Minutes of the Main Meeting 11th March, St Martin’s Hall, beginning at 10am.
The Chair, Steve, welcomed everyone to the Meeting especially Nicky & John, guests of members Iris and Jim, and he welcomed back Sue D who has recently rejoined. He then advised members of Health and Safety Issues, including Fire Safety, Evacuation procedures and defibrillator location.
Apologies: Maggie V
Chair’s News
- Questions or concerns:
Steve encouraged members to contact him or other members of the Committee with any of the above and reminded them of the suggestion box which could be used for the same purpose
- u3a magazine
These are available for members to use freely.
- New Programme
Thanks were given to Dot for compiling the new programme assisted by Alison.
- Annual Subscriptions of £17 now due
- Survey from Head Office:
Steve explained to members that they would soon receive a survey entitled ‘u3a and Me’ from the Third Age Trust. This was seeking information about the impact on their lives of being a member of u3a. Steve assured members that this is genuine.
- Social Media
Our u3a has a private Facebook page (Looe & District u3a) and website (looeu3a.org) for continued information and engagement.
Events & Tickets on sale
- Defibrillator & First Aid Training by the Southwest Ambulance Trust. Thursday 12th March. 2.00pm – 4.00pm at St. Martin’s Church Hall. Spaces are still available.
- The Story of Emily, 1st May, sold out but a backup visit has been arranged for 15 members and those on the waiting list on May 14th
- Silent Films with Wurlitza – £12, St. Martin’s Hall, which includes, tea, coffee and Ice Cream.
- Johnny Cowling, 7th May, St Martin’s Hall, £20 including pasty. Bar.
- Ceilidh with Cornish Capers, 12th June, St. Martin’s Hall, £9 including pasty. Bar.
Groups News
The Chair offered any members help and support if they wanted to start any new Interest Groups.
He explained that the next meeting on Wednesday April 8th would be a Groups’ Showcase where groups would be invited to attend, set up displays regarding their group activities and if appropriate, perform. The Ukulele group, Tunes in the Afternoon, Recorders and the Poetry group would be performing.
Mayor’s Visit
The Chair informed the meeting that, subsequent to Mayor Stephen Remington’s visit last month and in response to a member’s inquiry, Stephen had submitted an objection regarding parking tariffs in Looe to Cornwall County Council. It read,
‘Looe Town Council objects to the removal of the 2-3 hour tariff at Long Stay Car Parks. In Looe, the Millpool car park is some distance from the town centre and so the 2-3 hour window is vital to ensure visitors continue to come to Looe for shopping and entertainment. Not having this tariff available will also disproportionally disadvantage disabled people as there is very little disabled parking closer to the town and removing this tariff will make it even harder for them to access services. Finally, removing this tariff will divert car parking to other areas of the town e.g. Hannafore which will only exacerbate the issues already experienced there.’
The Mayor had asked for this to be passed onto the members. He also said that he had raised the issue of the provision of a Community bus and was awaiting a reply on both issues.
The Chair also reminded members that for a one-time purchase of £5, a card could be bought from the council allowing entry to the public toilets at the Millpool and on the Seafront.
Community News
- Cinema by the Sea – Next film, ‘The Party’ with Peter Sellers, showing Wednesday March 18th @ 7.30pm –. Tickets available online or cash on the door, £5 or student £3
- Community Lunch – St. Martin’s Hall, Saturday March 28th, Jacket potato, dessert with hot drink, £5.
The Raffle was drawn and thanks given to Sue and Jackie.
Refreshments were then served.
Following a coffee break, the Speaker, Dr Kevin Channer, consultant cardiologist, gave a most interesting interactive talk entitled ‘Police Brutality?’ during which members had to analyse the evidence in a real case to decide if the police had been responsible for the death of a man in their custody.
The meeting concluded at 12.05pm
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