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	BARNTON PARISH PLAN GROUP MEETING 07/06/07
Present:	Helen Kirsopp, Frank Casey, Lynn Gibbon, Dave Stevens, Rachel Stan= ley, Jane Denton, Michael Parkes &nbs= p;
MINUTE	DETAIL	ACTIONS
1.		Apologies for absence: Carol Ashdow= n, Derry Edwards
2.		Approve the minutes of the last meeting= of the Parish Plan working group. minutes written by Dave Stevens:
		Minutes appr= oved, NB The next minutes will have t= o be posted to Jane Denton. <= /o:p>
3.		Matters Arising from the minutes= :
	a	Letter sent = Pam Shingler by D.Stevens
	b	Website photographs guaranteed to= be updated by next week.	F.C (Update the website)
	c	Beech Tree L= andlord to be contacted by Email, the Landlord is trying to help us by approaching customers from the Beech Tree Estate to see if any wish to join the group= .	F.C (E.Mail the Landlord)
	d	Methodist Church to be contacted on Sunday	H.K (Contact the Church)=
	e	H.Kirsopp co= nfirmed that the £250 starter grant had been received.
	f	The spreadsh= eet that group members will record their time on has been updated by L.Gibbon with formulae to automatically calculate into monetary totals.	L.G (Send updated spreadsheet to all)
	g	“Barnt= on in Bloom” poster is now in many local locations, more given out to gro= up members by L.Gibbon.	ALL (Continue distributing the posters)
	h	Vivien Kenda= ll from the “Guardian” has been contacted by F.Casey and a piece will= be in next Wednesday’s paper, with the week after having a piece on “Barnton in Bloom”.	F.C (Contact the “Chronicle” to see if they wish to publis= h details)
	i	L.Gibbon has= drafted a letter to the Parish Council to request notice boards in the village. Locations to= be discussed later in the meeting.
	j	L.Gibbon con= tacted S.J.D. but requires a contact for M.C.College re: I.T Project.=
MINUTE	DETAILS	ACTIONS
4.		Notice Boards:
	a	A discussion= took place at the meeting to try to identify what would be the preferred locat= ions for the proposed new notice boards in the village. It was decided that L.Gibbon would write to the Parish Council with the following suggestions= . <= /o:p> Near to the Co-op Beech Tree Barn Owl Chemists car park Grange Road park area It was sugge= sted that sponsorship may be required for the Notice Boards as it would be a y= ear before any money could be allocated by the Parish Council. <= /o:p>	L.G (Send the letter to the Parish Council)
5.		Publicity – Plan Events Publicity= :
	a	Completed by= F.Casey <= /o:p>
6.		Strategy for the School Fair:
	a	Available on Tuesday the 17^th of July 20= 07: R.Stanley, F.Casey, H.Kirsopp, C.= Ashdown. D.Stevens if required and M.Parke= s if he is in the area.	Meet @ 2.30pm<= /o:p> Starts 3.00pm Ends 5.00pm
	b	Tables in the playground, but the canteen will be open for cups of tea. Parish Plan location thought to be best indoors in the Library.
	c	Three questi= ons against our headings: What do you like? What don’t you like? What would you like improved?= Answers on d= ifferent colour “Post it” notes on posters that will be put on the tab= les to accept all the thoughts of residents without any negative comments from group members.	H.K. (Post it notes And Blu-tak)= D.S (Biro’s) R.S (Pencils and flip chart stands) L.G (Flip chart)
	d	Posters requ= ired for: (a) “Barnton in Bloom” on= A3 size paper if <= o:p> possible. (b) “Survey for the Village= 221; made by the school children if possible.	L.G (Contact D.E. to see if this is possible) R.S (enquire at the school)
	e	Name badges = and Parish Plan Posters	L.G (To provide)
MINUTE	DETAILS	ACTIONS
6.		Strategy for the School Fair continued:=
	f	Group member= s with digital cameras to take pictures of both “Good and Bad” thing= s in Barnton to be printed out for the next meeting.	ALL (Take digital photographs of the village)
		<= /o:p>
7.		Barnton in Bloom:=
	a	Divide the v= illage up into eight sections if possible for individual judges to cover as discussed at the meeting.	D.S (Section a map of Barnton for the next meeting)<= /p>
	b	Availability= for judging: F.Casey, L.G= ibbon, M.Parkes, R.Stanley. Possibles: J= .Denton, D.Edwards.
	c	Judging to be completed before the 23^rd of July, with each judge selecting t= wo top gardens from their section of the village. These finalists will then = be collectively judged on the Friday the 27^th of July.=
	d	Three prizes= : Best Baskets Best Garde= n Best Business
	e	Ask Winningt= on Garden Centre if they wish to be involved in the judging	L.G (Contact D.E)
		<= /o:p>
8.		AOB:
	a	R.Stanley st= ated that there was a school open day on Tuesday the 12^th of June 2007 and pupils would guide visitors around the school, there was an open invitation for group members to attend if they so wished, times: 10.00a.m. to 11.30a.m. 1.30p.m. to 3.00p.m.=	ALL (Attend scho= ol open day if possible)
	b	D.Stevens in= formed the Group members that “Kingsmead” residents had managed to g= et a grant for litter picking equipment.	D.S (Try to get further information if possible)
	c	M.Parkes informed the group membe= rs that the “Cheshire Partnership” group whose remit is to “imp= rove the quality of life” and who are funded by “Cheshire County Council” are now located on the Anderton Industrial Estate.<= /p> They are involved in Community Ca= rs, Respite care, Community Transport etc.

MINUTE	DETAILS	ACTIONS
8.		A.O.B Continued:
	d	M.Parkes asked if the “Three Questions” were on the village website yet, the answer was not yet = but they soon will be.	F.C (Check&nbs= p; the website is updated)

9.		Date and time of future meetings:

		Thursday the 21^st of June 2007 @ 7.15pm

		Thursday the 5^th of July 2007 @ 7.15pm
		(Judging the Logo/Slogan competition)