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Minutes of Maxton 21 Meeting held on Monday 3rd December 2007

Minutes of Maxton 21 Meeting held on Monday 3rd December 2007

Persons Present
Paul, Ron, Jimmy, Thomson, Douglas, Priscilla, Charlie & Isobel.

Apologies
Apologies were received from Rosi, Elvira, Tom and Eileen.

Previous Minutes
The previous minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s Report
Ron presented the Accumulated Accounts showing income and expenditure for the month of November. Copies of these were distributed to the meeting. The Annual Charity total stands at £230.90

Past Events
· The November Maxton Meets with Rory MacDonald had been the best attended yet with upwards of 40 people.
· St Andrew’s Night Concert was a very enjoyable evening although the audience was sparse - 24 people. Costs were covered and the Raffle raised £39.00 for BAAGS. Thanks to Tom for his excellent quiz and for organizing the band, and to Eileen, Isobel, Rosi and Priscilla for the food.

Future Events
· Sunday 9th November, 3pm – Afternoon Social with Mulled Wine
Setting up hall at 2.30pm. Rosi - Mince Pies, Isobel - stollen, Charlie providing wine for mulling and Priscilla providing wine and doing the mulling.
· 23rd December – Carol singing around the village.
Arrangements as usual. Meet at the car park at 6:30pm.
· Hogmanay – still tickets available. The following arrangements were agreed:
Paul will arrange with BAAGS to come along to collect cheque.
Paul will confirm that everything is fine with Steve.
The hall will be set up at midday on the 31st.
Charlie to purchase sparkling wine – money to come from the ‘Book Fund’.
Priscilla to plan programme for evening and Paul to act as MC.
Arrangements were made for the soup and savoury supper.
Free raffle as usual – any prizes welcome.

Hall Report
Douglas reported that he was preparing a Grant Application to be sent to CBAVH.
A questionnaire from the same organisation was also being completed.

Web Site
The web site is still receiving a good hit rate, although it is slowing down a little as is normal in December. Last month we received 11,341 hits.

Neighbourhood Watch
Nothing to report

HMS Maxton
Charlie had received a Christmas card from Dave and Heather Wilkinson who have visited Maxton on a number of occasions representing HMS Maxton.

Any Other Business
· Charlie had followed up the decision of some months back to frame a cover of the book ‘The New Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border 1805-2005’ in which Walter Elliot indicates that the inspiration for the book came from the talk he gave in Maxton hall as part of ‘Maxton Meets’. The cover with a signed note from Walter is now hanging up in the hall for all to see. The framing was financed by the ‘Book Fund’. Charlie also said that Walter had offered to come and give a talk in Maxton about the book and it was agreed to invite him as the first speaker in the next series of Maxton Meets.
· Priscilla reported that Mrs J Boa had been delighted to receive the gift of the ‘Maxton 2000’ book and had sent a £10 donation for a Maxton charity. It was decided to give this to BAGGS.
· With regard to the need to find a new Treasurer, Isobel offered to take on the position, although indicating that because of work she was not free during the day. It was suggested that others could help with going to the bank if necessary. The group accepted Isobel’s offer with grateful thanks.
· Isobel informed the meeting that it had been brought to the attention of the Community Council by PC Begg that there was suspected Drug Dealing being carried out on the back roads around Maxton. PC Begg asked that the registration numbers of any suspicious cars should be noted and reported.

Date of next meeting
The next meeting of Maxton 21 will take place on Monday 7th January 2008 in the Village Hall starting at 7:30pm.
Everyone is welcome.

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Date: 04/12/2007