Yesterday I received an email from our chairman (Baz_k) who has been away working (USA). He suggested we (the committee) meet this week to agree a date for the next full meeting (and to discuss progress on some issues etc)… If we can find a mutually convenient date to get together we will also discuss your suggestion.

Thanks for your support

As the Association is still in it’s infancy, there will be a lot of issues for the Committee members to try and deal with, hence the delay putting minutes onto the website, which I do understand. I wonder if it would be possible to post a date (if arranged) for the next meeting so that we can get it into our diaries now?

May I suggest that you ask for people to commit to a short period of time to help out the committee? This way they can be contributing and at the same time gives them time to decide if they would like to be on the committee. Any help is better than none.
You are doing a grand job but there are only so many hours in the day; I’m sure there are a few more people in Kingsway who can help the Association.

No smart comments about attending from me; we all have other commitments which make these things difficult.

We are awaiting the minutes from these meetings.
Our Secretary had a really busy month just after the 2nd meeting (he was – unexpectedly – abroad for most of it and returned just in time for the last meeting)… In addition, there were a lot of points covered during meeting 2 which included a heck of a lot of follow-up activity. Taken together with the number of subjects covered in (and followed up since) meeting 3, getting the minutes up-to-date and published is – no doubt – a bit of a nightmare!

After the first meeting I posted with a list of topics discussed but didn’t do so after meetings 2 & 3 for reasons given above… We are pursuing a whole host of issues.

I personally have had an average of 2/3 meetings per week on matters arising from the meetings or pertaining to Kingsway Youths and the Residents Association over the last 3 weeks and have several more scheduled over the next few weeks (without including my activities as the Kingsway representative the on the Police Neighbourhood Panel) and at least 2 of my colleagues are also involved with Neighbourhood Watch…

For these reasons, we are considering trying to expand the committee (arranging/attending meetings, following up issues and dealing with other local issues arising, plus arranging and delivering leaflets etc is turning into a lot of work for a small group)!

With that said, your comments are valid. I expect the minutes will be issued soon and I apologise on behalf of the Committee for the delay(s)

Just a quick note about the Residents Association… There seems to little/no feedback from the meetings.

I agree that minutes are online for the first meeting but nothing on the subsequent two meetings. I await the reply "if you want to know what is happening then attend", however my wife did attend the first meeting but due to prior commitments has not been able to attend meetings 2 and 3.

If the RA is to have any credibility it must be seen to be representing the people and also informing them of its representations. If it fails to do this it is not a "Residents Association" any more!

We will also add in a portion for Discussion of Parking and solutions! (Can you add it into my post) as requested by Mclovin

Please add a spot in the agenda for Ishmail Ali of Oxbode Housing Association.

He contacted me today and I’m going to meet with him at 10:30 Monday morning (if you’re free you’re welcome to join me).

I’ll speak to you about it before Friday – I’ve taken the liberty of adding it in your (above) agenda… (You’ll thank me for it later – lol).