Griffin Speculators Investment Club

MINUTES

Griffin Speculators Investment Club

Minutes of meeting held on Wed 1st November 2000


Present: Jon Kitch, Paul Manning, Nick Walch, Richard Poole, Ian
Cosford, Dean Cunliffe, Pauline Naylor, Andy Slinn, Neil Hogg, Tim Bentley, Andy Taylor.

Apologies: Keith Burbanks, Graham Roy.

Previous Minutes:

Minutes of the monthly meeting of 4th October 2000 were approved.

Treasurer's Report:

The Treasurer reported the following figures :

HSBC : £262.75
Charles Schwab : £261.13
Petty Cash : £ 0.55

Total : £524.43

Less
Admin. Fund : £ 32.85

Amount available to
to Invest at meeting : £491.58
(not including sales)

Net Assets : £6352.69
(96.39% of total current cash contributions since
inception)

Unit Price : £0.88

Additional Investment

There were no applications to increase monthly subscriptions.

Ian Cosford applied to purchase an additional 100 units.
Tim Bentley applied to purchase an additional 100 units.
Richard Poole applied to purchase an additional 50 units.
Pauline Naylor applied to purchase an additional 50 units.
Neil Hogg applied to purchase an additional 50 units.

All applications were approved.

Current Portfolio:

Stock No Valuation 'Owner' Stop-Loss Target
Alizyme 960 £1273.54 (RP) 90p Sell ½ at 250p
Artisan 6270 £928.50 (NW) 10p Sell ½ at 30p
Atlantic Caspian Ord 5p 5079 £191.16 (GR) None Sell ½ at 20p
Cable & Wireless Ord 25p 102 £972.30 (RP) 804p Review Jan2001
Envesta 52 £0.48 (NW) None None
Just Group 4414 £341.12 (RP) 6p Sell ½ at 20p
Lastminute.com 35 £29.30 (NW) None Cover selling costs
National Grid 186 £1087.26 (IC) 400p Review Dec2000
Quintain Estates 403 £628.77 (NH) 130p Review Jan 2001
Rage Software 2176 £379.68 (AS) None Review Jan 2001
           

After discussion the meeting agreed to hold on to all current holdings.

This Months Investment Decision

The meeting did not consider any purchase recommendations this month and agreed that the best policy would be to build up funds for a couple of months which could then be used to fund a subsequent larger purchase.


Estimated Amount Available at next meeting:

Amount Available for
Investment This Month : £491.58

Plus
Monthly Sub : £270.00
Additional investments : £308.00

AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO INVEST : £1069.58

AOB

Andy Slinn and Nick Walch were actioned to provide some feedback from the Proshare investment seminar at the next meeting.

Paul Manning was actioned to obtain some further information on a new dealing service (iDealing.com) recently set up for investment clubs.

Jon Kitch has created a Word version of the GSIC Constitution which will be circulated to members.

Next Meeting

The next normal monthly meeting has been arranged for Wednesday
6th December 2000 at 12:30 pm in Moseley's Arms function room.