Thanks for the comments on the last post about the Parish Council meeting. In answer to some of the questions which arose from it....
Yes I am thinking about standing for the PC, but a vacancy won't arise for a few months so I can't do it now. As for the fete, I wasn't intending that we hold one before the 2nd of March - too cold and wet. But I do think it might be a)fun to do it in the summer and b)it will demonstrate how much the rec is used and cared about. Chichester DC will keep its beady eye on the rec for some time to come, possibly over the next few years so the village must keep up its protests for quite a while. Even if the DC decides, as a result of the response to its consultation that it will take the rec off its contingency list - it can still put it back on at a future date or under a different government. It's very difficult to get local government to change its plans once its got an idea in to its head.
So I think a number of well publicised events over the next months and years will be a good thing to do.
I have collected loads of completed survey forms from Cee Gees and will publicise the results in my next blog post and will tell the DC how much the rec is used. I might do a press release too, just to keep things on the boil. If anyone missed the survey forms in the shop you can download one from this site, just go back a few pages. Good old Cee Gees, they've been great about hosting the form-filing.
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Mike - could you possibly lead us, the residents, in a campaign - firstly having a meeting (in the Mill Tavern???) to discuss how we will produce a flyer and how to distribute it. This is surely possible - Bill Quinn has offered and there are lots more of us ready and waiting to help but we need a leader.....
we can help as much as we can, robert.unwin@ukgateway.net, we are residents in new road and use the rec every day.
Hallo both, yes, I would take a leading part in a campaign if people wanted me to and if there was lots of help (special thanks to Bill for the leaflet offer). But I wonder if we should wait until after the result of the informal consultation due to end on March 2nd? We've already had plenty of publicity and the councils must realise that there are many strong objections. I think it would be time to launch a campaign if they ignore the objections and move to the next phase. What do other people think? Mike.
I still think there are people out there who don't know, particularly those in the wider Haslemere, not just West Sussex - it will affect them too.
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