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Hi All
A big thank you to everyone who attended the open meeting at King’s Hall on Monday night. I hope you found it as valuable as the Working Group did. Your participation through discussions and debate was really positive and I’m sure helped all our understanding of what’s happened and what may come next.
BAND is now officially formed as an association and we are in the process of purchasing the public liability insurance we talked about last night to provide needed protection for what we do. To confirm that following Monday’s meeting the Core Working Group for the next year is:
Chairman: Roger Moreland
Secretary: Maria Jones
Treasurer: Mac McGlone
Working Group Member: Lisa Filtness
Working Group Member: Gary Carroll
Working Group Member: Annie Cook
Working Group Member: Sue Heaton
Working Group Member: Jacque Black
If you’re interested, a copy of the minutes from the meeting and the BAND Constitution can be downloaded (see above). I’m sure they will be helpful as both an aide memoire to those that were able to attend and as useful information for those that were unable to be there.
If anyone who was not there has any questions, when you have had an opportunity to read and digest the minutes, then please do let us know and we can go through anything that is unclear at a mutually convenient time.
We will keep you updated on any progress with the transport consultant’s report being placed on the Maldon planning portal and also when it’s been made available on the BAND website. As discussed, we will provide guidance on what to say and how to contact key people so that sensitive pressure is maintained on them as the planning process unfolds.
The most important message from last night concerns the next steps, particularly in relation to a potential appeal and the engagement of a barrister. As we said, there is not enough information available at the moment to be certain about the amount of money that will be needed to fund the work of a barrister. I can’t emphasise enough how important this will be if we are going to give ourselves the best possible chance to win this fight at an appeal. As the way forward becomes clearer the Working Group will be able to hone the estimates we have developed so far and we will communicate what we believe is required to you as clearly as we can. We will also look at how fundraising plans can be developed beyond donations and how we can best accommodate as many preferences as possible in terms of donating money eg one amount of money, monthly donations etc.
Thank you again for your support and confidence.