AGM Summary

We held our Annual General Meeting last Wednesday, the 28th of September. The official minutes will be released soon, but in the meantime here are the highlights.

Committee

The Committee now consists of:

Chair: Paul Johnson

Vice-chair: Rebecca Adlem

Secretary: Deana Tarrant

Treasurer: Ray Marsh

Other members: Steve Lindsell, Madeleine Lindsell and Wendy Brown.

John Saunders and Michael Zeffertt have resigned from the Committee. We thank them both. John has served as Chairman for the last two years. Michael was the founder of the current Residents Association (the previous one having collapsed) and was its chairman for many years. Both have worked hard for the Association over the years, and we will miss them. As the new chairman at the AGM I proposed a vote of thanks to John as the outgoing chairman, but I did not do likewise for Michael. I deeply regret this oversight, and I hope he will accept my apology with his usual generous spirit. Thank you, Michael, for all your hard work and wise words.

As a result of these changes we now have three vacancies on the Committee. If you would like to have more of a say in what happens on the Estate then please let me know as we can "co-opt" any volunteers on to the Committee. We generally meet once every 6 weeks for a couple of hours, so the time required is not excessive.

Membership Fees

The AGM voted to keep the fees at the current level of £2 per member. We will be out collecting subscriptions in the coming weeks.

Parking

The AGM voted in favour of a proposal from Michael Zeffertt to canvas the Estate for support for increasing restrictions on parking. If we can show that over half the residents support this then we can go to Fareham Borough Council and ask them to take action.

Hedge Cutting

The AGM discussed what should be done about the increasing depth of the hedges around the houses, especially at the bottom of the Estate parallel with Harrison Road. The meeting voted that the hedges should not be thinned, but that FirstPort should be asked to ensure that they are cut properly. This was not a formal vote on a proposal, as the details had not been received in time to put it on the AGM agenda (the constitution requires 6 weeks notice). However the Committee will follow the will of the meeting.

If you feel that this was the wrong decision then you can have a formal proposal put to an Extraordinary General Meeting. You need to get 10 signatures on a petition to make this happen. Please let me know if you are thinking of doing this.