Minutes - 14th July 2008

Transition Hull – 14th July 2008
Minutes (no.3) of meeting minutes taken at Recycle Unlimited

In attendance (Meetings will be more regular in the near future but during the time of holidays we have to accept a certain level of absence.)
Steve Hall, Dave Callahan (Press Officer), Sarah Morris (Minutes Secretary), Lee-Ann Williams (Press Officer), Diana Sandy, Matt Hill and Lewis McNeil.
Apologies
Chris King (on holiday)

Blog
· Lee-Ann has kindly set up a blog: www.transitionhull.blogspot.com
· We are accepting ideas for posts (please send to transitionhull@yahoo.com).
· Currently it will be kept to local environmental items and our own news.
Charity Status
· We are to adopt a formal set of governing rules for the moment and consider charity status at a later point.
· Steve Hall will fill in model constitution the groups review at a later date.

Transition Awareness Generation: Coffee Morning
· This friendly coffee morning/evening (open to suggestions) is to explain Transition Town aims to specific groups and so that they can share their expeiences
· Groups/organisations to invite;
o The Green Way, formerly 5th Avenue School
o Craft Groups...
o Gyroscope
o Arthur Street
o Sea Cadets
o Army Cadets
o Boy Scouts
o Girl Guides
o Church Groups...
o Newland Avenue Traders Association
o Friends of the Earth
o The Green Party
o Green Peace
o Other youth, green, trading groups?

Transition Awareness Generation: A Film Showing
· The proposed film to be shown is The End Of Suburbia (72 minutes)
· There is to be two showings (Matt Hill is going to research the hire costs)
o Middleton Hall, Hull University; for local residents.
o Asylum Venue, Hull University; for students
· Invite University Students via posters and flyers within fresher’s week (29th September) to establish Transition Hull as one of their interests.
· Promote film and talk via;
o mail drop
o posters
o radio
o news papers
· At the showing bring in spokes person(s) from other Transition Towns to give a short talk (before or after?)


Next meeting Recycling Unlimitedat 7:30pm on Monday the 28th July 2008