Minutes of last
meeting:
Minutes of last meeting were approved
and signed.
Matters Arising:
None
Chairman’s
Announcements
The Melksham River Link presentations
have been well received and with very
little opposition. There is a
prominent display in a vacant shop window in
the town centre.
A new trip boat, a plan for a small
steel narrowboat, is being developed at
Swindon which may be
available for use in the MCC area in the future.
Our boat trips at the recent Chippenham
Folk Festival were successful and
contributed to the coffers.
A fantastic amount of £925 was raised
for the John Hatton Memorial fundthrough collections at his
funeral and further donations. It was proposed that this
money should be used for a special project. Our sincere
thanks for this generosity to Kath Hatton and family.
Work Party Report:
Doug Harris gave his report -
attached
Project Report:
Colin Fletcher gave his report -
attached
Fund Raising:
Kath Hatton’s report -
attached.
£720 has been donated by the IWA for
the initial Chain-saw course at Lackham College. However it
is only after the second course that you are actually
allowed to cut down trees! Diana Hunter suggested that
thiscourse should be financed by monies from the recent
sponsored walk.
Money raised for ‘Willow’ for new
batteries and repairs from the ‘de Freitas Trust’.
2011 Wilts & Berks calendar due out –
provisional price £4.95
Web Site:
138,728 hits to date
Publicity:
More and
more in local papers with
plenty of pictures
Future Events:
19 June - Bar-b-que at Wootten
Bassett, all welcome
3/4 July Heddington & Stockley Steam
Rally
4 July Melksham Food Festival
10 July Art in the Park, Chippenham
17 July Melksham Carnival-Boat Trips
28/29 August Chippenham River Festival
30
August - Lacock Fair
12 September - 200th
Anniversary celebrations at Swindon
BBQ to be arranged during work party.
Treasurers Report:
Quite
healthy position thanks to recent donations and
fundraising..
Any Other Business:
None
Next meeting-
13 July
2010 20.00hrs at Rachel Fowler Centre.