Club Emergency Meeting - Sat 26th Nov 12 noon

There will be an emergency meeting of the club on Saturday 26th November at 12 noon to enable members to work through solutions to the problems currently being experienced in the Men's rugby section.

This meeting is open to all members and potential members.

Due to the fact that playing rugby is the core of what Millwall is about and the size and financial contribution the men's section makes, we encourage anyone interested in the club's future to attend.

After the meeting we will be able to watch the Venus game on Millwall Park KO 2pm.

Please indicate your intention to attend to secretary@millwallrugby.com

Update from Clubhouse Committee Meeting 22nd Nov

A meeting of the Clubhouse Committee was held tonight and was well attended.

Here is a summary of info shared at the meeting and decisions made:

• Kronenbourg will soon be replaced with a new premium lager, Budweiser Budvar 5% and will be launched at just £2.90 per pint.
• Wiggy, Gareth & Ryan will now have some discretion to trial new products, so let them know if you have any requests. They will also have some discretion on promotional pricing so that the club's stock is managed in the best interests of our members and we reduce wastage.
• Gaymers will stay for the time being but will now be sold at the incredible new price of £2 per pint and Magners Apple will be withdrawn to reduce stock costs.
• Our bar volunteers have decided they are willing to work for you guys completely for the love of it, so clubhouse credits have been withdrawn. Read more.
• With immediate effect there is now a "list of approved bar people". Read more.
• The new hire process was noted. Read more.
• Children are now welcome in the clubhouse only until 8pm on any night of the week when the bar is open. This appears to be in line with the wishes of most of our members (importantly, players) and is in line with the need to protect younger members and members' children. Exceptions to this may be advertised from time to time for children/family focused events.
• Sophie is looking into checking that we are still fully compliant with COSHH and Fire Safety and that our bar volunteers know their responsibilities
• Gareth is going to be looking into the sound/audio equipment and look at replacing some of the equipment Dawn & Kev loaned us - anyone interested in donating, please contact Gareth.
• Our bar volunteers are now going to be cleaning the bar and tables instead of our paid cleaner so that she can focus her time (and hence the club's money) on other areas. Our cooks will continue to clean up the kitchen after use, and anyone providing food must not leave leftovers in the fridges for someone else to dispose of.
• Sheridan is going to look after Food & Beverage hygiene standards and ensure fridge/ovens etc are kept clean.
• Mike Beech will work with our treasurer on stock control, till procedures and ullage.
• Clubhouse Committee is keen to start the process of looking for a new clubhouse manager and two people have already expressed interest.  In the interest of fairness and getting the best deal for the club, we invite proposals by 7th Dec. Read more.

You will see that a number of people have stepped up and taken responsibility for things to save the club (and you our members) money.  A big thank you to all who have volunteered.

Clubhouse Manager - Invitation for Proposals

The clubhouse committee has been approached by two club members interested in running the bar and clubhouse facilities - essentially becoming the next "Clubhouse Manager".

In the interests of being open and fair to all concerned, the clubhouse committee would like to invite anyone else interested in the position to submit written proposals by 11pm on Wednesday 7th December to secretary@millwallrugby.com.

As a guide, proposals should be in electronic format in a Word/PDF document or similar and would ideally include information about:

• The hours you could invest
• Any monetary reward you might seek to gain
• Your experience of running food/beverage operations
• Your knowledge of hygiene, fire, health & safety requirements
• Your communication/marketing/admin expertise
• Your business/commercial expertise
• Your understanding of what you think our customers/members want
• How you will attract players to the club by making the clubhouse a great place to be
• Any areas of the clubhouse facilities/operations you consider out-of-scope

The clubhouse committee has indicated that it sees this role as a full time role and anyone interested should ideally be free of other work commitments, although will still consider other proposals.

Anyone interested who would like more information about bar financials/figures should contact the treasurer at treasurer@millwallrugby.com

Proposals received by 7th December will be reviewed by the Clubhouse Committee and a recommendation will be put forward to the Club Management Committee that will make the final decision.

