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Lisvane Community Association (Lca) LISVANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (LCA) Minutes of the LCA AGM (Annual General Meeting) Held in the Memorial Hall on Sunday 21st October, 2018 at 7:00 pm 1 Welcome and Attendees: Chris Williams (Chair) thanked all attendees including Sashin Ahuja, Vic Chambers, Virginia Chambers, Tony Cousins, Colin George (Secretary), Barrie Husband, Debbie Lazell, Alan Prosper, Margaret Russell, Gwyn Thomas, Ian Wood. Apologies: Mick Archer (Treasurer), Hilary Ashton, Lee Finch, Steve Finch, Julie George, Barbara Gwatkin, Vernon Hanson, Pat Harding, Sue Johnson, Victoria Morgan, Jeff Toye, Ruth Toye. 2 Minutes of Previous AGM: These were accepted and signed as a true record. 3 Matters arising: This is the 52nd LCA AGM, Chris completes his sixth year as Chair – just 19 more to equal Alan Prosper! An update on the defibrillator project will be given later in the meeting. 4 Chairmans Report: CW thanked those attending, then said that the LCA needs new blood to keep things fresh, and more people to get involved. He saluted the endeavours of the first LCA Chairman, John Champion, and original member and long-time Chairman, Alan Prosper. They helped to create the LCA during a period of great change when a small rural village started to become a suburb of Cardiff due to large-scale housebuilding. It was important to maintain good community relations then, and the same applies now as the various new developments (Taylor Wimpey, Churchlands, Lozelles, etc.) will create a much larger community in north-east Cardiff – we will need to work to bring together the existing community and new communities, ensuring that we do not lose the LCA function and community spirit. Chris had considered standing down from the role of Chairman, but he has now agreed to stand for one more year to help take things forward, and then handover to a new Chair next year. Chris also wanted to record his thanks to Colin as Secretary, Mick as Treasurer, Gareth as Link Editor, and also to the Police for their ongoing support at LCA events, to the Lisvane Memorial Hall Trustees for supporting the Defibrillator project, and to those local organisations who had supported and funded that project. Chris also noted that he was aware of only one person who had objected to the rise in subscriptions. 5 Treasurers Report: The report from MA indicated that the accounts have been finalised and signed-off, and we are now able to complete the Charity Commission submission. Financially 2017/18 has been a good year – we produced a surplus of £3654, up from £865 in the previous year. This has been achieved by: A surplus on Link production having reduced the print run to 1150 for a distribution of 1063 as at 31/08, A £1684 Festival surplus thanks to generous sponsorships from Jeffrey Ross, Husband Bros, Insync Healthcare, Sunrise, JNP Legal, LCC and Lisvane Bridge Club totalling £1985 - many thanks to them, A £902 surplus from Children’s Halloween Disco, LCA Craft Fair and Lighting the Christmas Tree, No capital expenditure and no grant applications, although 6 individuals grants approved this year, Subs same as last year at £7767, but Advertising income up from £11352 to £12655 - once again many thanks to Victoria for her ongoing commitment to the task! Community Defibrillator now installed, and thanks for the generous contributions from the LOSCC Coffee Morning, Rotary Llanishen, Rotary Breakfast and Baptist Church totalling £1161, Total bank balances £22104 - up from £18786, Subs are now being submitted with no perceived adverse reaction to the £2 increase, Affiliation Fees have been invoiced and are being settled, and Advertisers will be invoiced in early November for 2019. 6 Affiliated Group Reports: Here are brief details from the Reports received so far: Cricket Club (Clive Brown): The season began with a tour to Kenya and ended with considerable success across the Club's many sides. The adult second and third XIs won their divisions in the South East Wales Cricket League. The first and fourth XIs finished third in their divisions, falling just short of promotions, whilst the fifth XI finished in mid-table. The Club continues to thrive and remains the only one in the league to play five adult league sides. All adult sides featured players developed by the booming youth section and owed much of their success to the talent and enthusiasm of the youngsters. The Club's ten youth sides, representing all age groups, enjoyed similar success, highlighted by the U13s who were crowned as ECB Welsh and double league Champions and were Welsh Cup semi-finalists. Many of the Club's young players represented Wales and the Cardiff and Vale region. All Stars training for the Club's youngest players ran alongside the established and hugely popular U9 Saturday morning Rainbow League. A fledgling ladies' side was launched in 2018 and enjoyed