Minutes of BishopÕs Offley Millennium Green Meeting Held on Monday 2nd March 2009 at The Star, Copmere

Present

Andrew, Julia and Victoria Brooks, Bob Gray, Amicia Hardy, Patrick Horton, Pat Kennedy, Debs Nicholson,  Mark Shelton, Sarah Shelton, Russell Stanhope,

Apologies

Jon Ball, Raymond Briggs, Ann Fender, Kevin Hart, 

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

Ask the Rhodes about a possible Young Farmers Disco on the Green ACTION Mark

Assets

A meeting with Amicia, Andrew and Mark had taken place to review insurance and budgeting for depreciation. Report on progress later in the year ACTION MARK

Tent mending and future bookings

The old tent needs some attention to a window. Julia has agreed that we can borrow her machine. Work to be carried out when it is warmer.   ACTION SARAH

9th May Jon Ball wants to use the tents for a Rotary event on Health Awareness

16th May Patrick wants to use the tent for a party

Insurance

There is an additional cost of £60 to insure the Dash for Cash and Bike Ride. If we want this ongoing it would be an extra £40 and be included in our policy.

Christmas Tree

Bob and Russell have discussed two possible sites and they will arrange to plant the tree in the near future. ACTION BOB AND RUSSELL

AOB

First Aid Course

First Aid Course is to be on 19th September location to be decided

There could be up to 14 attendees and these can be either new people or ones wanting to update their certificates.

Please confirm attendance to Debs ACTION ALL

Provisional list is Alison Horton, Jill Hart, Liz Hemmingway, Liz Stanhope and Vicki, Mark & Sarah Shelton, Amicia Hardy, Debs Nicholson, Pat Kennedy, Suzanne Kerridge

Ask Jenny Muddimer if she knows anyone who would like to attend. ACTION DEBS

Ask Liz Hemmingway if she want to attend and if we can use the Chapel ACTION AMICIA

Ask Angela Whitfield and Jenny Beeb if they would like to attend ACTION PATRICK

Survey digital would like to have 2 places if they are available  

Memorial to Terrance Marsden

It was decided that we would purchase a bench for the Green. Investigate the purchase of the bench ACTION RAYMOND

Patrick has spoken to Mike Dunball who can arrange a plaque. Ideas for the words or a quote to the next meeting ACTION ALL

There is still the idea about the bridle path next to his home to be named after Terrance. This is likely to become part of one of our 2010 projects. When we have firm idea Raymond can take to the relevant planning departments

2009 Diary of Village Festivals and Events

Amicia was going to submit the Garden Party and Sports Day to be included in the leaflet.

 

100 Club

February                                             March

1st 24 Pat Kennedy £25                      1st 17 Andrew Ward £25

2nd Katie Jones £15                             2nd Samantha Bailey c/o Ivor Davies £15

3rd Mike Dunball £10                         3rd Russell Stanhope £10

 

Newsletter These were distributed ready to be delivered.

 

EVENT REPORT Quiz at The Star on Monday 23rd February at 8pm 

It had been a really good night. There were 13 teams raising £55. There was no raffle.

 

FUTURE EVENTS Dash for Cash on Sunday 26th April at 11am Organiser Kevin Hart

To be arranged at next meeting

Poster for the gate. ACTION AMICIA

 

2010 IDEAS

Victoria and Julia Brooks had prepared a 3 mile walk from The Green, along the lane and behind Tthe Green to Offley Marsh, up the lane behind the Chapel to the bridle path by TerranceÕs bungalow, across the road to Jackson marsh, passed the bottom of the rock, along the river Sow, passed the mill along the lane to just before Outlands, across the field by OzzieÕs old house up to RaymondÕs, along the road in front of Manor Farm, behind the Manor and across the fields back to The Green.

It was thought this would take 4 to 5 days probably spread over evenings. Victoria to start in April and do a days work to see if the 4-5 day estimate is correct.

Some information could be borrowed from Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.

Speak to John Wheeler on Offley Marsh data. It was thought some work had been done in the 1980Õs ACTION ANDREW

Tony Pace for the post office in Eccleshall has a brother who is a geologist

John Ripon may be able to help us. Contact him to discuss area of expertise ACTION ANDREW

Check if she has a recent site report with interesting information and also information on her cave ACTION PAT

During the study Victoria may also identify areas that with some work could protect a habitat from an invasive weed. The Green could then arrange for this work to take place.

Barry Till has a lot of knowledge of the local wildlife and geology so it may be worth speaking to him to support VictoriaÕs study.

Ann had provided some information on Entrust. This would be a potential source to help fund the cost of sign posts, leaflets being printed, information boards etc.

Millennium Green Inspection

The Green inspection March ACTION PATRICK

Website

Duncan had supplied his old photos of the village to be published on the website

To be added to the website: February Minutes, 100 Club results, Dash for Cash date to be corrected, parish magazine article, Quiz report, Dash for Cash publicity ACTION AMICIA AND DEBS

Send Nick photoÕs of snowdrops for the website ACTION SARAH

Next Meeting is Monday 6th April 2009 at 8pm at The Star.  Minutes by Amicia Hardy