13th September 2009

13th December 2009

14th March 2010

13th June 2010

All meetings held at Old Swan Conservative Club, commencing at 8:00 pm

Agenda for the Council Meeting - 14th March 2010 at Old Swan Conservative Club, commencing at 8:00 pm

1.  Apologies for absence
2.  Minutes of the last meeting
3.  Matters Arising
4.  Chairman’s report
5.  General Secretary’s report
6.  Treasurer’s report
7.  Assistant General Secretary’s report
8.  Area Reports
9.  Competitions
10. AOB
11. Next meeting

Minutes of the Council meeting of the Merseyside Quiz Leagues held at Old Swan Conservative Club on Sunday 13th December at 8:00 pm

1. 1. Apologies: Were received from Brian & Elaine Bates, Brian Cunningham, Dag Griffiths, Jack Bennett, Paul Davitt, John Ralphs, David Hodgson and Bill Thomas. Six councillors were in attendance.

2. Minutes of previous meeting: The previous minutes having been circulated were accepted as a true and fair record.

3. Matters Arising: Warrington League had commented on the cost of production of the local handbooks, it was decided that this matter be an agenda item at the next Council meeting.

4. Chairman's report: None.

5. General Secretary's report: The General Secretary felt that the season was progressing satisfactorily.

6. Treasurer's report: The Treasurer had sent a current balance sheet; there was nothing to report.

7. Assistant General Secretary's report: The AGS was in contact with both Question Distributors and both were currently in a good position. He was also in contact with all areas to ensure a constant supply of question sets. There had been an instance where two rounds of questions had been repeated in two sets from the Ormskirk league, it seemed that this had been an unfortunate error made when photocopying. However this had caused some problems in the Wirral league, a set would be made available at the appropriate time later in the season.

8. Area reports: Liverpool -LQL were playing under slightly different rules whereby the individual can 'have a go' at his own question without penalty, there was overall approval for the system but it seemed to be favouring the stronger teams. Northern -No report. Ormskirk - No report. Southport & Formby - Committee member and long time quizzer Tony Evans had passed away. Warrington - WQL's oldest quizzer Tommy Cain and his brother Bernard had both passed away. Wirral - No report.

9. Competitions: President's Shield - Four rounds of matches had been played, the finals night would take place at St Mary's Old Boys Club. President's Trophy - Was at the halfway stage. Merseyside Challenge Cup - The group stage had been completed and the draws were made for the knock-out stages of both the Challenge Cup and MQL Plate.

10. Any other business: Some trophies had been refurbished; these had been returned to the teams that had won them. Brian Thompson reported on a 6th form quiz held in Wirral that had been supported for many years by the Bebington United Nations Group, this organisation was disbanding and Brian asked if MQL, via the Wirral league, could assist. Brian would contact the Wirral league.

11. Next meeting: Sunday 14th March at 8pm at Old Swan Cons.

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Merseyside Quiz Leagues held at St Mary's Old Boys Club, Crosby on Sunday 26th April 2009 (commenced 8pm)

1. Apologies for absence
Nineteen members attended, representing fourteen teams Apologies were received from Bob Wilkie, Bill Thomas, Karen McDonald, Frank Smith, Norman Green and John Ralphs

2. The minutes of the previous AGM
The minutes, having been circulated to all teams, were accepted as a true and fair record of the meeting. Proposed by Angela Houghton and seconded by Brian Bates.

3. Matters Arising
There were no matters arising.

4. Chairman's report
The Chairman thanked all the League's officers for their work, paying particular note to officials of the local leagues. He also reported on the dinner that had been held to mark the Golden Jubilee of the MQL, Barry Simmons of 'Eggheads' had been the main speaker and the evening had been very successful. He thanked Angela Houghton for her organisation of the event.

5. General Secretary's report
The General Secretary thanked the Assistant Gen Sec, all the area Gen Secs and Madeline Evans who had been standing in for Norman Green during his illness and in particular the question distributors who this season had worked under difficult circumstances but had ensured that the season had run smoothly. He also commented on problems encountered during the Mimir and Feeny and Rendon competitions.

6. Treasurer's report
The Treasurer presented the audited accounts and explained them to the meeting. There had been a high cost at the presentation evening in 2008 and also there were two Mimir finals within the same financial year. The Presidential Challenge Finals night had been held as a separate event this year and there were also costs incurred involved with the Jubilee celebrations. All of these factors contributed towards an expected loss of approximately £600 in all over the season.
He also gave details of the Quiz Festival being held to celebrate the Golden Jubilee.
He proposed that the fee remain at £20 per team, seconded by Peter Richardson and carried nem con.

7. Assistant General Secretary's report
The Assistant General Secretary reported on a successful season.

8. Election of Officers
Officers elected were:
Chairman: Frank McFarlane
General Secretary: Cliff Houghton
Treasurer: Dag Griffiths
Deputy Chairman: Norman Green
Deputy General Secretary: Brian Thompson
Auditors: Peter Richardson and Paul Davitt

9. Proposals
One proposal had been received 'All MQL competitions will be played on either a Wednesday or Thursday by agreement of the teams involved and in the event of a disagreement then the match date defaults to the Wednesday'. Proposed by Triangle and seconded by Yarboroughs.
After discussion the proposal was amended to read ' MQL competitions other than the Feeny and Rendon Cups will be played on either a Wednesday or Thursday by agreement of the teams involved and in the event of a disagreement then the match date defaults to the Wednesday' This motion was passed by 9 votes to 3 with 2 abstentions.

The meeting closed at 8.40pm and there followed a discussion about the Feeny and Rendon competitions.