DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Countryside Health Walks – organised by Hull City Council
Skidby and Eppleworth
Friday January 27th
Pick up – 10am outside Hull Truck Theatre, St Stephens.
All walks are 6-8 miles long and will include areas that are wet and boggy. Rest places will be provided
Cost - £4
To book your place on the walk please contact Carl Warcup on 01482 318008
Sunday 29th January Elders meeting 9.15 at the meeting house
Sunday 29th January Overseers meeting 9.15 at the meeting house
"Hull and East Riding Interfaith Double Discussion Tuesday 31 January 2012 5:00 PM
Forum"
Committee Room 1, Ground floor, at the Guildhall, Hull
First, on the August 2011 riots - causes and consequences? Why did they take place in London and other cities yet not in Hull? 2nd: on the Prime Minister's multiculturalism and integration speech given at Munich Security Conference 5 Feb 2010: how does it stand up, one year on? Refreshments from 4.30pm
Email: jackie.lukes@heri.org.uk
Tel: 01482 445728
Sunday 5th February PM after meeting for worship
Saturday 11th February Area meeting Scarborough 10:30
Sunday 12th February discussion after meeting for worship
Sunday 19th February shared lunch after meeting for worship
Thursday 16 February 2012 7:30 PM
"Pompei and St Paul: using Pompeian evidence to think about early house-church life"
Hull and District Theological Society
Dr Peter Oakes (Manchester Univ). Meeting at the Graduate School Building, Hull University, Cottingham Road, Hull
Saturday 25th February 10.30 - 1pm Pickering F.M.H.
SEEKING THE LIGHT IN OUR CHURCH AFFAIRS : a half day workshop with input by Martin Ward of York Friargate Meeting, former clerk of B.Y.M.
Sunday 26th February Breakfast Fellowship 9.15 at the meeting house
Fuel presents Sound&Fury's Going Dark
Written by Hattie Naylor in collaboration with Sound&Fury
Max works as the narrator at the city's Planetarium. When his own life takes an unexpected turn, he discovers that understanding the universe requires a different kind of vision. The Studio will be transformed using lighting and sound technology reawakening our wonder at the cosmos.
Tickets: £10/£8 Buy Online
Fox hunting: Is now the time to have a review? I think Cameron is totally out of touch thinking after only 7 years we need a review of a cruel sport. One of the arguments for the review is that more people are taking up the sport since they have had to start looking for other ways to have fun. Isn’t it more likely that since they have stopped pulling animals apart using other animals [which is barbaric and I find unthinkable as most people do] more people find it an acceptable sport now the cruel element has gone, so they can now go out horse and hound and really enjoy going through the countryside chasing an artificial scent . I think we need to keep an eye on this review as there is no reason for it. Fox numbers haven’t gone up and in any case more humane ways of reducing the numbers are available. Perhaps Cameron is under pressure from some of his friends in parliament to bring back a blood sport which to my mind should have been banned long, long ago.
Extracts from the minutes of Hull Preparative Meeting
held on Sunday, 8th January 2012
4. Premises Committee Business:
The following proposals of our Premises Committee, which met on December 13th, have been brought to us by John B and John H for our consideration: -
a) Room charges
The committee agreed these should be raised by 50p an hour for each room as from 1/6/12. On this basis the charges will become £12.00 per hour for the Meeting Room, £5.50 per hour for the Horsley Room, and £10.00 for all other rooms. Regular hirers have been contacted about these proposals and a positive response has been received. John B agreed to send the letter he had drafted to affected groups (copy attached). We agree to these proposals.
b) Appraisal of Property Expenses for Area Meeting
John B has received an e-mail from Brian F, Clerk of Area Meeting Finance Committee, which asks Local Meetings to appraise their likely property expenses for 2012 and forward details to him before February. Essentially, this would apply to external and structural items. So, for Hull, the committee suggests that the list should include: the cycle hoops (as agreed in our last PM on Dec 4th); external painting of the front porch; and a handrail on the right hand side of the ramp as one walks towards the main entrance (to increase safety for those with disabilities, and for everybody in case of icy conditions). John F is looking into costings of these items, on behalf of Premises Committee. We agree to these suggestions and ask the Premises Committee to forward these property expenses to Brian F.
c) Greening the Meeting House: P-V Solar Panels
Despite the government’s announced withdrawal of its subsidy (which action has since been declared illegal in the courts and is now subject to appeal), power companies will still pay 21p, if not the 42p originally promised, for each unit of electricity generated and fed into the national grid. Furthermore, panel installation costs have come down significantly over the last few months. Premises Committee is therefore proposing that Hull PM approach Brian F to ask for financial support for the installation of an array of 16 P-V panels on the Meeting House roof (South facing). The possible need to add any P-V panels to the Meeting House’s insurance was raised and should be explored. Gill S knows of a Wakefield-based firm, AVC, who did a good job in installing panels at Swanland Church Hall. Premises Committee would welcome any further suggestions of local firms involved in similar work.
This meeting feels that we should support this environmentally friendly venture and ask our Premises Committee to go ahead with their proposal.
d) Floor covering in the Warden’s Flat
It is proposed that some of the carpet in the Warden’s flat be replaced. The Committee suggests that the same policy of hard flooring be adopted, as used for the rest of the Meeting House in 2011. We agree to this proposal and feel that the cost of this should be borne by the Meeting and not by the tenant. We ask the Premises Committee to make the necessary arrangements.
e) Matters arising: Health & Safety and Insurance
Our Warden has: - arranged with the Fire Service for an inspection to check on public safety on our premises; arranged with the Health & Safety inspector for a visit to obtain registration of our premises for food preparation; and contacted Roger D concerning insurance and the need for an updated inventory.
We thank the Premises Committee for bringing these matters to our attention and we offer an especial word of thanks to John B for all the additional work which he has undertaken for the Meeting.
5. Date of the next Preparative Meeting:
Our next Preparative Meeting will be held on Sun, 5th Feb 2012, after Meeting for Worship, as arranged.