Held on 14/07/2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Lotus House, The Street, Draycott.
2. Attendance,
apologies and welcome
3. Minutes
of previous meeting
6 a Updating
the churchyard rules
Richard
opened the meeting with a prayer.
Present David Cheetham Richard
Dingley Sylvia Dingley Chris Green |
DC
RD
SD CG |
Tricia Heckbert Colette Jeff Tricia Lumley Thea Oliver Barry Rose |
TH CJ
TL TO BR |
Minutes of the 23/06/2008
extraordinary meeting were agreed as accurate.
Barry Rose reported that 48 ordinary copies had been bought 2nd
hand, from Brent Knoll, and 13 full music copies had been ordered. It is open
to anyone who buys a copy to have it dedicated to someone’s memory.
6 e (Sound
system) This had been working better. Suggest we cut down on the speakers as
most of the hard-of-hearing will pick up the signal through the induction loop.
7 c i (Replacement
of new light bulb) RD and DC have settled all of the bills apart from the lamp
bulb replacement. This has not been raised by the electricians.
7 c ii (Re-arrangement
of the chancel lighting). DC has this in hand.
7 h (Lightning
conductor). CG reported that Ecclesiastical Insurance were unwilling to comment
over the phone, and asked us to send documentation for their specialist
surveyor. It might be best to raise the point informally, if this were
possible.
7 e (Covenant
envelopes) DC had ordered these.
(Magazine)
TL had taken the outstanding delivery allocation to the house of the person
responsible.
7 h (Legacies
and wills). RD to investigate what other churches in the LMG are doing.
8 a (Graveyard
rules) DC has already put an article in the church magazine, tactfully urging
greater tidiness.
This
now needs to go in the parish newsletter- DC will sent something.
5 (Church
opening). CG had written a letter thanking Helen Higgs. DC has already spoken
to Ray Denning at Old Cross House.
(items received and added to agenda- 6d, 6e, 6f, 7i, 8a)
(covered)
Saturday 11th October. The Lost Sheep have been booked. Jacket potatoes, in school hall.
(covered)
Richard pointed out the dangers of the old wooden ladder, and proposed to donate an aluminium ladder that was surplus to his requirements. The meeting agreed with thanks.
CG had received a nomination for Joe Hogan as a foundation governor of the school. His term is strictly not up until next year, but the school would like to stagger the appointments, so his is being brought up early. TO proposed that we elect Joe Hogan as foundation governor, and CG seconded. All agreed. The form was completed and will be passed on to the school.
This is taking up space and has not been used for some time.
ACTION: TL will look into disposing of this (Freecycle?)
We will need to make a
contribution to travel expenses for the candidates. Cheddar had proposed that
this would be in proportion to the relative parish shares. The meeting agreed.
The next step will be to
re-advertise the post.
There
will be a meeting of the worship committee in September. The diary has now been
completed until December 6th. The meeting thanked RD for his hard
work on this.
CG
said that he and Nikki Devitt had both attended their readership selection
conference, and had been accepted as trainees. The PCC gave their
congratulations. He thanked the PCC for its support.
In
order not to take up too much time at PCC meetings, DC suggested that we should
have a fabric subcommittee. We should ask Stanley and Ray Denny. Other members
would be RD, DC and CJ. The idea was put to a vote- CG proposed, CJ seconded.
All were in favour.
ACTION: CJ will ask Stanley.
Funds: £5,631 in general fund, £3,104 in refurbishment fund.
SsSP: £175 was raised, with some more still to come.
DC has been paying £250 per month, as agreed. We have paid £1,500 so far this year.
i.
The
accordion evening will be on the 1st August. Gordon will write an
article for the paper.
ii.
LW
and Tricia Corrick are arranging a flower festival- more information later
(dates: 12, 13, 14 Dec).
iii.
Jumble
sale proposed- September (any over will go to a car boot sale). 20th
September.
iv.
Soup
lunch- 8th November (provisional)
v.
Concert
proposed by Barry Rose- 14th Dec, evening (restoration fund).
Tickets- £10 each.
(Covered).
Beetle Drive in September.
Further events to be announced. Next meeting 22nd September.
(covered).
CG read out an update from Stanley. He has not yet got back to Mr. Williams of Cardiff Castle, and was wondering if one of us would prefer to take this over.
ACTION: We should prefer Stanley to see this through- CG to respond.
Linda had written to express her views on the payment of the parish share from our inadequate church funds- CG read this to the meeting. There was sympathy for this point of view, but we felt that we should continue to pay when it was possible.
· Next PCC- 1st September, 9 Barnett’s Well..
The meeting was closed with the Grace.