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	BARNTON PARISH PLAN GROUP MEETING 09/10/08
Present:	L.Gibbon, D.Stevens, M.Parkes, R.Stanley. F.Casey, D.Morris.<= /o:p>
MINUTE	DETAIL	ACTIONS
1.		Apologies for absence: H.Kirsopp <= /o:p>
2.		Approve the minutes of the last meeting= of the Parish Plan working group. minutes written by Dave Stevens:
		Minutes appr= oved. <= /o:p>	.
3.		Matters Arising:
	a	D.Stevens still to try to contact= the photographer that is producing pictures of the village for sale in the Po= st Office.	D.S (Contact the photographer)
	b	M.Parkes vol= unteered to pick out a maximum of six key comments noted in the “Children’s Book” to add to summary of comments already noted from the residents survey.	M.P (To study the book the children made and pi= ck out key comments)
4.		Parish Plan:
	a	The first draft of the “Par= ish Plan” was brought to the meeting by L.Gibbon for members to study. = All the fonts were now the same and all changes had been made as discussed at= the previous meeting. Members were very impressed with the quality and conten= t of the document.
	b	Some comments were made by member= s and noted by L.Gibbon to allow the final draft to be prepared.	L.G (Prepare the final draft)
	c	R.Stanley ha= s the school write up ready but still has work to do in gathering details on lo= cal church groups and their activities which can then be added to the Parish Plan.	R.S (Send detail= to L.Gibbon on the school and church groups)
	d	D.Stevens and F.Casey to meet outside the meeting to discuss putting the “Barnton Directory” on to the village website.	D.S (Contact F.C= to arrange a meeting)
	e	The headmist= ress of the Primary School had agreed that they could be a partner if there were = any appropriate issues where the school could help. (Contacted by R.Stanley)<= o:p>	&nbs= p;
MINUTE	DETAIL	ACTIONS
4		Parish Plan continued:= <= /o:p>
	e	The headmist= ress had commented that it could be put on the agenda to help to educate the child= ren in issues raised in the action plan. Children could also maybe help in ma= king up hanging baskets or carry out traffic monitoring as an educational exer= cise for example.
	f	M.Parkes to = contact the “School Travel Team” to expand our understanding on curre= nt “Walking Bus” thinking.	M.P (Contact the = school travel team) L.G (Add to the a= ction plan)
	g	Group member= s to check through the first draft of the Parish Plan at home and email L.Gibb= on with details of any suggestions they may have or any errors that they may find.	ALL (Check the Pa= rish Plan draft and Email L.G as indicated)
5.		Any Other Business:	&nbs= p;
	a	R.Stanley re= ported that the “Corporate Communication Workshop” was excellent and raised a few issues: We need to be very professional in= what we present. We need to be certain what age gro= up we are targeting in what we present. If seeking volunteers we must be absolutely specific of what we require of them. More details= are available in a course booklet which is to be circulated to group members.= <= /o:p>	R.S (Circulate the booklet to group members)
6.		Date and time of the next meeting:
		Thursday the 23rd of October 2008 Starting @ 7.15pm= At the Memorial = Hall