Notes taken by Maureen Winder
1. Feedback from the Transition Meeting held on 19 September
Around 25 people attended, and some progress had been made. Various
actions had been proposed and agreed, and would be listed on the
Transitions Forum. It was important that each meeting should represent
a step forward rather than repeatedly going back over issues that had
been discussed before. A series of meetings would be booked well ahead,
so that people could plan their involvement on a regular basis.
2. Format of the next meeting
The next meeting would be at the Brighthelm Centre. The aim would be to
formulate the next achievable steps. 'Big' actions were needed. There
were discussions over how to maximise involvement, rather than
over-managing the process and perhaps restricting participation. It was
agreed that making links with schools was important. The role of
neighbourhood groups would become increasingly important, creating wider
networks linked to action groups.
3. Website development
The development of the website was discussed and suggestions made for
new areas which would interest and involve more people, eg. a 'Tip of
the Month' on how to reduce consumption; links to information, reports
and articles about peak oil/climate change; a 'How To...' page; the
development of a posters page, which could be replicated as physical
boards as well as web pages; mapping neighbourhood groups to show where
activity was growing.
It was suggested that Transition Towns should be on Facebook and
MySpace.
4. Sustainability Conference
12 October. Members of the Schools Liaison Group should attend.
5. Information Gathering
It was agreed that building resources was a priority, and a bid for
funding could be submitted to support this activity. A function group -
Resources Group - should be formed to take responsibility for this and
to support the research taking place within each action or neighbourhood
group.
6. Training
It was agreed that the members of the Hub should take part in training,
this could be done jointly with other Transition groups/hubs. There was
some concern over the cost, and what the charges for training involved.
7. Grants
It was agreed we should look at different sources of funding, but first
we would need a constitution, as that is required in every funding
application. This was a priority for the Hub.
Notes from Hub meeting Thu 27 Sep 2007
