First Members' Meeting

There was a disappointing turnout, only 13 members, to our first members’ meeting, apologies for absence were received from 7 members, however, the meeting was most productive.

Our Constitution was unanimously adopted with the proviso that the Steering Committee will look at one or two issues raised.

Keith Groves was unanimously elected as Chairman and Suzy Gould was unanimously elected as Secretary. We are most grateful to both Keith and Suzy for taking on these vital roles in the Group.

We did not find a volunteer to take on the role of Treasurer. It was proposed that Mark Blundell should approach the financial businesses in the Village to see if any of them would be willing to take on the role of Treasurer free of charge. This is not an ideal position to be in, so if anybody reading this would like to volunteer their services for a not very onerous role please contact us.

Members of the Steering Committee that were elected at the meeting, in addition to the Officers were: Reg Blake, Mary Button (Mary was not present but it is hoped that she will take a place on the committee), Mark Gould, Bandu Amarawardena, a representative from Clore Shalom School and Mark Blundell. A meeting will be called of this committee in the near future.

The discussion that ensued covered what we had done and what we had achieved so far and where we should be going from here. There were a number of good ideas put forward and all these will be taken on board by the Steering Committee, who will aim to report back to the members in September.

Thank you to all those who attended and sent apologies. Please contact us if you have ideas or wish to volunteer some time or to act as Treasurer.

Mark Blundell
Acting Chairman