Clubhouse Credits

The clubhouse committee has decided that the clubhouse credit system no longer appear to be required to motivate volunteers to work on our bar.  So in the interests of saving the club and its members money, the clubhouse committee has decided to withdraw clubhouse credits. This will be reviewed if need be in future.

This takes effect immediately and we hope you will recognise the personal commitment the bar team is making in doing this for the club.

Anyone who accrued hours before today, will be allocated credits as per the old process.

If you want to say thanks - feel free to offer to buy our barmen/women a drink or two if their glass is empty - you'll find they will often politely decline but will appreciate the gesture nevertheless.

Approved bar volunteers list

In the interests of the good governance of the club and its assets, which are owned by you our members, Clubhouse Committee & the Club Management Committee has decided to introduce a "list of approved people to work on the bar, serve drinks/operate till etc". This takes effect from today, Wed 23rd November.

Initially the list comprises:

• All CMC members (Dave, Andrew, Edna, Randall, Louise, Ryan and Kerry)
• Martin (Wiggy) Ward
• Sheridan Cryer
• Gareth Parkhill
• Sophie Buckman
• Mike Beech
• Andrea Bielska
• Paul Fisher

These people have all agreed to take responsibility for learning what they need to know about opening/closing the bar, locking up, till procedures, barrel changing, stock control, food/beverage hygiene, licensing law etc.

For situations such as busy nights, when it might be helpful to have an extra helper, other club members may operate the bar so long as they are supervised by one of these approved people (and then leave the bar when the approved person steps out from the bar).

Operationally, this list of approved people will be maintained by the Secretary, displayed on the bar noticeboard and added to as needed with the approval of either the Secretary or the Chairman. New additions will be expected to take responsibility for learning what they need to know before being added.  If you want to be considered for the list you should contact the Secretary or Chairman.

Reminder RBS Six Nations - Applications for Tickets Open Closing Tonight!!

Hi All,

I hope you had a great weekend and managed to get your fix of Rugby, I just wanted to follow up on my email from last week and send you a quick reminder that applications for Six Nations tickets will be closing tonight, so today is your last chance to get involved.

The RFU have confirmed our allocation of the “away” tickets, so please find the details below of all our allocations, so if you are interested in them please let us know today.

This is one of the great benefits of being a member of the Club and something that we work hard to provide to our members.

HOME

· England v Wales, Saturday the 25th Feb 2012 KO 16.00, Home Twickenham (Priced at £80, £65, £56, £40)

o 17 x £80

o 6 x £65

o 3 x £56

o 2 x £40

· England v Ireland, Saturday the 17th Mar 2012 KO 17.00, Home Twickenham (Priced at £80, £65, £56, £40)

o 17 x £80

o 6 x £65

o 3 x £56

o 2 x £40

AWAY

· Scotland v England at Murrayfield, 4th Feb 2012 KO 17.00 (6 Tickets available at £50 each)

· Italy v England, Stadio Olimpico Rome, 11th Feb 2012 KO 17.00 (6 Tickets available at £35.50 each)

· France v England, Paris, 11th Mar 2012 KO 16.00 (6 Tickets available at £40 each)

As you can see tickets are limited.

The important dates:

15th of November - Application period will closes.
20th of November - You will have been notified of whether you’ve been successful.
25th of November - Payment in full must have been received, this is to allow us time to sell them to an approved hospitality vendor or to return any unsold tickets to the RFU.

If we are over subscribed preference will given to those who volunteer for the Club.

To get access to these tickets, you first need to make sure your club membership is paid and up to date.

Lastly please remember the tickets are for personal use, if you are caught selling them on to a ticket tout or on the internet the Club will getin trouble and may well have our ticket allocation reduced or removed.

The original notice can be found on the Clubs website along with all the latest news.

Thanks to the people who have already responded and we will be getting back to you later this week to confirm numbers and price of tickets.

If you have any questions please let us know.

Regards,

David & Andrew & Edna

Duty Managers Required!

