Westminster Park Residents Association

Minutes of the WP-RA Committee Meeting 18th January 2012

Dave Craggs — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:29:39 +0000

Present: Olwen Bellis, Dave Craggs, Susan Eva, Sandra Magilton, David Pilling, Brian Westcott,

Sue Britton, Julie Sams, Mark Sams, Leah Crewe, Allan Stobie, Nick Ryan & Richard Short

Apologies: Mary Pole & Lesley Morris

		Actions
1.	MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING The minutes of the previous meeting held on 9th November 2011 were reviewed and accepted as accurate.
2.	MATTERS ARISING Road markings at Claypit and Rushfield Road have now been carried out. CCTV – Use of camera by residents above the Co-Op will continue unless anyone else requests use.
3.	TREASURER’S REPORT NR reported that accounts are nearly ready for auditing. Surplus of £300 and a very healthy balance from last year. 2012 subscriptions are well ahead. 147 residents have provided email addresses.
4.	NEWSLETTER/MEDIA Contact MP for advertising . Copy by mid February. For sale section on web page. Consolidate Facebook entry. Encourage users with offer of voucher from local shops. DC suggested newsletter for Westminster Park (like Overleigh Roundabout) which would be funded by advertising and produced annually. Dave will put together a draft for next meeting. It would be distributed with Forum Newseletter.	LC/DC/MS DC/LC DC
5.	OVER 60S CLUB 84 people attended first meeting. Club to be called Evergreen will meet monthly ~ it will have a separate committee and 9 people volunteered. Suggested annual subscription is £10 pa and there would be a nominal fee charged at each session (more if a speaker attended or food provided). Session would run for 1.5 hours with suggested topics: history of Chester, healthy eating, gardening tips, environmental issues, IT session, concerts/ theatre trip, games (quiz, bingo, beetle drive, scrabble), choir, community help. SM & AS to meet initially to plan programme with a speaker for first meeting. WPCC availability is limited. Hire of hall is £10 per hour. WPRA insurance covers public liability and legal expenses. Broker to be notified of extra events. LC’s Father will read through paperwork to check.	AS/SM NR/LC
6.	NOTICEBOARD Agreed that all posters should be no larger than A5 size and that adverts should be placed on a small postcard. Noticeboard will remain as it is for the time being. DP and AS are the keyholders.
7.	WPRA: AREA OF BENEFIT Ramsden Court (off Green Lane) is included in the WPRA area.
8.	GARDENING CLUB The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be Wednesday, 28 March 2012. Paul and Sylvia Makin will give an illustrated talk on how they designed and developed their garden in Cavendish Road. Plant swap as usual. MP will put something in the Newsletter. Daffodils coming up on. Mike Pollard willing to help plant more.	MP JS
9.	SOCIAL EVENTS Musical evening has been arranged for Saturday 3^rd March at 8 pm in WPCC. 70 tickets are available, of which 19 have been sold. SM to organise supper (£250 budget) and Chester Operatic Society will cost £275. BW has tickets for sale.	SM BW
10.	THANK YOU GIFTS It was agreed that thank you notes would be sent to volunteers but not gifts/ flowers.
11.	WPCC ~ JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS Jubilee celebrations to include WPRA, WPCC, School, Scouts & local councillors. SB to speak to Belgrave to see if they have any plans in place. Suggested date 1^st June. Committee to be formed with representatives of all interested parties. BW volunteered for WPRA. WPRA to work with WPCC to promote Jubilee celebrations and to engage with any other events to the benefit of Westminster Park residents.	SB BW
12.	OPEN DAY Dave to liaise with WPCC about an Open Day at the Community Centre. This should include all user groups and local community organisations.	DC
13.	ANY OTHER BUSINESS Friends of Dukes Drive inaugural meeting will be held on Wednesday 25^th January at Eccleston Church Hall at 6 pm. AGM will be held on Wednesday 4^th April 2012 at 7.30 pm in the Scout Hut. SB to book. Cost is £12 per hour.	SB
14.	DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 25^th April at 17 Vincent Drive.

Latest accounts for the residents association

Dave Craggs — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:59:29 +0000

Accounts for 18th January 2012

Income Statement 18 01 12

Balance Sheet 18 01 12

Accounts for 31st December 2011

Income Statement 31 12 11

Balance Sheet 31 12 11

Gardening Club

Dave Craggs — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:36:30 +0000

The next meeting of the Gardening Club will be Wednesday, 28 March 2012, at 7.45 pm in the Community Centre.

Paul and Sylvia Makin will give an illustrated talk on how they designed and developed their garden in Cavendish Road.

Plant swap as usual.

WESTMINSTER PARK BRIDGE CLUB

Dave Craggs — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:33:50 +0000

Are you interested in playing bridge?

We currently play in the Community Centre, Five Ashes Road every Thursday from 7.15pm to approx 10.30 and all levels of players are welcome.

You are guaranteed to play even if you don’t have a partner as we operate a host system; this means a current member is available for those players who turn up without a partner.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me on 675923 or best of all turn up one Thursday.

Nick Ryan, Chairman

Dancing at Westminster Park

Dave Craggs — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:08 +0000

Young Student of the Month

Dave Craggs — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:40 +0000

Edward Brown was awarded Young Student of the Month for January 2012 at the Westminster Park Community Centre.

Edward is very enthusiastic and has shown much improvement over January.

Keep it going Edward and well done!

See the HSKC website for more information about the club

Songs from the Shows – at the Community Centre

Dave Craggs — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:26:04 +0000

For tickets you can also use the contact form

Diamond Jubilee Picnic

Dave Craggs — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:11 +0000

Scam emails

Dave Craggs — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:12:09 +0000

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM TRADING STANDARDS, PLEASE SHARE WIDELY

Trading Standards are aware that an email entitled ‘Population Census: a message to everyone – act now‘ is being circulated, allegedly in the name of National Statistician, Jil Matheson. This email demands individuals provide further personal information, supposedly for the Census and threatens fines for non-compliance.

This email is a scam and a hoax. It has no connection whatsoever with the National Statistician, the 2011 Census or the Office for National Statistics. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND

We believe the links in the email could download malware to any computer where the user clicks on the links. This could put your personal data, including financial information, at risk.

Anyone receiving this, or similar emails, should delete them, not open any links and certainly not provide any information.

For more information on how to protect yourself from this type of threat, please see www.getsafeonline.org

If you wish to, please report receipt of any such suspicious emails to www.actionfraud.org.uk

The Office for National Statistics takes the protection of personal census information extremely seriously. Collection of census data was completed last year and no further requests will be forthcoming from the Office for National Statistics relating to the 2011 Census.

The statement will shortly be added to the ONS web site http://www.ons.gov.uk/

Please pass this information to family members, friends, neighbours and anyone you think maybe vulnerable.

For general consumer advice please contact Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 or go to http://www.direct.gov.uk/

Zumba comes to Westminster Park

Dave Craggs — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:23:46 +0000