| | Frinton Residents' Association |
| | NOTES of a Half-Yearly Meeting held in St Mary's Church Hall, Old Road, Frinton, on |
| | 25 October 2008 | at | 10:00 AM |
| | Present: The President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretary and six other |
| | Committee members, nine guests including Councillors, a Member of Partliament, the press |
| | and a PCSO, together with forty-six Association members and six non-members |
| | 1 | INTRODUCTION |
| | The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and especially thanked representatives from |
| | Local and District Councils, local police and Parliament for attending. In particular, he |
| | mentioned Douglas Carswell MP, and Councillors Terry Allen, Giles Watling and Iris Johnson all |
| | of whom would be speaking later. He also thanked the ladies who had given their time to supply |
| | tea or coffee, and hoped everyone had enjoyed it. Then he thanked the Committee members, |
| | introduced those present and outlined their roles, ie Len Brooks (President), Patricia Marino |
| | (Vice Chairman who dealt with youth issues and membership, together with representing the |
| | FRA on the Neighbourhood Action Panel), Jeanette Phillips (Honorary Secretary who dealt with |
| | administration, and was involved with the production of the Newsletter and updating the |
| | website), June Stearn (Assistant Secretary/Membership Secretary), Charles Harrison |
| | (Chairman of the Planning Team), Pat Batley (Newsletter Editor and Planning Team member), |
| | Colin Knights who was also Chairman of the Friends of Frinton Theatre, Peter Leaman who |
| | dealt with environmental issues and Gillian Sanford who covered health issues and was also |
| | FRA representative with the Chamber of Commerce and on the Neightbourhood Action Panel. |
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| | He explained that three further members of the Committee were unable to be present because |
| | of family commitments. In particular, he thanked the Secretary for helping him undertake his |
| | role and Pat Batley for the production of a very interesting Newsletter. |
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| | He then described the aims of the Association as being to maintain the ambience, atmosphere |
| | and environment of Frinton, whilst at the same time admitting progress and change, but only if |
| | they were for the betterment of the town. He pointed out that members would have seen in the |
| | Newsletter that FRA had joined the National Organisation of Residents’ Associations which |
| | collectively represents interests to regional and national authorities, and monitors major issues |
| | such as planning, licensing, safety and policing. |
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| | He pointed out that the Agenda for the meeting was on page 57 of the Newsletter, not page 5, |
| | due to a printer’s error, and then read out the Agenda in case people were not able to find it. |
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| | Patricia Marino explained that a new delivery arrangement was being tried out with this issue of |
| | the Newsletter and asked anyone who had not received their Newsletter to add their name and |
| | address to a list at the back of the room. |
| | 2 | APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE |
| | Apologies had been received from PC Rob Diss, FRA members Gina Butler, Betty Whykes and |
| | Rod Williams, together with Committee members Joan Ellis, Chris Perry and Don Whyte |
| | (Treasurer). |
| | 3 | FRINTON IN BLOOM |
| | David Foster had provided a display of trophies awarded in connection with the Frinton in Bloom |
| | initiative this year and he explained that 2008 had been a very successful year which included |
| | winning a Silver Gilt Award for Best Small Town in the six counties involved in Anglia in Bloom |
| | 2008, together with a Gold Award for the Frinton Railway Station flower beds and Frinton had |
| | also been awarded Best Sustainable Drought Garden at the Triangle Shopping Centre. In the |
| | 2008 UK Finals of Britain in Bloom, Frinton had achieved a Silver Medal and via the Royal |
| | Horticultural Society had also won Best Community Flower Bed in the UK for the raised bed |
| | outside the Railway Cottage in Station Approach. |
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