Minutes

There were 15 members and two Guests present at the meeting.
(Please see attendance list) ( Please note that this list was done after Richard had given his talk on the funds, so his name is not on it)

1. Welcome and apologises. As neither the Chair or Vice Chair were able to be at the meeting due to ill health, David took the meeting. He welcomed all present, and said that it was nice to see so many people here and hoped that we could enjoy this level of support in the future. There were apologies from, Teresa, Stewart, Eva, Glenda, Ileen.

2. Treasurers Report. This item was moved up the agenda to allow
Richard to give his report so that he could then leave to continue with
his other work.
Richard reported that he, Elaine, Teresa and Ileen had met and gone through the accounts. He had also gone through them himself. The accounts were now up to date and in order. (See report from Richard)
The group had done very well with fund raising and the balance in the bank now stood at £686-69.
The accounts were now being handled by Elaine, who is of course the Treasurer for the group. David thanked Richard for all his hard work on
the accounts. At this point Richard left the meeting.

3. Minutes of the Last Meeting. David read the minutes of the March meeting, this being the last meeting before the AGM. All agreed that
they were a true record of the March meeting, and they were thus signed by David on behalf of the Chair.

4. Matters Arising. As there were no matters arising we moved on to the next item.

5. Secretary's Report/trip update. David said that the next trip was to Porthcawl on the 14th May, and asked that all who wanted to go give him their names and £2 for the travel costs at the end of the meeting. The £2 was to be non-returnable.
Note, this trip went ahead on the 14th and everyone had a very good time, the SUN shone all day for us. So maybe we are not so bad after
all! (the cost for travel may have to go up to £3 per person in the future, Sorry folks).
For his report David said that he thought that the group was going from strength to strength. It has been decided that in future David would type out the minutes as normal and Howard would do the rest. David to ask Richard for a list of members.

6. Proposals for Recommendation to the Group. The main proposal
was that the word Residents be added to the groups' name. The reason for this was that a number of the group felt that we were discriminating against those who were disabled but in their own homes. Just because they were not tenants did not mean that they were any less disabled
than tenants.

There was a long discussion on this matter. A number of points were raised. Jean, said that she would like to see the group remain as it was. She thought it was formed to deal with tenants' problems with housing.
It was agreed that this was so, but most of these problems were now under control. Any problems that came up in the future would still be
dealt with just as they had been in the past.

The point was raised, would the Council still help the group with
expenses if it became a tenants and residents group. It was pointed out that most of the groups that The Federation looked after were tenants and residents groups. It was acknowledged that The Council could not
be expected to pay expenses for Residents.
Jean said was this not yet more discrimination.
A show of hands was asked for at this point and most of the group
were in favour of at least looking further into this matter.
It was agreed to continue the discussion at the next meeting.

7. Any Other Business. It had been thought that it was a good idea to continue with the monthly draw, but with only three prizes, with three different members bringing prizes each month. Nancy, Anne and Elaine Morris were bringing the items for the draw next month.
A draw was held and £18 was raised. The tickets for the draw would be
a £1 which would also include a cup of tea/coffee etc. ID cards were mentioned. Howard said that he could do them, He took the photo of all that wanted cards, the cost is to be 50p.

Nigel Howells told the group that there was now a feedback form on the Tenants website, He was asked about this at the last meeting.
John asked if someone was going to be at The C/W show on the 18th May to receive the cheque, David said that he thought that Teresa was going but if not he would do so.

8. Date of the Next Meeting. This was to be on June 13th at 10am, at
The Canal Road Day Centre.

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