metAGM+Sept2012

NOTES OF HFCYCLISTS AGM / SEPTEMBER MEETING

Tuesday 4 September , 7.30pm at the home of Gerry Berridge
120 Sinclair Road. BASEMENT FLAT
W14 0NL

PRESSENT
Gerry Berridge, John Griffiths, Ayse Kardes, Marta Wojcik, Graham Edwards, Susie Gretz, Petrina Beaufoy Helm, Alex Ingram, Natasha Herriott, Janusz Carmello, Ken McCosh, David Marsh, Alan Rowden, Melanie Miller, Shirin Khan, Paul Saunderson.

APOLOGIES
Roger de Freitas, Loretta Reehill, Sima John

WELCOME TO ANY NEW MEMBERS
We were pleased to see Alex, Natasha and Graham

HFCYCLISTS AGM

CHAIRS ADDRESS

Last year April 2011 to March 2012 we held a few rides, including feeders to Skyrides.

We were involved with many Council consultations.

We had regular meetings that were very enjoyable. Thanks to everyone who has participated.

We pressed for remedial stuff at Westfield to get finished, including an off ramp to access the toucan crossing at Holland Park roundabout, but that still has not happened, and may happen late 2012 along with sorting out other Westfield problems.

The Cycle Super Highway 9 passes through Hammersmith. That has been in abeyance for a long while.

The Fulham Palace Slip road "improvement" is now finished as part of a bus priority scheme. We first suggested this approach as a way getting surface level crossings across the Fulham Palace road. In practice not as ideal for cyclists as one might have wished as narrow gaps between flyover supports and railings to get through. Fortunately it is not crowded at the moment, but may be when the CSH 9 starts.

A lot of the things we remember like "The Big Ride" and dealing with Hammersmith Bridge and the ride with councillors came after the end of the year April 2011 to March 2012.

We have had a lot of trouble dealing with Unity Trust Bank. We are grateful for Loretta who has been treasurer for the last year and is now stepping down.

John Griffiths

ACCOUNTS

John presented these in the absence of Loretta who was working tonight.
These showed that we had £7422.60 at the beginning of the year [1 April 2011] and £7495.01 at the end of the year [31 March 2012] . The accounts were approved.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

The following were all proposed and seconded and elected.

CHAIR / Co-ordinator: John Griffiths
TREASURER: Ken McCosh
SECRETARY Ayse Kardes

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Petrina Beaufoy Helm
Susie Gretz
Alex Ingram
Natasha Herriott
Graham Edwards
David Marsh
Janusz Carmello
Melanie Miller
Paul Saunderson
Roger de Freitas

BANK SIGNATORIES
We agreed that John griffiths, Ken McCosh and Roger de Freitas would be the bank signatories for our accounts.

RESOLUTION TO CHANGE BANK MANDATES

We resolved to alter our mandate with Barclays Bank Plc, and in accordance with the wording stated in the Mandate Change form, to provide John Griffiths, Ken Mccosh and Roger de Freitas as the new signatories.

We resolved to alter our mandate with the Unity Trust Bank, and in accordance with the wording stated in the Mandate Change form, to provide John Griffiths, Ken McCosh and Roger de Freitas as the new signatories.

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REFRESHMENT BREAK
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HFCYCLYSTS SEPTEMBER MEETING

PREPARATIONS for the LBHF Scrutiny Panel meeting on cycling, Monday 10 September, at 7pm. At Hammersmith Town Hall

John has been asked to prepare a presentation for this Scrutiny Panel meeting. He gave a run through of the powerpoint presentation tonight. From the comments received, and after observations of Beadon road the next morning with Alex and Natasha, John altered the presentation somewhat.

The presentation can be found at http://files.hfcyclists.org.uk/BestPractice.ppt

DETAILS OF THEMEETING
Details of the Transport, Environment and Residents Services Select Committee -Background of the committee and its members
http://tinyurl.com/bmz8p5x

Details of the meeting and Presentation by Chris Bainbridge
Monday, 10th September, 2012 7.00 pm
http://tinyurl.com/crtwaet

If you plan to speak from the audience it is best to make yourself known before hand, ie before 7pm, to Gary Marson, the support officer for the panel.

GREENFEST
Some people expressed an interest in being involved in the planning of a GREENFEST if we held it next year. If you would like to be involved please contact John and we will see if there are enough committed volunteers to make it go ahead. See http://www.greenfest.org.uk

RIDES, EVENTS, ETC?
Open House 22 and 23 September
See http://www.londonopenhouse.org/

THANKS
Thanks to Gerry for hosting the meeting and preparing the refreshments.

EXPENSES
Gerry had expenses of £50.32 for refreshments and John had expenses of £16.12 for web name renewal. John gave Gerry cash and a cheque for £66.44 was made out to John

DATE / PLACE FOR NEXT MEETING
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER, 7.15 for 7.30pm. Place to be confirmed

AOB

John Griffiths [chair / co-ordinator]
020 7371 1290 / 07789 095 748
john@truefeelings.com
Our website
http://hfcyclists.org.uk/