WILFORD COMMUNITY GROUP
Minutes of the Committee
Meeting (Closed)
held on Monday 2 August 2004
at 7.30 pm
at Wilford Bowls and Social
Club
Present: Roger
Steel (RS) Acting
Chairman
Sheila
Atherton (SA) Treasurer
Josie
Foster (JF) Minute
Secretary
David
Boulton (DB)
Kate
Clark (KC)
Brian
Hardy (BH)
Jonathan
Shewell-Cooper (JS-C)
Apologies: Mike Cathcart
Brian
Clark
Action
1.
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Approved
2.
Outstanding Actions
David
Rowe would like to be involved in future
events. He
wants to purchase marquees used for
the summer school and make these available for
any future plans involving an open day. Roger
Perryman had discussed this with RS.
At this point JF said she did not wish to be the
co-ordinator next year.
BH suggested the committee, as a whole should be
involved and a specific meeting be held to deal
with the garden trail/open day etc, rather than during
a WCG meeting. This was agreed with a further
suggestion that it should be held during October/
November.
DB has e-mailed a few words about cheque handover
to Marie Curie
to the Evening Post, Topper and
W/B Neighbourhood News
Action
Neighbourhood Watch
BH
has now set up a neighbourhood watch for Holly
Avenue (excluding Nr 1) and there were no problems in
setting up.
Pillar
Box/Telephone Box
DB
had given RS a print-out of the Listed Buildings
which does include the telephone box. See Agenda
Item
8.
AGM
See
Agenda Item 4
NET
DB
has sent a letter to NET and is still awaiting
a
reply.
Any
Other Business
Forms
from Co-op for Project Funding – KC had not
had any positive response to her request for these
forms.
DB said he would contact April Armstrong. DB
Insurance
BH
had received a quote of £350.00, (plus insurance tax)
for
Public Liability. SA will investigate
further. SA
Trench
reinstatement on Holly Avenue
Carried
Over – RS will e-mail D Stretton of RS
Street
Scene to see if he can offer help in this matter.
4.
AGM Action
DB asked for comments on Newsletter. RS asked for the ‘The
Tenants
and Residents Association for Wilford’ be removed from
all
future issues of the Newsletter, the committee were all in favour.
Other
minor amendments were suggested and DB would make DB
alterations
with more emphasis on “This is Wilford”.
Name
of speaker for the AGM to be confirmed by JSC, RS will ask JSC/DB
Andrew
Price to be the Independent Chair and will invite a representative
from
the Housing Liaison Team. SA will add
the names to the Newsletter SA
if
DB on holiday. Distribution will take
place during the last week of
August
/first week in September. BH will
approach the sales office at BH
Bellway
on how we can access the properties with the Newsletter. BH
will
not be here for the AGM but will fill in the form stating he will BH
stand
for committee.
5.
Looking Good
6.
Library
The
current library building is dilapidated, it is only open
part-time
and Wilford is a growing community.
our concerns. RS suggested that BH talk to Andrew Price
about how BH
Action
8.
Telephone Box/Pillar Box
RS was able to pass on
to BT the information about the
Telephone box being a
‘listed building’ BT now have an
obligation to consider
repair of the telephone box.
RS confirmed, with
photographs, that the pillar-box is Victorian.
BT Heritage Department
(Museum) are considering whether to
retain possession.
9.
Bonfire Night
and running a fund
raising table at this event. RS asked
if
anyone would help with
stewarding – carried over until the
next meeting.
10. Any Other
Business