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Minutes: AGM Monday 17th September 2007 @ 7.00 pm - Parish Hall
Attendance: Rae Campbell, Kyla Ritchie, Julie Davidson, Maurice Brown, Terry Lindsay, Stephen Gordon, Derrick Murray, Pippa Cornick, Noel Cornick, Glenda Ritchie
Apologies: Carol Mitchell, Daphne Montgomery, Rev. Welsh, Glenda Ritchie.
Visitors: Mr. Ivan Morrison, Mr. John Jamison, Mr. Robert Davidson (Chair CPLC),
Mr. Trevor Patterson, Mrs. Mawhinney.
Guests: Mrs. Angela Martin
Welcome: R. Campbell opened the meeting and thanked those present for attending.
Mr. John Brady: R. Campbell stated that it would be remiss of her not to mention at the commencement of this meeting the sad loss of our esteemed member Mr. John Brady who died on 29th August. John, she continued, had been an active and highly respected member of this committee for a number of years and had a particular interest in a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme for the village. Unfortunately, partly due to John’s ill health, the scheme has yet to be implemented in Greyabbey but hoped that the new committee would continue with the good work. D. Murray, a close personal friend of John, stated that John had been a great neighbour and that they had become very close friends during the short time that they had known each other. He went on to give a brief history of John’s exemplary life both as a rear gunner in Lancaster Bombers during the second world war and later as an aeronautical engineer. He added that John will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Minutes of Previous Meeting: Minutes for meeting 19th June 2007 accepted by committee.
(Prop. J. Davidson Sec. T. Lindsay.)
Correspondence: Peninsula Community Network
Ards Update EDRCN
Ards Borough Council (4)
Ards DPP
Jim Shannon MLA
PCISE
Down District Strategy Partnership
Chair Persons Report: R. Campbell addressed the meeting with a detailed report of the year’s activities and thanked Committee for their support and participation during her time as chairperson.
N. Cornick expressed his thanks and those of the committee for Rae’s leadership, hard work and enthusiasm during her time in office.
Treasurer’s Report: M. Brown produced accounts for the year and announced that Association funds amounted to £853.51.
Election 2007/2008 Committee: Mrs Angela Martin was invited to take the chair for the election of the 2007/2008 committee. Following a brief discussion the committee was re-elected on block. (Prop. M. Brown Sec. S. Gordon.) No other nominations were heard.
2007/2008 committee was elected as follows…
Committee Offices:
Chair Person: Noel Cornick. (Pro. M. Brown Sec. T. Lindsay)
Vice Chair: Rae Campbell. (Pro. N. Cornick Sec. S. Capper)
Secretary / Treasurer: Maurice Brown. (Pro. N. Cornick Sec. R. Campbell)
Committee Members:
Terry Lindsay, Stephen Gordon, Barbara Workman, Carol Mitchell, Derrick Murray, Julie Davidson, Pippa Cornick, Kyla Ritchie, Glenda Ritchie, Sandy Capper, Daphne Montgomery, Clair Kelly.
Co opted Members:
Roy Allen, Rodney Graham.
The new committee formally elected, Mrs Angela Martin vacated the chair to N. Cornick and wished the committee every success. N. Cornick thanked Mrs Martin for her participation and for the manner in which she conducted the proceedings. N. Cornick thanked committee for their vote of confidence and hoped he could replicate Rae’s obvious success. He thanked Rae for accepting the office of vice chair stating that he would be glad of her help and local knowledge. For his first big decision on community matters, Noel adjourned the meeting for tea & biscuits.
Matters Arising: Introduction Meeting – New Committee
Public Toilets
Policing
Notice Board
Any other Business
Introduction Meeting: No introduction required - committee continued with the business at hand.
Public Toilets: M. Brown reported that ABC voted to retain the public toilets at the present location on Main Street. He acknowledged the support of local councillors Kieran McCarthy, Jim Shannon, Angus Carson and particularly Joe Boyle for their assistance on this issue.
Policing: Further to previous discussions on this subject M. Brown reported that there was nothing to report from the Peninsula Community Network meeting as senior PSNI officers invited to this meeting failed to attend. N. Cornick invited Robert Davidson (CPLC Chairperson) to enlighten committee on the current state of Policing in the area. Robert Davidson thanked committee for the opportunity to speak and continued by stating that the lack of community policing was a direct result of a change in shift patterns within Ards district command. CPLC have complained to the Policing Board and that some pressure was being exerted at MLA and councillor level and that the issue was on the agenda for the next DPP meeting. He stated that Sgt. Shaw was hoping to re-open Greyabbey Police Station on Wednesday’s but warned that for this to continue, the community would have to be seen to use the facility. Trevor Patterson stated that he was very disappointed that Police no longer felt obliged to conduct traffic control duties at funerals. He reminded committee that the route to Greyabbey cemetery has blind corners and that he had personally witnessed a collision with a hearse on one occasion. Robert Davidson agreed to discuss the matter at the next CPLC meeting.
Notice Board: M. Brown reported that he had repaired the Perspex and improved the look of the Notice Board by adding some coloured felt board.
Other Business: A decision on the Xmas or New Years event was deferred until next meeting.
Halloween: Committee agreed to hold a Halloween Disco & Fancy Dress. The date was set for Friday 26th October @ 8 pm. (If Village Hall available). The evening will follow the same format as last years event and will include a light supper, Disco, Karaoke and Ballot. Light supper to include Hot dogs, Burgers, Crisps, Nuts etc. Salad on tables, biscuits & Halloween buns. Ticket prices – Adult £4 & Children £2. Final preparations to be discussed in more detail at next meeting. Members were asked to provide a small ballot prize for the event and if possible, bring it to the next meeting. It was agreed that our magnificent catering ladies were being left with too much to do, both in the preparation and on the night, and that more assistance was required to lighten the load for these events.
Prior to next Meeting: Book Village Hall - R. Campbell, Book Music & Karaoke – R. Campbell, Tickets & Posters – M. Brown
Village Plan: M. Brown reported that the Village Plan being prepared by Scott Wilson Consultants has taken longer than expected due to the village survey forms going astray. He stated that these have since been located and that a draft proposal of this report is expected within the next few days.
It is hoped that Geoffrey Porter (ABC Community Development Officer) will attend the next meeting.
Next Meeting: Monday 15th October 2007 @ 7.30pm Wildfowler Inn
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