Could you be a Clubhouse Duty Manager ?


As part of re-structuring the clubhouse management we are looking for a number of volunteers to step up and become Duty Managers at the clubhouse.

Duty Managers will be in charge of the clubhouse on their nominated evenings. Responsibilities include, Opening & Closing the clubhouse, cashing up & ensuring that the clubs rules and processes are followed by all patrons.

Duty Managers will also supervise any other bar staff working that evening.


Duty Managers must be current members and willing to commit to running regular evenings.


So if you have a bit of spare time please consider this as your way of contributing to our great club!


Interested? More Information? email ryan@millwallrugby.com

RBS Six Nations - Applications for Tickets Open NOW!!

Hi All

With the World Cup finally coming to a close and the All Blacks lifting the Webb Ellis trophy after a 24 year drought, our attention can move back to the Northern Hemisphere and the RBS Six Nations.

It looks like its going to be a cracking tournament with Wales and France on a high after the World Cup and Ireland and England fighting to regain some form and get back on track. Can Italy and Scotland throw a spanner in the works and cause a couple of upsets.

It’s all to play for and this is your opportunity as a member of the Club to be there, soak up the atmosphere and support your team.

This year the Club has an allocation of tickets to the two England internationals at Twickenham and we have requested tickets for the away games.

Below are the details of the games and how to apply for tickets.

HOME
England v Wales, Saturday the 25th Feb 2012 KO 16.00, Home Twickenham (Priced at £80, £65, £56, £40)
England v Ireland, Saturday the 17th Mar 2012 KO 17.00, Home Twickenham (Priced at £80, £65, £56, £40)

AWAY

Scotland v England, 4th Feb 2012 KO 17.00 (prices not available yet)
Italy v England, 11th Feb 2012 KO 17.00 (prices not available yet) France v England, 11th Mar 2012 KO 16.00 (prices not available yet)

This year we will not be running a raffle, so to apply for tickets please email the Club on internationaltickets@millwallrugby.com with the following information:

Which game you would like to go to? How many tickets you would like? Please note that there is a limit of 4 tickets per member, if the game is oversubscribed but if you want more let us know anyway. Your preferred price (£80, £65, £56, £40)? Are you flexible on the price of the tickets?

In addition to the cost of the ticket the Club will be charging an admin fee of £5 per tickets, payable at the time of purchase.

Remember these tickets can not be bought buy the general public and fetch a premium of nearly £40 if we sold them directly to approved hospitality providers, so make sure you take advantage of this great opportunity and privilege of being a member of the Club.

The important dates:

15th of November - Application period will closes.
20th of November - You will have been notified of whether you’ve been successful.
25th of November - Payment in full must have been received, this is to allow us time to sell them to an approved hospitality vendor or to return any unsold tickets to the RFU.

If we are over subscribed preference will given to those who volunteer for the Club.

To get access to these tickets, you first need to make sure your club membership is paid and up to date.

We are only allowed to let you purchase tickets if you have been a member for at least 2 weeks prior to purchase,so make sure you pay your club membership now if this affects you.

Lastly remember the tickets are for personal use, if you are caught selling them on to a ticket tout or on the internet the Club will get in trouble and may well have our ticket allocation reduced or removed.

Good Luck and I hope to see you all down at the Club in the run up to Christmas.

Regards,

David & Andrew & Edna

Open for Millwall Park Fireworks 7.30pm Saturday 5th November

Instead of hosting a display in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets will be holding this year's firework display in Millwall Park next to our club!

The event is on Saturday 5th November at 7.30pm.

Full details here: http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/millwall-park-fireworks-display.aspx and here: http://www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk/?guide=Events&cat=10&cid=44709

Here is the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208480149224065

Wiggy will be managing the bar and will be open from 4pm to 11pm.  In view of the crowds expected, access will be strictly MEMBERS and their SIGNED-IN guests only.  We would be grateful for members' assistance in enforcing this tonight.

Tonight, children of our members who are properly accompanied and supervised will be welcomed up until 11pm.