Minutes of WAGs Meeting Monday 24th March 2014 at 2pm at Esthers

 

1. Apologies  Jill

 

2. Plastics Collection Sat 29th March

Anne is organising volunteers. Has 2 so far in addition to committee. Organisers to meet at 9.15 to set up, other volunteers at 9.30am.

Anne's new recycling guide plus the yellow collections date leaflet will be available.

Esther to re-poster shops in High Street with recycling dates leaflet.

Anne will remind Jill to contact PWS and will speak to Peck & Strong re 29th.

All other arrangements for collection to be as previously and in the notes Anne has issued.

New collection at Morchard Bishop may go ahead. The Parish Council is keen, a site has been identified and they will be coming back to Anne in due course to confirm. Collection of materials will take place at a separate time to the Crediton/Ch Fitz/ Sandford collection so there should be no issue with vans being overloaded.

Plans for a collection at Lapford are on hold at the moment.

Recycling credits for Nov 2013 are still not through and Anne will chase the Council for them.

 

3. Recycling Tip of the Month

Paula has written March Tips for Courier and newsletter. Anne will edit newsletter version.

Stella will take over from April.

Paula will send Stella her first article and will contact Alan Quicke and let him know Stella is taking over.

Charles will send Stella details of Gemma Mullen, reporter at Gazette, so 'Tip' can be sent to them too.

 

4. Pop Up Shop

Anne and Paula met Paul Evans of Evans Travel and looked over the shop which is very suitable except it has little storage and no facilities for doing teas and coffees for the public. Location is ideal. Paul Evans would like us to cover rates of £100 a week and give a contribution to the electricity. Paul Evans will let us know by end April whether the shop is still available.

STOP PRESS - Anne has now heard from Paul Evans that the shop has been let so we are back to the drawing board for location. Carolyn will get back to owners of Cost Cutters to see what the current situation is there.

All following information was decided on the assumption we were using Evans Travel but should be equally applicable to a new location/date.

Paula has submitted an application for an Awards for All application for funding, Charles has submitted an Innovations Fund application for literature funding and Paula is about to apply for funding from DCC via Nick Way's Locality Fund.

Decided after much discussion to use the term 'Give and Take Fortnight' for our title with the strapline of 'Don't Let Crediton Go to Waste. Other useful wording: 'Pop Up Shop with a Difference - Everything Here is FREE!'

Open 7 days a week from Sat 28th June to Sat 12th July  inclusive with set up/donations only day on Friday 27th June.

Opening hrs 10am to 4pm with 2 shifts per day with reduced opening on Sundays .

Committee to do 2 full days or 4 shifts each in total plus be available for set up/knock down if possible. There would be approx 60 opening sessions and if 3 people were to be in shop at all time it would mean we need 60 x 4 hr volunteers sessions including the committee. Existing lists of volunteers from plastics and clothes swaps could be contacted plus appealing to everyone through newsletter but we may need to have only 2 people available at some times if not enough volunteers can be recruited.

Decided we would accept as donations to the shop anything clean and useable that can be carried away by one or two people with the exception of paint and dangerous flammable liquids. We would put a notice in the window saying 'We reserve the right to refuse anything unsuitable.' Would need a liability disclaimer for anyone taking away electrical goods to complete. Anything too large could be advertised on a board within the shop.

Would need to do an extensive and effective job of advertising within the press and newsletter and via leaflets, posters and Facebook and attempt to get someone notable along to open the shop. Suggestions included Nigel Guthrie, Frank Letch and Judi Spiers. Would also try to get Spotlight to feature shop. 

 

5. Food Festival

Discussion of this was deferred to next meeting when Jill could be present.

 

6. Plastic Pot Recycling

There was no movement on this at Bernaville. Esther would chase them. Crediton Garden Centre was not up for the idea.

 

7. Devon Waste Strategy Consultation

Charles had submitted some very thoughtful and incisive comments to the consultation. A number of people had picked up on these on the website and commented along similar lines and generally against the idea of a waste incnerator being built at Tiverton.

 

8. Any Other Business

8.1 The Congregational Church are having a Clothes Swap in October and had contacted Anne to make sure it did not clash with our plans. We felt this was very good because it demonstrated that the idea of clothes swaps is spreading. We agreed to offer any advice they might need and also to ask our volunteer list if they would be interested in helping out on the day should the church contact us saying they are short of helpers. We would also advertise it on our website and in the newsletter.

Anne will liaise with them.

8.2 Anne had made some changes to the WAGs pages on the website which all who had seen them felt were good and she would get rid of the Biscuit Wrapper Campaign entry.

 

9. Next 2 Meetings

Will take place on Mon 28th April at 2.30pm at Jills and Mon 12th or Tuesday 13th May at 2pm at Jills depending on which is most suitable for Jill (if either!!).

Jill please could you let us know what you think.

Please note that it was decided that the April meeting would be primarily about more detailed plans for the Pop Up Shop but as plans for this are now up in the air we will need to spend time at this meeting deciding what we do next. Can everyone please keep your eye out for possible alternative premises in the next few weeks so we have something to work with on April 28th.

The meeting closed at 4.45 pm.