The Regimental Secretaries met at the Army & Navy Club London on Thursday 20 April 2006. 

The following items from the minutes are printed for information purposes only.*

Customs & Traditions*

The Chairman informed the meeting that a Working Group was compiling a Compendium on Customs & Traditions.  The secretaries present requested sight of this before publication.

Regimental Property*

The question of the future control, maintenance and insurance of regimental and battalion property in the future was discussed.   Whilst there was no suggestion that current ownership should be altered, management and control might require some centralisation.   Everyone had different systems which would need analysis before any decisions were reached.

LI Reunion 2006*

The Chairman briefed the Meeting on changes to the organisation of the Reunion.   There would be no Bar Marquee at Nescliffe although bar facilities would be available, as organised by the caterers.

The aim was to raise the standard of facilities provided and to this end the Reunion Dinner on Saturday would be a served meal in a smart marquee, separate from the Bar Marquee at Copthorne Barracks.

It was agreed that TV screens would be needed to enable members to watch the football against Paraguay.

Regimental Associations*

The Chairman stated that a Working Group was looking at the way ahead for the Associations after formation of The Rifles and did not therefore intend to go into detail on control funding etc.

The Journal*

The Chairman asked for views on The Rifles Journal.   It was generally agreed that the title should be “The Bugle”.

It was agreed that the frequency of publication needed to be twice annually.   However restrictions on size would probably mean much reduced Association notes.   Counties would only have one page for these and local Association newsletters etc would have to meet local demand.

Distribution and costs were problems that needed resolution.

Freedom & Civic Privileges*

After discussion it was agreed that a standard letter from the Colonel of the Regiment would need to be prepared.   This should be distributed to the relevant Cities, Boroughs etc of current Civic Privileges asking for their extension to the new Regiment.   Freedoms would need to be exercised and this would necessarily fall to the UK based regular battalions.   Freedoms should be ‘earned’ by the new Regiment from current operational experience.

Alliances & Affiliations*

The Regimental Secretary of The Rifles would need to review all alliances and affiliations.

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