MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING OF 15th January 2008
PRESENT: Bryan Barkes (Chairman), Clive Hilton (Secretary), Caroline Hilton (Treasurer), Andrew Durant, Juliet Willis, Vivien Reuter, Bob Holmes, Colin Price
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APOLOGIES Apologies were received from Simone Roberton. Nicola Straker and John Hosking have both formally resigned from the Committee. Simon Rainey did not attend the meeting. No apologies were received because the Secretary has been using an incorrect email address. |
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MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING (18th September 2007) - approved. The Secretary wrote to the Council in December regarding the poor repairs done to Camp Road. No response or acknowledgement has been received. Colin Price and Bryan Barkes remember David Gooding, the developer of the properties in Cedar Park Gardens, offering to make good any damage made to the roads by his vehicles. |
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TREASURY UPDATE The handover from David Jenkins is complete. The Committee agreed that signatories on cheques in future will be any two of Bryan Barkes, Clive Hilton and Caroline Hilton. |
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MEETING ROOM CHARGES At this and future meetings there will be a charge of £5 per head to cover refreshments. |
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YELLOW LINES It was reported that Brian Tanner had gathered 500 letters of objection to the Council’s proposals. Our strategy is to say “NO” to all of their proposals in an attempt to bring them to the negotiating table. Stephen Hammond, MP, has been most supportive of us. It was agreed that we would send a letter of thanks. It was also felt appropriate that a letter of thanks should be sent to Peter Linacre. There is a meeting of SMAC on the 4th March at 7.00p.m. when there will be a report and discussion regarding the consultation process. Tariq Ahmed has said that we should get as many people as possible to attend this meeting and that we should have a speaker. It was agreed that Clive would be the spokesperson. Brian Tanner is organising a meeting for the 28th February at Haygarth. Tariq Ahmed and Stephen Hammond should be at that meeting. |
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WURA Vivien attended the meeting in December and tried to raise the issue of the consultation regarding yellow lines. Leonard Mostyn, Chairman of WURA, then used his role as Chair of the Trustees of the Almshouses to argue vigorously in favour of the bus and of the yellow lines. It was agreed that Vivien would produce a note from which a letter could be drafted to Leonard Mostyn pointing out that we are not happy with this conflict of interest. Attendance at future WURA meetings was agreed as follows: It was suggested that, if possible, two people should attend each meeting. |
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MEMBERSHIP Andrew Durrant felt that we should do more to promote the Association and the website. He will investigate opportunities to do this and to add income. |
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SPONSORSHIP This is proceeding. |
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AGM The AGM will be held on the 22nd May 2008 at 7.30 for 8.00, hopefully at Cannizaro House. Proposed speakers are Stephen Hammond, Gordon Vincent, Bob Holmes and Juliet Willis. |
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ANY OTHER BUSINESS Bob Holmes reported that Gordon Vincent had been very helpful and responsive with regard to the cutting of the grass near North View in the early morning. Bob was keen for someone to write a letter of thanks to GV. On Thursday 17th January, Justine Greening will be addressing a meeting at St Mary’s Church, Putney High Street, on the Heathrow Airport expansion plan. We understand that Brian Tanner will be attending. |
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be the AGM on 22nd May 2008, venue to be confirmed but hopefully Cannizaro House. The meeting dates for the rest of the year are 16th September and 10th December. The venue will be Cannizaro House unless it is confirmed otherwise. |
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