MINUTES OF STEERING GROUP MEETING No. 2 11TH SEPTEMBER 2000 HELD AT ALFRED SALTER PRIMARY SCHOOL
Present: David Brunskill Gary Glover, Pauline Adenwalla, Kam Hong Leung, Evert de Vries, Hugh Closs, Sandy Adirondack, Janet Hodge, Emma Wilson.
Summary and Action Steps for the Future
The following was resolved |
Action |
| Draft
constitution was inadequate for Canada Water Campaign
needs and should be redrafted. Constitution issues should be discussed at the General Meeting but recommending that a formal constitution should not be adopted at this stage. Officers should be appointed and names scheduled below recommended to the General Meeting Reports to be presented to the meeting as scheduled below |
Await results
of General Meeting Await results of General Meeting Committee to recommend names to General Meeting |
1. Minutes of the steering committee meeting on 17th August were adopted.
2. Draft Constitution
Discussion as to whether the draft constitution should be put to the main meeting on 11th September. Sandy Adirondack made a number of points concerning the draft constitution for CWC and what were perceived gaps in it’s provisions. -- What form does the organisation wish to take – a charity, a company , an unincorporated association etc. If decide on charitable status then then certain provisions will be required to be in the constitution. -- The constitution will need to contain powers to employ staff, open bank accounts , spend money, borrow etc. -- Not clear whether the organisation is open to individuals or organisations. There is no procedure for approving members or expelling members. -- No procedure for co-opting people with specific expertise.
-- Do you have to pay to be a member
Proposal put to the steering group that the draft constitution should be put to the meeting as an interim constitution . Further discussion during which it was pointed out that presently it’s provisions would mean that some existing members of steering committee would not be able to continue to serve due to the restriction on numbers from individual households and developments. AGREED this needed to be redrafted so as to be less restrictive. It was agreed that lengthy discussion at the open meeting
that night would not be productive. Therefore AGREED to put the draft before the meeting as a basis upon which to proceed with final draft being put forward for discussion at a future meeting.
3. CWC Officers
After discussion it was AGREED that the following be recommended to the meeting as interim officers
Chairman - David Brunskill
Vice-chairman - Gary Glover
Secretary - Janet Hodge
Treasurer - Kam Hong Leung
4. General Meeting
It was AGREED that a number of reports be given to the meeting as follows
David Brunskill - General introduction to the need for the campaign and how it has developed so far
Gary Glover - report on the meeting of 4th September with the Southwark Officers
Hugh Closs - report on media and publicity
Emma Wilson - planning and council etc.
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