Well yesterday evening I visited my first Community Forum. It wasn’t just a first for me but it was the first time it had been held at Tanworth Village Hall. What a great turn out and actually I found it quite interesting.
The WI had Tea coffee and cakes which went down very well. Its not my place to give a report on the forum as there will be official minutes provided by County Council or SDC I’m not quite sure which one.
We should all endeavour to attend our Community Forums they are held four times a year in different locations across the Arden
One thing I did notice is that it is always the same people that attend these type of things and always the same people who speak, nothing wrong with that but sometimes it would be nice to hear other voices and younger voices as I suspect their issues will be different to those that us past a certain age may have.
Last night the Police presentation got hijacked by speeding issues on The Common Earlswood which is a shame really as the common is due to have its speed limit decreased to 30 mph at some point this year.
The SNT spoke briefly about their Twitter Account, It is only personal opinion but they don’t seem to have embraced it quite like some of their peers across the boarder but its new and it’s a change and they are finding their feet. Let’s see how it all goes in the next few months.
It was interesting to hear how the Ambulance Service and their new model of distributing Ambulances across the District worked. I will try and find a link to it.
What did shock me and I didn’t vote because I hadn’t had time to think about it net alone think about potential nominations a new Community Forum Chairman was voted in. So Peter Oakley is now the Chairman of the Community Forum (Arden)
There was a brief overview of the new Police and Crime Commissionaires which we will all have the opportunity to vote on later this year.
All in all it was very interesting I certainly will be attending another one as long as I am not away from home
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