 SOUTHCOTE GLOBE |
MEETING HELD 26th JANUARY 2009
Meeting held at Southcote Neighbourhood Advice Centre.
PRESENT:
Jill
Beadon, Peter Beadon, Caroline Martin, John Martin, Lorna Martin, Jill
Hodges, Brian Haines, Janet Copley, Michael Heath, Ann Briers
APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE:
June Farrell
GUESTS:
Ricky Josey - Oxford Road Community Garden [ORCG]
Richard Denny - Caversham GLOBE
Shakila Barabhuiya - Reading Chronicle
MINUTES of last meeting agreed by Peter and seconded by Michael.
BUSINESS:
We
discussed RESCUE ,Saturday March 13th, and agreed to meet 10am at the
gate at the bottom of Circuit Lane. All necessary equipment will be
supplied. Refreshments at Southcote Mill courtesy of June. Radio theme
song chosen for RESCUE - 'Help' by the Beatles.
It was agreed that
Terry Farrell's memorial plaque will be unveiled at Coronation Square
following RESCUE. Meet 3pm at the Pet Shop. It is hoped that Martin
Salter MP and representatives from Reading Chronicle and Reading Evening Post will attend.
Flower
beds in Coronation Square to be tidied prior to the unveiling- work
party Sunday 28th Feb [ if weather very bad, Sunday March 5th].
Guest
Richard Denny gave an informative talk on his role with Caversham
GLOBE, outlining the work they do. We discussed issues such as grants
and insurance.
Guest Ricky Josey gave a presentation explaining his
role with ORCG. Our group was offered access to the garden for meetings
or get-togethers and we were invited to a BBQ on July 17th.
Guest
Shakila Bababhuiya from Reading Chronicle introdued herself, and
welcomed comments with regard to facilities and amenities in Southcote.
Treasurer Peter gave a report. Caroline was given petty cash and postage stamps.
It was proposed that we issue a yearly newsletter.
Date of next meeting: Tuesday 30th March at Southcote Mill.
MEETING HELD 24th NOVEMBER 2009
Meeting held at Southcote Mill,courtesy of June Farrell.
PRESENT:
June Farrell, Caroline Martin, John Martin, Lorna Martin, Jill Beadon, Peter Beadon,
Ann Briers, Janet Copley, Jill Hodges, Brian Haines, Michael Heath.
GUESTS:
Jeff Layhe, Chris Jarvis
Jill
Beadon introduced herself as the new Chairperson, and will be inviting
members of other GLOBE groups to a future meeting with a view to
sharing ideas and collaborating on future ventures.
We discussed
RESCUE which is due to take place March 13th-14th, and asked for ideas
for a song to be played on the radio to coincide with the radio
publicity for the event.
Guests Jeff and Chris gave an informative
talk on recycling and waste collections, including what is and is not
acceptable for recycling, and the changes put into place at the Civic
Amenities site. Two information sheets were avaiable.
Caroline was given £15 petty cash for secretarial supplies.
Date of next meeting: Tuesday 26th January, Neighbourhood Advice Centre, Coronation Square Southcote.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - NOTES
The
Annual General Meeting of Southcote GLOBE took place on Tuesday
September 29th 2009 at the Southcote Neighbourhood Advice Centre.
PRESENT:
Peter Beadon, Jill Beadon, Ann Briers, Janet Copley, June Farrell, Brian Haines,
Jill Hodges, Caroline Martin, John Martin.
GUESTS:
Gary Champion & Gary Murphy from Southcote Neighbourhood Action Group [NAG]
Peter
outlined the achievements of the Group, which included the stall at
Waterfest manned by Peter & Jill Beadon,, the RESCUE annual clean
up, and work on the Coronation Square Gardens carried out by Jill,
Janet, Ann & Brian.
Peter then gave the Treasurer's report.
Jill
had been offered plants by RBC and will update us when they are
available. Jill to ring June who will collect and store them until a
suitable day can be arranged for members to put them in.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS:
The following were elected to serve for 2009/10
Chairperson: Jill Beadon
Vice Chair: June Farrell
Secretary: Caroline Martin
Treasurer: Peter Beadon
Gary
Murphy then filled the Group in on Southcote NAG, the
Neighbourhood Action Group, which is open to all residents and is the
twelfth NAG to be established.
He went on to outline the role of NAG and its involvement wth the Police and Local Authority. Its priorities are:
1 Social behaviour
2 Drug issues
3 Traffic related issues
He outlined NAG achievements related to these issues which have given good results.
The talk was both interesting and very informative.
After
discussion on the future of GLOBE, the general opinion was the
individual local groups were not fully aware what each group covered
and it was suggested that maybe at a meeting in the New Year, any
groups interested could join GLOBE at the Neighbourhood Advice Centre
to see if there was a way we could liaise with each other. Details to
be finalised at the next meeting on November 24th.
Copyright SouthcoteGLOBE 2008