Kingsway Villagers

Folks

The Next open meeting is Friday 8th August in Avionics House on the Kingsway Business Park.
For those who went last time, it’s in the same room as we had then (see map here).
Start Time: 1930h

The Draft Agenda at the moment is:
Welcome
Introductions of the Committee
Aims of the Association
Work Done To Date
Open Floor For Issues (See notes on this section below)
Open Floor For Positives
Date Of Next Meeting
Meeting Close

The “Open Floor” will be a portion of the meeting where any resident can raise an issue that needs to be take further by the Association. Any person can ask to raise an issue. This needs to be clear and consise. The Chair will then ask the floor if there are any objections to the issue been addressed and if there are none then it will be minuted and taken as an action. If there is an objection, then this will be heard and then a vote taken to see if it is to be addressed.

The “Open Foor For Positives” is to get a vibe from residents about what we like about Kingsway and what positive things the Association can do to improve community spirit etc.

If you want to add any specific items to the Agenda, please email them to kingswayra@googlemail.com or in an envelope clearly marked with Residents Association and for my attention, to: 70 Thatcham Avenue, by Wednesday 6th August, so I can at least try and get some form of response for you.

Cheers,

Barry.

This post was submitted by Baz_k.

Hi All,

Just a quick update on what the committee that you elected has been up to so far.

We have had our first meeting to determine what needs to be done to get the organisation up and running and have come up with a number of tasks to be done (creating a constitution, areas of possible funding, bank accounts, a terms of reference etc), as well as what we can do in the short term.  We have a couple of ideas for a couple of events to be held later in the year which we are looking into.  Finally we are trying to make contact with all the stakeholders who we may have a dialogue with in the future.

Thank you to everybody who has sent an email of support to our new address, it really is appreciated. 

Finally, please don’t forget about the open meeting on the 8th August.  If you have a topic for the agenda, please send it to me to ensure it arrives a week before the meeting.  This gives us time to consider the issue and see if we can gather more useful information to contribute to the discussion.

Cheers

Barry

Hi All

Better late than never! The venue for tomorrow nights meeting will be the Robert Hitchins Offices.

Maps will be placed in the parish notice boards (beside small park and the bus stop), however brief directions are:
Out of the village to the A38 towards J12. Turn left at the roundabout towards the Waterwells Business Park. Left at the next roundabout towards the park and ride and head up to Naas Lane. at the T junction to Naas Lane turn RIGHT and then left and follow the signs to the building where the meeting is.

Apologies for the lack of ideal venue but it is the best we can do. And please don’t let it put you off! Please come!

Barry

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Folks

I know we have said we have delivered leaflets about the forthcoming Residents Association meeting, but with so little time left we have not been able to hit everybody in the Village. It has been impossible to get enough leaflets and the time to visit everybody’s house, so I would really appreciate it if you could mention the meeting to your neighbours if you see them, and hopefully the word will spread about it.

I would like to thank Clive and Sarah for helping to deliver leaflets as we are all just residents and to give up your time (in the rain) to do something like this for free is just what is needed!
Also thanks to the Parish Council for doing the printing for us, otherwise this would have to have been funded out of our pockets, so I’m very grateful!

Now all we need is for everybody to turn up (when we get the final word on the venue)!

Barry

This post was submitted by Baz_k.

I just thought I’d put a post up detailing what I know about the meeting on Friday.

The location is still assumed to be the Community Centre, but Cllr Bryan Claridge is still chasing it.
Any issues and/or venue changes will be posted as soon as they are known.

The actual meeting will be chaired by the Parish Council to ensure it is properly done and has oversight!

The agenda will (roughly) be:

• Welcome and introductions
• Overview of the Association and what is required of the meeting.
• Job descriptions to be filled.
• Election of officers.
• Any other business.
• Date of next meeting.

Apologies for things not being more definite. As soon we have any more information it will be passed on.

To say a bit more about the roles:

We will need to elect at least a Chair-Person and a Secretary.
The Chair will be responsible for running meetings and representing the organisation.
The Secretary will be responsible for ensuring that people know what they are supposed to be doing and for keeping minutes of the meetings.

These are very rough and will not be the only roles, but are the minimum of what we will need to allow a mandate to be developed and push the organisation on. I would like to see a Social Secretary too, and any other role which may be useful.

However, people do need to volunteer for these roles and be willing to do them, otherwise nothing will happen except wasting everybody’s time, so please think carefully about whether you can contribute!

This post was submitted by Baz_k.