

SPEAKER: Mr. Robin Middleton, SOSREP.

meeting report

Friday & Saturday 9th &10th November 2007

"Pollution from Ships"

The London and Solent Branches of the Nautical Institute present the fifth in their Maritime Excellence programme of events.

This 2 day event will be held at the Novotel, Southampton.

Wednesday 5th December 2007

"The Loss of the RMS Titanic: A Marine Accident Investigator's view"

Rear Admiral John Lang, Former UK Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents

Queen Elizabeth II Terminal, Southampton Docks
(Dock Gate 4)

for further information phone 023 8033 3106

Tuesday 22nd January 2008

Branch discussion meeeting
subject "Master-Pilot relationship and berth to berth navigation"

Venue: The Southampton Master Mariners' Club
Time: 1900

Tuesday 19th February 2008

"Long Range Identification System - possibilities and implications"
Michael Rambaut, Secretary-General CIRM (Comite International Radio-Maritime)

Venue: Warsash Maritime Academy (Whalley Wakeford Lecture Theatre)
Time: 1900.

Tuesday 18th March 2008

Branch Discusion Meeting.

Professional topics to be covered include E-Navigation and a report from IMO's Standards of Training and Watchkeeping Committe
on the proposals for changes to the STCW Code.
The subsequent programme for 2008 and the branch future will also be discussed.

Venue: The Southampton Master Mariners' Club
Time: 1900.

Thursday 17th April 2008

"Future Harbour Operations using Pseudolites"
Dr Charles Dixon

Venue: Warsash Maritime Academy
Time 1900

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Branch AGM
Venue: Clubroom, The Southampton Master Mariners' Club
Time: 1900

Agenda
Minutes of the 2007 AGM
Matter Arising
Election of Officers
Election of Committtee Members
Branch Accounts
2008/2009 Programme
Any Other Business

Election of Officers & Committee
It is expected that the Branch Officers and Committee members elected at the Extraordinary General Meeting in September 2007 will continue to serve for the forthcoming year.
However any branch member wanting to be considered for nomination should forward their name to the Barnch Secretary (Peter Aylot, {PDA@nautinst.org}).
Note that any nominations for Office should include a proposer and seconder.

It is hoped that Solent Branch menmbers will make every endeavour to attend this important meeting.

Dates for Professional Bodies in Southern UK
A quick reference diary of dates for meetings of the Local branches of the Nautical Institute, The Royal Institute of Navigation and the Hampshire and Dorset Group of the Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK).

Southampton Master Mariners' Club

Warsash Maritime Academy

Hants & Dorset Group of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)

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