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Minutes - Living
Easton Management Committee Meeting - 31.1.00
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| Present: Jim, Sally, Mike, Ken |
| Apologies: Amajit, Bill |
| 1. It was agreed
that Sally would chair the meeting and that Jim would take the minutes. |
| 2. Previous Minutes |
| Nothing arising, agreed as a true record. |
| 3. Finance |
| Latest update discussed. Thanks to Jim
for producing the Monthly balances. |
| Membership fees continue to come in,
Sally paid her £4 membership fee. |
| Publications: the new 'Walk the Historic
River Frome!' booklet is now on sale @ £1 + p&p if bought direct
or £1.50 from various outlets. |
| Agreed:
That we close the Post Office Time-Signs Account and place these monies
in our General Account. |
| Agreed:
That we continue to progress with the production of the Time-Signs Brochure
which will be obtainable for FREE at local outlets. |
| Agreed:
To continue refining the draft text & illustrations for the Time-Sign
Booklet. |
| Agreed:
That Mike will look at Economic Print, BCC and the publishers of Barton
Hill History Group's material to gain a rough idea of costings for the
Time-Signs booklet. |
| Funding Applications: forms received
from: Age Concern and Greater Bristol Foundation - Jim will further these.
We had a letter from Nationwide saying that they are re-doing their application
form and will send us one when it is available. |
| We are meeting with Wendy from Sustainable
Neighbourhood Fund next Thursday. We are hoping to apply for up to £1000,000
for the design, production and publicity of our Time-Signs Trail. |
| Mike has info from National Lotteries
Charities Board - he will give more information next month. |
| 4. Correspondence |
| Agreed:
Renew membership of VOSCUR - Jim will return form. |
| Agreed:
Railway Path Festival, June 24th - we should co-ordinate with Easton Community
Association events - possibly have a stall/display on the cycle path. |
| Agreed:
Renew membership & reinsure with BTCV - Jim will return forms with
cheque |
| Agreed:
Mike to draft a letter which could form the basis to our response to the
Crest Nicholson proposals at the Harbourside. This will centre around the
traffic implications of Crest Nicholson's proposals. The draft will be
discussed next month. |
| 5. Walks |
| Agreed:
Environment Festival - July 1st - 19th. We will organise a walk along the
River Frome during the Festival and promote our latest Frome Walk booklet. |
| 6. Community Archive & Displays |
| Agreed:
Inform Brian Drummond of the NUT of our purchase of the Bristol NUT Conference
Souvenir Book. |
| Mike reported back on our meeting with
Rupert at Easton Community Centre. The Centre is undergoing extension and
we have flagged up our space requirements for housing our growing Archive
and also space for small meetings. |
| Agreed:
That our AGM will be held in late September/Early October 2000. |
| 7. Time-Signs Trail |
| WG Grace Sign. The plinth will be modified/simplified
and Braille text added. |
| Ben Tillett Sign. Mike & Jim met
with Sarah Stone from TUC South West for funding of this sign. |
| Baptist Mills Sign. Kevin Hughes is working
on this at St Werburghs City Farm. |
| 8. Web Site |
| Rob is now working on the 'Penn'
pages and these should be on our site soon. |
| 9. Any Other Business |
| Planet Easton is putting together its
next issue. Any articles should be sent to Easton Community Centre. |
| 10. Future Management Meetings |
| It was agreed
that we continue to meet at Castle Green Church and meetings will be held
on the last Monday of the month or the Monday before when there is a Bank
Holiday. |