two wins in a tournament of softball cricket at Sophia Gardens in August. The Club celebrated its 40th anniversary during 2018 with a Cricket Week of matches in August and an Anniversary Dinner in September, supported by many past players and supporters. Bridge Club (Margaret Russell): This year has seen change in the club. Two members have completed a director training course with the Welsh Bridge Union. Our long standing Chairman Chris Moseley has become Treasurer, and in recognition of his contribution to the club we are running a Chris Moseley Challenge competition throughout October. The players with the best three scores and with handicap will receive an award at a social dinner evening to be held in November. Both Monday evening sessions and the more relaxed no fear sessions on Tuesday afternoons continue to thrive. Membership fees have been maintained at £10 a year with table money at £2 a session, including Welsh Bridge Union membership. Club information is available online, visiting players and new members of any ability are always welcome. The successful Bridge evening as part of the Lisvane festival raised almost £600 which enabled us to give equal donations to the LCA, Ty Hafan and the Club. We are grateful to InSync pharmacy for their support with raffle prizes. Old School Development (David Jones): The development fund has passed the original target of £300K and now stands at £314K. Trustees now believe there is an element of uncertainty of when Redrow will provide its agreed part of the funding. To minimise any delay and to keep the development reasonably on track, the Trustees will now aim to raise a further £100K and will be looking at all options to achieve this. Fundraising continues, including the weekly Wednesday coffee morning sessions and events. A 'family film night' is planned for the 23rd November. Further details of this event will be publicised in the Link. Trustees are very grateful for all the support given to the fund raising activities. Friends of Coed-y-Felin (David Jones): The sculptor Chris Wood was commissioned to create a carving of 'a dragon' on the footpath adjacent to the stream. This is now a much admired feature in the woodland. Unfortunately, the existing 'green man' carving was rotting and had to be taken down. The top structure of the main bridge over the Nant Fawr was also rotting and was given a major overhaul, something which was made possible by a generous donation from a resident. Coed-y-Felin was again presented with a Green Flag Community Award which recognises the high standard of woodland management achieved during the past 12 months. We have two problems which remain unresolved: polluted water coming into the woodland and the issue of dog waste bags being left in Coed-y-Felin. Both issues are subject to on-going scrutiny. Lisvane 50+ Club (Tony Cousins): The Club formed in early 2010 and has grown from 20 members to over 55, averaging 30-35 people per meeting – next February we enter our 10th year. We were successful in obtaining our third grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, allowing us to fund our club activities including several trips and lunches, and picking entertaining speakers for our meetings. We will hold our Christmas Lunch in December at the ‘Old Cottage’ pub. Friends of Parc Cefn Onn (Tony Cousins): The Friends membership is now over 100 households. The past year has seen several of our tasks completed, and 66 special trees from all over the world have been given labels which provide details of the tree and its origin. The Friends’ booklet on these special trees is at present being printed – it should be available soon and will be bilingual. The work to be funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has been delayed by the ill health of a key official – we have to meet with the Council and have been advised of the new recovery programme which should enable work to start shortly. Certain areas of the Parc will be closed to the public because of the large construction machines that will be working. The Upper Parc Summer House is over 1100 years old, and is at present being renovated, with walls and foundations being upgraded. When finished this will be a learning/interpretation centre. The Friends were in receipt of a large donation from a Lisvane resident to finance several of our own projects, these are at present in progress. We will shortly be planting several hundred spring flower bulbs. The Parc was awarded a new Green Flag during the summer of 2018. Tennis Club (Caroline Jacobson): 2018 has been a successful year so far for the tennis club, we have a strong membership but would also be delighted to welcome new members. As a club we run several teams throughout the summer competing in various leagues; the Men's 1st and Ladies 2nd teams came top in their respective leagues and the Juniors also enjoyed success.
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