FOCUS - April Online Version 2020 - web

FROM YOUR ASSOCIATION
Membership & Focus Distribution: For those who have
not renewed your membership, this could be your last
issue. Please either pay your distributor who delivers
your copy of FOCUS - but keep your distance! - or pay
me directly. Those paying by Standing Order, your
payments will leave your account at the beginning of
April.
I have to thank the volunteers on the reserve list who
covered for the regular distributors of FOCUS and
delivered single copies to members in their street or
nearby - John Brookes, Liz Hawes, Maxine Healey,
Yvonne Johnson, Tony & Ruth Kent and Diane Martin.
Also a special thanks to regular distributors who
covered an extra route in addition to their regular role -
Shirley Brownbill, David Howell and David Tonge.
Welcome and thank you to the new volunteers who
have taken on regular distribution roles, - Gillian
Forester, Rita Hull, Mary Jones, Tony & Ruth Kent, Jean
Randall and Lyn Wyld and to Una Stock for extending
her distribution route.
New regular Street Distributors are required to deliver
14 issues in Milford Road and Seaway, 27 issues in Farm
Lane South and Mitchell Close, and a route with 24
issues in Marine Drive and Marine Drive West. A
volunteer will deliver you the required number of
copies each month and a list of addresses that need a
copy on your route.
There is also a need for Area Lead Distributors who
deliver the bundles of copies to the Street Distributors
to supply 4 Street Distributors that deliver in the areas
around the north ends of Becton Lane and Barton Court
Avenue, to supply 5 Street Distributors in the southern
end of Becton Lane area, to supply 8 Street Distributors
in the Western Avenue and Sea Road area of Barton on
Sea. The district's Main Distributor volunteer would
supply the total number of copies required and you
would split them for each of the Street Distributors,
along with the details of their route deliveries.
The Area Lead Distributors are supplied by Main
Distributors in their district and such a distributor is
required for the district which includes Oakwood
Avenue, Brook Avenue North and Hollands Wood Drive
area, to supply the larger bundles they require with
their delivery details.
It is not possible to say when exactly your copies of
FOCUS would be delivered to you for onward delivery
as you and all of our volunteers have other things to do.
All we ask is you try and deliver them promptly or in the
next day or two after you receive them.
If you have been reading this to see if there is a need for
someone to deliver to your street or nearby, and you
are not on the reserve list, then please be in contact
and get added, as not all vacant routes get publicised in
the pages of FOCUS.
If you need further information about any of the above,
please contact me.
Nigel King, 01425 620895 or membership@nmra.org.uk
Excursions and Visits: Midsomer Murders - 4 th June
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that NMRA
has decided that we have no choice but to cancel this
trip on the 4th June, in the light of the current virus
situation. As many of us, including me, are in the
vulnerable category, this seems the wisest decision in
the current circumstances. I will be writing to everyone
on the participant list in the very near future either by
email or letter with further information. Thank you for
your understanding. I'm sure we all want to stay safe
and well.
Janet Moyles. 01425 620523 jan.moyles@gmail.com
MINUTES OF AGM - 7 TH MARCH
Held at 10:30 am at The New Milton Community
Centre.
Present: 78 Members plus Councillors as follows:
Alvin Reid (AR) - Mayor
Keith Craze (KC) - Deputy Mayor
Steve Davies (SD) - Chair of F&GP
Geoff Blundell (GB) - Chair of Amenities
Steve Clarke (SC) - Chair of Planning
Fran Carpenter (FC) HCC
Christine Ward (CW) - NFDC
Graham Flexman (GF) - NM Town Clerk
Apologies: Roger Moore, Bob Lowe, Malcolm Swan,
Brian and Gwenda Young, Sheila and John Lewis, Annette
Hunter, Sir Desmond Swayne MP, Councillor David
Hawkins, Richard Ferguson, Gordon Down
In the Chair: Alan Watson: Alan heartily welcomed
everyone to the meeting. One person who apologised
wrote that he was thinking twice about coming because
of Covid-19 and, particularly, "when so many of the
residents are retired and spend so much of their time on
foreign cruises".
Minutes of previous AGM on 9th March, 2019, printed
in the March FOCUS, were approved. Additionally, Alan
apologised for a few recent copies which had incorrect
pagination.
Matters arising: None.
Chairman's Report:
This was reviewed as printed in the March FOCUS and
highlighted subjects such as the frustration over delays,
forced by NFDC, to the New Milton Neighbourhood Plan.
June/early July is the new date for the referendum, and
we hope that everyone will support the plan. Alan
expressed thanks to Jill Hennah and Julia Stamper who
along with himself, had represented NMRA on the
Working Party.
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