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Criw Niwbwrch Cyf Minutes of General Meeting 19th February 2007 Present: Helen Tapley (Chair) Chris Bowler (minutes) Agenda 2. Matters Arising from the Minutes of the last meeting 3. Email received by HT from RGR to be included with these minutes
The minutes were accepted by the committee as a true account of the meeting of 17th January 2007 3. Enid Williams – Principal Youth Officer Enid summarised existing facilities/equipment for youth club currently held on Thursday evenings with two youth leaders at the Primary school in Newborough. These include: pool table, air hockey, table football, dartboard, table tennis, coffee bar, playstation and laptop. Multi use cupboard for equipment. Enid is aware that the arrangement of 26 nights (September – March) is inadequate mostly due to rural areas not getting enough money and there will be further restrictions due to a £16K reduction in funds from the council for the next financial year. EW supported RR’s suggested use of volunteers to provide an extra evening where Junior leader courses for 16+, D of E, and inter club activities could take place. DO reported six members of Llanfaelog youth club currently working towards D of E bronze medals. Part of Enid’s role to make community groups aware of small grants available for attracting volunteers. The group of young people attending the meeting today advised that they would like two evening youth club sessions possibly Monday and Wednesday. CN to make bid to the Youth service outlining costings, rent and facilities available once EB is up and running. EW advised that the Youth Panel meets on 22nd March that is not a public meeting but will consider bids and other issues presented to them. DO and NH to visit youth club on Thursday 1st March to help with writing a letter of support to accompany the bid. It was pointed out by EW that the pink slip that is signed at the
end of a youth club session is an opportunity for members to speak out
and raise issues that are of concern to them. EW also added that there
is an allocation of one instructor per month for each youth club. 4. Robert Williams, Forestry Commission RW was present to express the view of the FC that CN and other community organisations might put in a bid for the provision of an ice cream vending operation in the visitors’ car park at the beach that would be of benefit monetarily to the successful group. Until the tendering documents are available it is difficult to estimate the cost of such a venture. Environmental issues such as the type of items for sale and production of litter need to be taken into account. The charge made would provide the wages for a warden for weekends during the summer. Money made from the sales to be ploughed back into the community organisation. TH pointed out that unless the contract to deliver the above was in the region of say 5 years, there would be too large an outlay on machines/materials etc to be viable. NH and GW expressed interest in running an ice cream business themselves as they were experienced in this and a percentage would go back to CN if the contract were awarded to them. There was also a suggestion that a percentage of the collection of monies from the pay gate near the forest might be contracted out, the bulk of the monies to go towards FC; an estimated 176,000 visitors used the facility last year. RW also advised that he was considering putting out to tender the contract of administering approx 682 residents’ key fobs when up for renewal. A telephone line and computer would be essential to carry out this; there would be some remuneration towards any community group to whom the contract might be awarded. Currently the Post Office runs this. 5. Building Progress Update 6. Finance Update KB advised that the last of the monies from WAG had arrived and banked
in the high interest account. 7. Activities Circus Fun This went well with 43 youngsters attending ages from 4 – 16.
Llinos Hughes produced a form to collect names/contact details of potential
adult volunteers and 22 names were put forward; these volunteers to
help specifically with children’s activities organised by CN. Grand Easter Draw Tickets to be on sale by beginning of March. Prizes already donated include wine, chicken, DVD player, basket of fruit etc. Disco RH to organise disco at Primary School; chocolates and drinks etc to be on sale. Date and time to be arranged. Proceeds to CN. 8. Any Other Business
9. Date of next Meeting Monday 19th March 2007 Liz’s house – Bod Iorweth, Chapel Street 7.30pm Please bring these minutes with you |