The first "official" London Bluebirds committee meeting was held before the Palace game.

I have produced brief minutes below - if anyone spots any errors/ommissions, please feel free to put me right!:
 
Mission statement
It was agreed that it would be a good idea to have a “mission statement” to agree the club goals and objectives, which could be put on the front page of the website – something along the lines of :
We are a supporters club for Cardiff City fans living in the South of England, with the goals of facilitating tickets and match travel, and ancilliary social events.
Please feel free to suggest any improvements to this wording.

Club name
We will stick with the name “London Bluebirds” for the rest of the season. Once we have a fully paid up membership (see “Membership Fees” section) we can take nominations for alternative names and vote for a name going forward.

Officers:

Chairman                             Chris O
Membership Sec                 Jo Murray
Treasurer                            The General
Travel Officer                      Glyn Thomas
The Entertainment              Shandy
Message Board Admin       Tom Carter plus the rest of the committee
These roles to remain in place for this season, and once we have a fully paid up membership we can hold a proper vote for these posts in the hope of finding a better bunch than this lot (!)

Funds
Chris O to ascertain from the General how much was transferred from the 1927 Club (£380?).
Funds are in the first instance to be used to lock the message board (see “Message Board” section)

Membership fees
No fees to be charged for the rest of the season.
Membership fee for 2014/15 season will be £10, with under 18s free (There was a suggestion of £20 for a family membership, but we agreed for next season that kids go free)
We will open membership for next season very early – May? – as once we have a fully paid up membership we can then vote on various issues such as name, committee etc.

Supporters Club
Glyn to liaise with the Supporters Club in order to ascertain cost and benefits of us affiliating and report back

Message Board (MB)
Following agreement to allocate funds to lock the MB, we are to ask Tom Carter/Dave Samuel if either of them are able to take this forward for us. We will pay any fees associated with it, plus pay them for their time . Chris O to e-mail Tom/Dave.
If anyone posts abuse on the MB, the post will be deleted by one of the moderators and a warning issued. If they post abuse for the 2nd time, they will then be banned from the MB. Let’s hope it never comes to this…!

Player sponsorship
Next season, we will consider sponsorship of a player’s shirt (blue away, and not number 27!). The money for this not to come out of club funds, but to come from individual member contributions. At the end of the season, draw to be taken place amongst the contributors for who gets the shirt, with draw tickets to be allocated in proportion to money donated. From the general consensus on Saturday, we should get enough money to sponsor a shirt.

Tickets
Glyn to speak with Mona at the Ticket Office to see if our tickets can be allocated in a block together, so we can all sit together when the host club enforce a “sit in your allocated seats” policy.

Travel
Glyn as Travel Officer will pick a train for away games and post it on the MB, so people can book tickets and travel together

Credit/Debit card
Can we get a club credit or debit card? If so, we can use it to block book tickets for games/trains and then collect the money from individual members. Chris O to ask the General if he can investigate this and report back.

Creche !
Consideration to be given to setting up a crèche for members children(!!!). It was at this point that it became obvious that we had all already drunk far too much, and the meeting was adjourned. In retrospect, I for one wish we had kept going and not bothered with the game….!