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FURZEDOWN COMMUNITY NETWORK Minutes of the
Meeting held on Sunday 11 February 2001 Present - Tim Kahn, Cllor Ian Hart, George Nyamie, Anna Lubelska, John Hayns, Norman Barr, Shirley Sim, Maria and Mark White, Vijay Bhuchar, Christy Billings Apologies - Ellis Cory, Graham Owen, Bob Broad, Cllor John Fairbrother and Cllor Jane Briginshaw 1. Matters arising 1.1 Website
- John Hayns is still waiting for people to sent him information for the
FCN website. 2. Constitution Anna Lubelska tabled copies of the third draft of the FCN constitution and invited further comments. After a brief discussion the constitution was adopted with 7 voting for, none against and 4 abstentions. It was agreed to address the matter of how long people should be allowed to be officers as an amendment to the constitution at the first AGM. 3. Election of officers Anna gave details as to who had expressed an interest in being an elected officer. Norman Barr, Vijay Bhuchar, Anna Lubelska each gave their credentials for being officers. Graham Owen's credentials were given by Anna. Then the following officers were proposed, seconded and duly elected by a show of hands: Anna Lubelska
Chair Cllor Hart said that he would prefer not to join the committee but instead act as a 'sounding board' for the committee. It was agreed to propose to the other two local Councillors that they adopt the same relationship to the committee. It was agreed that the committee should continue to meet once a month and that an executive committee should not be set up at this stage of the organisation's development. However it would be expected that FCN officers would work together and consult each other in between meetings if action needed to be taken. 4. Membership subscriptions Although it had been suggested that we set up a family membership subscription it was agreed that this would cause difficulties in defining who is a family and it would also cause confusion with regard to voting rights. It was therefore agreed
that membership subscriptions should be: Future benefits to
members to include: It was pointed out that there are 14,000 people all ages in Furzedown ward of which 10,500 people are over 18. There are about 6,000 households. So there is the potential to raise quite a lot of money through subs. 5. Bank account Norman Barr proposed that we open an account at Barclays Bank at Amen Corner with four signatories any two of whom may sign cheques. This was agreed. 6. Information exchange 6.1 Community safety
- George undertook to find out about Neighbourhood Watch in the area.
It was reported that the Wandsworth area is short of 70 Police Officers. 7. Local consultation A copy of a draft consultation newsletter prepared by Graham Owen was passed around for comment. Various comments were made. Anna to feedback to Graham. 8. Barn Dance Mark and Maria reported that Seely Hall has been booked for Saturday 12 May for the FCN Barn Dance and a caller has been booked (cost £170). Norman will organise the deposit for this. There will be room for 150 people. It was agreed that we should apply for an alcohol license either for the single event or on an annual basis. It was agreed that the subgroup organising the Barn Dance should meet as soon as possible. (Mark, Maria, Vijay and John) to decide the prices and all other arrangements. The committee to help with selling tickets. 9. Furzedown Festival Anna reported that she was organising the first meeting of the Festival Planning Group, the evening of 13 Feb at 15 Clairview Road. 10. Pancake race George reported that he is liaising with Denise Broad on this. The venue will probably be Furzedown Recreation Ground. 11. Next meeting The next meeting will be the first meeting of the new committee and will be at 8.00 for 8.30 to 10 pm on Sunday 11 March at Seely Hall. |