Friends of Chadkirk meeting 3 Oct 2024 – minutes
Meeting: Thursday 03 October 2024
Time: 19:00
Venue: Beech Avenue
Attendance: Pat Baker (President), John Pengelly (Chairman), Roger Pearce (Secretary), Angie Clark,Peter Labrow. Wendy Southam
Apologies: Brian Thompson (Treasurer), Frances Holmes.
Chairman’s Report
JP began by informing the committee that for personal health reasons he would probably be out of action until the new year and only able to be involved with FoC on a limited basis, furthermore, because of recent health developments, he had not been able to take forward a number of current issues. Applications for grants in support of the reinstatement of the footpath were underway.
The members of the committee all expressed their hope that he would make a swift recovery. A general discussion followed regarding a number of ongoing issues that were dealt with more fully later in the meeting.
Treasurer's Report
Although BT could not be present, he had sent a report which was summarised by JP. The present financial situation was healthy; income remained steady and the bank balances in both the current and savings accounts were healthy and funds were being set aside for the footpath project.
Garden Report
PB reported that: foxglove and other wild flower seeds were ready to be scattered in some of the woodland areas of the estate and around the footpath once it had been upgraded.
Kiosk Report
Generally all had progressed well although there were still some awkward situations working in conjunction with the SMBC Events Team; for example, after the wedding on Saturday 28 September, rubbish had not been cleared, there were no toilet rolls in the toilet and RP had had to remove paper towels form the toilet basin to ensure that the macerator unit was not blocked.
Events review/update
PL reported that the entertainment by the group Montgomery’s Angels on the previous Sunday had been very well received and donations were almost sufficient to cover costs.
Forthcoming Events
PL said that he had been in contact with a string quartet with a view to it either playing at an open day or doing a separate concert. It was generally agreed that there had been a number of groups who had provided entertainment this year and that in some cases it might be viable to invite them back to give a ticketed concert.
RP had been contacted by the group Bring On The Swing who had recently been reformed and were looking for gigs and that this might be one of the groups we invited back next year.
27 October Open Day
The theme for the October open day would be Halloween although
some of the activities provided last year would not be repeated, the woodland walk and the mystery tunnel, Catherine B would be asked if she would supervise the decoration of the chapel on the previous day and PL would send out publicity inviting children of all ages to come in fancy dress.
