Present : Mesdames Doris Pritchard, Catherine Brown,
Margaret Lawrence, Linda Lewis, Jean Langley, Jenny Swattridge, Joan Barrington Myrna Thomas, Janet Thomas, Ann
Randel.
Messrs.
Trevor Phillips, Simon James, John Randel .
Apologies received from: Mesdames Rachel Thomas, Helen
Williams, Beverley Turner, Veronica Price. Messrs Jonathon Kear, Dennis Brown.
The chairman, Mr. T. Phillips
welcomed members to the
meeting.
The minutes of the meeting held on the 23rd
November 2006 were agreed by the committee and signed by the chairman.
Matters Arising.
Progress Reports
M.U.G.A. & Village Hall Although many requests had been sent to
Monmouth County Council officers, no responses have been received. No more
progress can be reported at this stage.
Fund Raising
Cinema
A film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest’ has been booked
through Monmouthshire’s ‘Night Out’ scheme. The project will be underwritten so
that the Association will not lose more than £37. A profit will be shown when
more than £74 has been taken at the door.
Posters are to be placed around the
village and flyers distributed with the schoolchildren
Tickets are to be numbered for
auditing purposes.
Refreshments of drinks and crisps
are to be sold during the interval. Mrs. Swattridge is to organise the
purchase.
Set up will be at 5.30p.m. for the
performance at 7.30p.m.
Car Boot Sales These
will begin after Easter. It was proposed that any profits be split 3 ways
between the Association, the Scouts and Raglan in Bloom.
Father
Christmas –Father Christmas
raised £260. It was agreed to increase this to £300 by the Association, the
monies to be split into 3 £100 cheques to go to three departments at Rookwood
Hospital, Cardiff, where a number of Raglan residents are currently being
treated. Letters of thanks are to be
sent to Tony Bradley and Keith Clarkson for their help with the “Father
Christmas” event.
GAVO – Trevor Phillips attended an ‘Access to
Funding’ conference where much useful information was gained to help apply for
funding from the Lottery and the Welsh Assembly as well as other minor grants.
Village Competitions – ‘Calor, ‘Village of the Year’ competition in Wales is to be
judged between the 5th and 15th June.
‘Raglan in Bloom ‘ is normally judged during the 1st
and 2nd week in July
‘Britain in Bloom’ is expected to be judged at the end of
July/beginning of August.
Raglan
Community Council is sponsoring a second planting in July.
Bingo – Posters are to be displayed in the first
instance to try to improve numbers attending.
Community News Letter A grant of £50 has been received from the
Community Council for funding for a community news letter.
It
is hoped to produce the first ‘What’s on in Raglan’ by March 1st.
Treasurer’s Report -
Mr. John Randel reported that the balance in the Current Account was £1793.17
Balances in the Business account and the Bond were
unchanged from his last report.
Date of the Next Meeting –The
A.G.M. Tuesday 20th March 2007 at 7.30p.m.
The
meeting closed at 8.50 p.m.