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LEE ANGLERS' CONSORTIUM

Annual General meeting and ordinary meeting.
It is hoped to combine our meeting with the LVACA one evening in mid April.

Annual General Meeting
23rd February 2006
12 member clubs were represented.
No changes to rules or prices were made.
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Delegates Meeting
12th May 2005
14 member clubs were reperesented.
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Annual General Meeting
20th January 2005
The meeting was reasonably well attended.
There were no rule changes and no changes to the officers currently in post.
Fees will all remain as they are.
Detailed reports on administration and fishery matters can be read as indicated below.
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Minutes of Delegates Meeting 9th September 2004
Rifles PH Enfield lock 8.00pm
Present: There were 12 present and the following member clubs were represented.
Ware AC, Kings Arms, Lychnobite AS, GPCA, EHWMCAC, RSA AS, Lee Division, Abbey Cross, Civil Service and T.Rowley (bailiff), D.Anderson (bailiff), D.Meadhurst (Sec & Acc't)
Apologies
Chris Bite & Hertford, Verulam, L.Pullen & Warwick and A.Wilson & Cormorant Abbott
1.Previous minutes
.The minutes had been previously circulated and Lee Division proposed and Kings Arms seconded that they be a true record.
2.Accountant's Report
Sales
Indiv season tickets adults 87 compared with last year 93 6.5% drop
Con 135 139 2.85% drop
Day tickets to end of August £7068 against £6456 a 9.5% increase but still well down on 2002
Club tickets £11530 against £12474 7.6% drop. More unsold tickets are expected to be returned bringing the figure to around £10,000 against last year's final of £11862.16% drop.
The estimated loss for 2004 originally stood at £10,290. After the BW once off for 2004/5 rent reduction the loss was re calculated at £6040. Now it would appear we are destined for a deficit of around £3090 plus £2000 special payment towards the Feildes Weir project.
Our current licence with BW expires in March 2006. At the last meeting I reported that I had agreed a once off yearly licence for 2004/5. This financial year there will be 75% of this reduction reflected in our accounts.. A fresh agreement will have to be renegotiated for 2005/6.
Our two bailiffs are experiencing mixed fortunes from day ticket returns. Tom is £1125 up on last year (28%) whilst Dave is down £514 on last year (23%).
3.Website
The web site is now up and running but still incomplete and hopefully will be completed by the end of December. The incomplete web site can be found on www.lee-anglers-consortium.co.uk with some up to date news included. The secretary requested the meeting for any photographs or news they have for the site.
4.Mobile Phones
Last meeting it was reported that there had been a change in tariffs resulting monthly bills escalating from £30/40 to £60/90. Tariffs were renegotiated with bills of around £30/35 but recently the charges have been around £50.
5.London Olympics Bid 2012.
There was nothing to report on this.
6. Matches
OAP/Disabled match Wednesday August 4th.
64 fished the match on a warm day with some good individual fish recorded. The weights and winners were read out and the secretary thanked all the helpers on the day and the RSA AS for letting us use their club room as headquarters. One club had made a donation to wards the cost of the match.
McMullens Championship Sunday Oct 3rd
The secretary confirmed that the match would be at Enfield and all clubs had been notified. He is also awaiting a letter of confirmation from Ian Kendall, LVRPA for the use of the field ( Rammey Marsh) as a car park subject to the gate being manned. The secretary appealed for any assistance concerning scales and weighing officials. Preferably 2 scales persons and one set of scales for each of the 5 sections. It was reported that it is more than likely that Zander may be caught on this match. The meeting was reminded that pike are not allowed but there was no rule to cover Zander if such a situation arose. Civil Service proposed and seconded by Lee Division that Zander be banned from the match. The motion was carried 5 votes to 3..
Fishery
7.Lee Park Way
The secretary had written to the Parks Fishery Manager, Gary Smith providing the LAC's insurance details but there has been no reply. The licence expires in March 2006 and a decision will have to made whether we renew the licence.
