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HISTORY
Transition North Cornwall Ltd was registered on 8th November 2008 as a company limited by Guarantee. It was started by the Steering Group of Transition North Cornwall Society to replace the Society and take on all its functions in order to protect members from the unlimited personal financial liability associated with the unincorporated society structure. The change occured on 23rd March 2009.
The original Transition North Cornwall Society was constituted on the 29th March 2008.
Both the company and the society held their AGM on 23rd March 2009, where the company's plans were approved and the society disbanded.
The Society disbanded with a large majority backing from existing members. However a small minority of members who opposed the closing down of the Society, have organised and held another meeting on 12th May 2009. This meeting has re-confirmed the decision of the Society members to close the Society down.
TNC Ltd currently has over 40 members and more than 350 friends on our email list. Its structure and main functions are detailed in its constitution.
TransitionNC Minutes 11
TransitionNC Minutes 11
Minutes of the Transition North Cornwall (TNC) Steering Group (SG) held at Gardners Way, St. Issey on 2nd December at 7-00pm.
Present: Paul Sousek, Rebecca Rapson & Mike Grigg
1. MG volunteered to act as chair. RR agreed to take minutes.
2. Apologies were received from Jacki Ellis-Martin
3. The minutes from the previous meeting were accepeted
4. Action points from previous minutes
4.1 Formation of company: PS confirmed that the formation of the company had been completed and that he would keep the copy on file. It was agreed that we would trade as Transition North Cornwall without the use of Ltd.
4.2 Improvements to website: PS confirmed that some changes had been made to the website as discussed but he was still unable to change the opening page to the home page. He had moved the login link to the bottom of the page and added a Transition Farming section following interest in this subject.
4.3 Make improvements to website: minuted as part of 4.2. PS commented that we need to encourage more entries onto the website and felt that if the steering group were more active on the forums it might help. PS requested SG members to contribute weekly to the website. RR and MG agreed to try to increase their activity on the site. MG felt that shorter, less involved entries might be less intimidating. Action All members
4.4 Provide details of suitable film venues: the group agreed to continue this action by email. Details to be collected include size of venue, cost, contact details, etc. These details should be forwarded to MG for collation. Action: All members.
5. PS gave a report on the Paul Mobbs talk in Launceston. He surmised that the talk was good, there was a fair turn out but the venue was way too big for the purpose. The event did run at a £40 loss which PS agreed to guarantee in return for advertising his company at the event. However due to the loss it was felt that it would be advisable to run events using local speakers or films in the future.
6. It was confirmed that RR had been made a director at the previous meeting and therefor no action was requested
7. In order to establish the current membership PS proposed it would be necessary to email all members of the previous unincorporated group to request them to sign up as members to the newly formed TNC. This email will also be sent to all contacts who are not yet members. The SG agreed that a positive response must be received before they can be signed up as a member. MG suggested that new SG members are sought from any new members. RR suggested the next meeting date is left flexible to help Lesley and Jackie attend. PS advised the group that a members form is in existence and can be amended, he will forward it out to MG and PS for consideration which can then be printed off as needed. Action: PS
The Group discussed the remit of TCN and whether there was any obvious cross over with TNC the issue was resolved as TCN will exist for representatives of Transition Groups and not for individuals whereas TNC will exist to encourage individuals in communities to interact and start groups. MG queried whether previous members of TNC were sitting on TCN as representatives of TNC, PS confirmed that this was an anomaly with the minutes.
8. The Group agreed to attempt holding one event per month showing films. MG agreed to hold on in Jan, PS in Feb and RR in Mar. In order to facilitate sharing of resources the SG will attempt to copy films in their possession and send them to the other members to ensure they function on all DVD players. Action: all members.
9. AOB
9.1 Finance – PS tabled a budget sheet of all incomings/outgoings. RR questioned whether all previous membership fees had been used up on events held by the unincorporated group. PS advised that he believed this to be the case but would aim to confirm. Action: PS
9.2 Bank account – PS advised that the group would need to open a bank account and questioned whether the group had any preferences of bank. The Co-op was agreed on and also the group confirmed that they were happy to only have one signatory. PS agreed to look into the new account. Action: PS
9.3 Funding – PS questioned the likelihood of getting funding for some of the groups activities. RR advised that she felt it would be difficult to attract funding for the type of activities the group carried out but would ask the funding team at ReZolve to refer anything they felt would be suitable. Action: RR
9.4 Press Release – it was agreed that RR should issue the press release regarding the website with the addition of a not about membership being free of charge. Action: RR
9.5 Date of the next meeting to be confirmed, proposed dates:
· 12th Jan
· 13th Jan
· 15th Jan