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Warmington Village Design
Statement
Minutes of the second meeting of the Steering Group,
held on 21 February 2002, 7.30 pm: Village Hall
1. Welcome: William Du Croz opened the
meeting and thanked everyone for coming and supporting the Warmington
VDS.
Steering Group members present: William
Du Croz, Judy Stroud, Annette Solt, Jane Brant, Robert Brant, Andy
Crouch, Lindsey Reed, Bob Davey, David Constant.
Attending: Amy Boud (Rockingham Forest
Trust), Karen Ure, Jackie Johnson, Rob Johnson, Rob Bosworth, Mary
Hodges, Derek Thomas, Steve Solt.
2. Apologies: Peter Crouch, Graham
Yeatman, Peter Banbridge, Rupert Furze, Amanda Forrest.
3. Minutes of the last meeting. These
were accepted. Jane Brant offered to help deliver future minutes to
Steering Group members.
4. Matters Arising.
- Logo. Ideas from Lindsey, William and Amy
were circulated for discussion later.
- Treasure Hunt. It was considered to be a
good way of exploring the whole parish.
- Influencing the Local Plan. This is on the
agenda for Warmington VDS Project Board meeting on 3 April.
- Involving the Primary School. Bob Davey
reported that the school wish to be involved. The Year 3 & 4
project later this year on Warmington will be a good contribution.
Links with the
- Workshop in April and at the School Fete in July
are possible.
- History of the Village. Robert Bosworth's
talk on 4 April should stimulate interest in Warmington and its
history. For more recent history it would be useful to get information
from some older residents. ACTION. Ideas from everyone on gathering
and compiling this information.
- Ideas for sustaining interest in the VDS.
Having a presence at local events will stimulate interest. Aerial
photos of the village. ACTION. Karen to start search. Annette, Penny
Morgan, Peter Moules, Robert Bosworth and Primary School all have
photos.
- Noticeboard for Nene Pastures. To be dealt
with by Parish Council.
- William had received copies of letters from
Amanda Forrest regarding the BT poles at Eaglethorpe. This issue
highlights how important it is to engage with the utilities during the
VDS process.
5. Workshop on 27 April. Andy Crouch opened the
discussion.
- Encouraging attendance and having an idea of
numbers attending in advance is important, if only for catering. It
was agreed to produce a newsletter and an invitation with a tear-off
reply slip for every household in the parish. Publicising the event
via Four All, Evening Telegraph, The Villager, Nene Valley News and
Stamford Mercury is important. Deadlines for copy need to be noted.
Equipment for Workshop. The Village Hall is booked. We need - flip
charts, display boards wall boards, 'Graffitti' board for comments. ACTION: Bob, Amy, Judy, William and Robert (scanner for photographs).
We need cameras and it was decided to have some disposable cameras for
children in particular together with two or more digital cameras
(Derek Thomas Lindsey, Rob Johnson have these). ACTION: Andy to
contact Boots/Tesco at Hampton about donating film, disposable cameras
and processing
- Maps of the village and whole parish.
ACTION: William to investigate paper maps. Steve Solt to investigate
digital maps. NCC has large-scale maps that they may be able to
give/lend to us.
- Refreshments. Tea, coffee, soup and rolls,
cakes. Andy volunteered to make soup. Need a 'social area' on day for
refreshments away from main activities. A special cake for the
occasion was proposed. ACTION: Bob to ask Liz if she would consider
making one.
- A sub-committee was formed to organise the
programme: Robert Brant, Steve Solt, Andy Crouch.
6. Newsletter. David Constant led the
discussion. Graham Yeatman produced an outline design, which was
circulated. His general proposals were endorsed.
- There was a vote on a logo and Lindsey's was
adopted with minor modifications. The pros and cons of including
photos were discussed.
- Timetable. Delivery to all households at the
end of March together with invitation to the Workshop (with tear-off
reply slip). Another newsletter in May with comments of parishioners
about Workshop would be a good idea.
- ACTIONS: Amy to talk to Chris Wade (about
200 words please); David Constant to discuss production with Graham
Yeatman and to draft invitation; Mary to write 200 words please; Steve
Solt offered to help with production - liaise with Graham.
7. Other Events Bob Davey led the discussion.
- Talk on 4 April by Rob Bosworth - Warmington
and its development since 650 AD.
- Village Walk led by Steve Solt on Thursday 16
May ending at the pub. Mainly about traditional features of
Northamptonshire architecture, with samples of different building
materials available.
- Farm Walk. ACTION: William to ask George
Barker if he will lead a walk in half-term week (31 May - 10 June) and
perhaps a second one for those not on half-term.
- Exhibitions. These will give several
opportunities for parishioners to express views. Take to: Village
Picnic at Church on 3 June; School Fete on 6 July; Heritage Weekend at
Church 13-17 September; Horticultural Show. e) Launch of consultation
draft at a meeting in early October.
8. Fundraising. (a) Progress report. Lindsey
Reed led the discussion. Ideas so far include: badges for children to
make (ACTION Playgroup and Judy to locate a badge -making machine);
Retiring collection following Rob Bosworth's talk; Ask for donations
from parishioners; Treasure Hunt; Corporate sponsorship; grants; local
and Warmington companies; our own fundraising efforts. If anyone has
connections with any local companies, please contact Lindsey (280168).
ACTION: William to draft a letter to potential sponsors. Contact all
as soon as possible. (b) Budget Robert has prepared a budget
split by month. So far we have incurred expenses of about £50. The
Parish Council has given us £300 so far and some donations have come
from within the village already. Overall we need to raise £4370 with
£3500 from corporate sponsorship. As we need some funds before the
Workshop we need to have had some sponsorship in March. Robert has
done a value check on other VDS and this sum is not out of the
ordinary. A bank account with Barclays in Oundle will be set up in the
next week, once the bank have all the relevant details.
9. Publicity Officer. No volunteers yet.
10. Any other business. A progress
report will be submitted to the Parish Council for their meeting in
March. A request for the loan of additional funds will be considered
by the Parish Council on 25 February. The first meeting of the Project
Board is on 3 April 2002.
11. Date of next meeting. Now changed
to Monday 15 April. Meet also on 1 May to review Workshop.
12. Meeting closed at 10 pm.
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