8.Fish Stocks
There has been little seen of the carp restocked last January and December. The EA are continuing to undertake regular surveys along the same stretches of the Lee Nav. Last week's survey saw the Dicker Mill stretch with few fish but Enfield, Ponders and Picketts results were a lot higher than previously recorded. It was reported that the Enfield and Ponders End had both produced good roach for those who have not forgotten their hemp, tares and berry skills. The secretary was personally surprised with the quality of the roach at Ponders with the odd roach touching the pound mark. At the start of the season bream to 11lbs came from Feildes Weir and Dave reports chub to 1.5 lbs showing in the weir. They have not been seem for some time. The Anglers Mail carried a an article last week of a Mike Faulkner taken a pb carp of 40.01 lbs. It states that some of his carp have tags but he has no idea where they come from.
9. Crayfish and the future
The joint project under the auspices of the LVACA got under way some weeks ago and many problems have had to be addressed. Dave Anderson has done his best but in the end he had to suspend operations until the cooler weather returned. It still looks extremely doubtful whether the scheme can be self financing. Illegal trapping is now occurring on a regular basis but nothing is from an organised movement.
It is important that more LVACA member clubs join the scheme.
10. Cormorants
Nothing new to help fishery of a linear nature like the Lee but with the sudden resurgence of roach on the middle Lee one dreads to estimate the impact these birds will have in the coming months.
11.Illegal fishing
This has not been such a problem this year up but is still occurs and EA assistance is required. The Police have not shown any interest since the swans have been left alone. Response from the EA always is a little too late with the illegal person already having left the site. LAA officer John Sullivan reported in the local Guardians his concerns regarding poachers. He is neither a spokesman for the LAC or a Lee Navigation bailiff (apart perhaps for the LAA stretch at Rye House) but his publicity did know harm. The secretary had been contacted by BBC London radio who wanted to interview him.
12.Fishery Action Plan Lee Catchment.
The final document should shortly be available for public information. It is now important the we do not lose sight of the various issues raised for examination. As part of the publicity the secretary was interviewed for three slots on BBC5Live 'Fish' programme but unfortunately they recorded over the first edition and have yet to come back to repeat the interview.
13.FAP Fish Refuges
A second tranche of fish refuges was installed at Enfield. We have been very lucky to secure these refuges from the EA bearing in mind their limited finances available for such schemes.
14.Feildes Weir Project.
It is believed that the Groundwork have finally submitted the joint scheme to the EA for approval. There has also been some hiccup with the responsibilities for ongoing maintenance of the scheme once complete. However, the secretary is hopeful he has sorted this problem out.
15.Hertford Platforms
Yes at long last we have a success storey to report. BW has finally installed 14 platforms at Dickers Mill. This was despite the NABO allegedly trying to get all resident Hertford boats to write in to BW to get the project dropped. Fortunately BW stuck to their promise and we must be very grateful to Louise Fishleigh, BW's Recreation Officer for getting the scheme finalised.
16.Overhead Pylons
Despite constant reminders to BW there has been no progress on the promised pylon cables risk assessment to be carried out by National Grid safety officers. This item has been highlighted in the Lee FAP and the secretary has had some initial discussions with NAFAC concerning the position they hold by sitting on the Overhead Cables Committee.
17.Insurance
All of those clubs who have still to send their list of members with LAC membership numbers need to complete to maintain the validity of our insurance cover.
18.Dog Foul Waste Bins
The secretary had received a BW,s press release that they are to install 1000 new bins across the country. The bailiffs reported that 20 are to be installed along the Lee and the first have been seen at Ponders End.
19.Government Row
There had been a report that the residents of Government Row had been approached by BW to take a licence on BW land abutting the river and in front of their homes with a review to using the land for additional garden etc. The secretary had contacted BW and he an email refuting the idea and was basically called a malicious rumour. T.Rowley will try to get a copy of the apparent correspondence.
20.Any other business
Several questions were answered from the floor.
Kings Arms raised the problem of access to the 'Meads' below Hertford Lock.
It was recalled that previous discussion had taken place with Thames Water/EA but the matter had never been concluded. D.Anderson agreed to raise the matter again with his contact at Thames Water.
10th September 2004
Secretary D.Meadhurst