Draft Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting
26th May 2009
Held in the Memorial Hall, 26/05/09, commencing at 19:00
Present: Michael Craster, Carol Grey, John Gallon, Peter Howard.
Apologies for absence: Hilary Punton.
1. Matters arising
a) Matters arising from the minutes of the meeting held on 12/05/09 were taken along with the relevant agenda items at this meeting.
b) Peter Howard will publish on the CCDT web-site the minutes and agendas for EC Meetings. Where the minutes include matters which should remain confidential, the relevant section will be removed before publication but a note will be inserted to explain the gap in the minutes.
2. Northumbrian Water Update
Michael Craster brought the EC up to date and the committee discussed the way forward.
3. Craster Village Web-site
Peter Howard showed the meeting the current progress on the web-site. The format and structure of the web-site enabled easy access to the information and the site seemed to be very user-friendly. Although Peter is standing down from the EC after the AGM, he has agreed to carry on his work on the web-site. Michael Craster moved a vote of thanks to Peter for his hard work and for his agreement to carry on his work with the site. This was agreed unanimously.
4. Mobile Telephone Reception
a) Michael Craster noted that the Parish Council had raised the matter of Mobile Telephone reception in Craster with the major networks. Only O2 had replied; their response was that they had no current plans to provide additional infrastructure but that they would ask their local engineer to investigate the possibility of improving reception in Craster from their existing masts.
b) It was agreed that the response from the Network operators had been disappointing and ways of raising the profile of this issue were discussed. It was agreed that CCDT should organise a petition to the Parish Council which the Parish Council could use to supply an indication of the potential demand to the Network operators. A draft of a possible format is attached.
5. Oil Purchasing Syndicate
In the current circumstances it was believed that there was no active demand in the village for an Oil Purchasing Syndicate. Peter Howard is to retain a section of the web-site indicating that the CCDT would be willing to organise a Purchasing Syndicate if there was a demand. In the meantime oil buyers should always be prepared to shop around to get the best price. There were day to day variations of as much as 8p per litre in the prices quoted by the various suppliers.
7. AGM Agenda
It was agreed that the AGM agenda should contain the normal items, (Chairman's Report, Treasurer's Report, Election of EC Members) and would also have items regarding:
Proposals for merger with Memorial Hall (and suitable constitution if available)
Proposals for Petition re Mobile Telephone reception
NWL Update
8. Any Other Business
The possibility of setting up an e-mail address for the Trust using the facilities offered with the CCDT web-site was discussed. John Gallon is to set this up and test to ensure that it works correctly.
9. Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting of CCDT EC will take place on Thursday 11th. June immediately after the closure of the CCDT AGM. The main purpose of the meeting will be to elect the officers of the Trust for 2009/10.
The meeting closed at 20:40
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