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Criw Niwbwrch Cyf

Minutes of Annual General Meeting 11th October 2006
Newborough Primary School 7.30pm

Present: Barrie Freeman(Vice Chair) Tomos Hughes Chris Bowler (minutes) Ken Bowler (Treasurer)
Dafydd Hughes Susan (youth worker)
Richard Hughes Delyth Owen (Barnardos)
Roy Roberts

Apologies: Helen Tapley (Chair) Joan Roberts
Dylan Hughes Nia Hughes
Liz Webb
Martin Taylor

Agenda:

1. Matters Arising from the Minutes of the last meeting

None

2. Chair’s Report

Due to the absence of the Chair, due to illness, the report was not given.
The meeting was informed that a pre contract meeting took place on Monday 18th September.

3. Treasurer’s Report

KB presented the report for the year up to the present day and explained the implications of projected expenditure. DO queried costings of water rates and the impact on expenditure; KB to investigate. The rates on a building for the community are between 80%-100% exempt. Charitable status is to continue to be followed up. KB was advised by VAT office that currently it would not be in the best interest of CN to register.

4. Activities – current and projected

The next 6 month’s diary containing items for CN to carry out was presented to the meeting.

Action: Dafydd to collect competition entries re “ Dangers of Construction Sites” from Newborough Primary School on Friday 13th October.

It was agreed that prizes should be awarded to all children who took part.

Father Christmas will be making his rounds this year, dates and venues to be confirmed at next general meeting.

5. Annual Review and Business Plan

This was presented to the meeting. It was pointed out that the majority of committee members took part in the review and also had opportunity to make comments/suggestions on the draft BP. The decision not to employ a consultant re fund applications but to use the expertise of DO was amended in the final draft.

6. Sustainability

The “Donate a Slate” letter in Welsh re fund raising was approved.


7. Plans for the opening

It was agreed to discuss this issue when a fuller complement of committee members present.

8. Re – election of committee members

As 7 above.

Any Other Business

i) The disco at the school to be held on 30th October to be arranged by Roy, Dafydd, Richard, Tomos, Glenys etc
ii) DH presented a leaflet outlining services available from the Healthy Living Centre in Bangor that contained ideas which might be useful for CN to follow in Eglwys Bach. DO pointed out that the Healthy Living Centre was in a Communities First area.
iii) BF asked for all members with email addresses to forward them to him asap.
iv) Re website and other instances where bilingual information is required, DO to organise translation page by page.
v) Photos of children not to be put on website until parental consent forms signed.
vi) BF expressed appreciation of Helen’s, Ken’s and Chris’s efforts to put the project back on track.
vii) CJB reported that Sian Mai Jones of Community Chest is keen to meet with CN re the unsuccessful application for Indoor Bowls and table tennis equipment.
viii) DO advised that it might be possible to apply for Cymorth Play Grant for Xmas stockings as gifts.to be provided for Newborough children. This to be followed up.
ix) The visit to Plas Y Brenin has been provisionally booked, to be confirmed when CN hears from Cymorth Play Grant.


October 2006
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