Cnoc Dubh Residents Association (cnocdubh.org.uk)

Annual General Meeting

2009-02-10T11:20:00.002Z

Cnoc Dubh Residents Association will hold its AGM followed by an ordinary meeting on Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 7.30 pm in Bayble School. A good attendance is requested.

As our new playpark is so to be opened (Mondays to Saturdays) we invite all parents and grandparents within the Garrabost area to show an interest.

Minutes of May 17 meeting

2008-09-12T10:44:00.002+01:00

Minutes of CDRA meeting on May 20, 2008

Present: Christine Macmillan, Annetta Dunn, Calum Campbell, Chrisma Macmillan, Taylor Edgar, Cllr Donald I Nicholson, Jane Macintosh

1.) Apologies - Alena Edgar, Emelin Collier, Erica Campbell, Donnie Morrison, Moira Morrison

2.) Minutes of Previous Meeting - Read and approved subject to the substitution of ACE grants for Ward Initiative under Matters Arising.

3.) Matters Arising - Ace grant – No progress to report.

Bayhead equipment: The first batch of surplus equipment has arrived, the remainder to follow when a delivery lorry is available. Swings and a slide are also being made available, Cllr. Nicholson to check.

Playpark: It was agreed to offer Tony Robson the sum of £300 to project manage the playpark development from this stage due to the technical knowledge required from now on.

Calum Campbell to enquire about safety surface tiles that may be available.

Fencing: A quote had been received from Murdo Crichton. Calum Campbell to obtain a further quote from a joiner.

Stone feature: Plan by Robert Stubington was approved, though some concern was expressed at the scale of the gate entrance. It was agreed to proceed as per the plan for now and apply for an Awards for All grant as a standalone project. However, it was acknowledged that it might be necessary to revisit the plan for budgetary reasons and rethink the entrance gate.

Site: Christine reported that the site has now been pegged out and prepared.

Stornoway Trust: The recent rent invoice received had now been queried with the Trust and the monies were confirmed as due. The Trust had also approved the entrance feature and requested a photo for their records on its completion.

Roads: Work had commenced on resurfacing the worst section of the Upper Garrabost road.

Junction mirror: It was agreed to continue to pressure the council to install a mirror to improve visibility at the Post Office junction/Corner House crossroads.

4.) Correspondence received

Swing: The meeting noted the offer of a swing from Christine Macmillan (junior). It was hoped to take up this offer subject to the swing being inspected and it bearing a British Standard kite mark.

5.) Fund raising

Point Community Council: No grants available until later in the year.

Grants: It had not been possible to complete within the week available an application for an inter-generational grant of £5,000.

Plaque: It was agreed that contact should be made with the Lewis Historical Transport Society regarding their previous offer of a grant towards the cost of the Playpark plaque that forms part of the entrance feature.

6.) Date of next meeting - To be confirmed

Minutes of March 17, 2008

2008-04-12T10:39:00.000+01:00

Present: Calum Campbell, Annetta Dunn, Christine Macmillan, Donald Macdonald, Donnie Morrison, Cllr Donald I Nicolson, Taylor Edgar*

Apologies - Erica Campbell, Moira Morrison, Emelin Collier

Minutes of Previous Meeting - Read and approved. Moved by Donald Macdonald and seconded by Donnie Morrison

Matters Arising
Ward Initiative – The application has been submitted.

Bayhead equipment - Jane spoke to Donald Stewart at the Council re. the surplus equipment and is awaiting a response.

* Taylor entered the meeting at this point

Playpark quotes - Donnie Morrison reported to the meeting on the clarification of the two site clearing quotes. The quote from Angus Mackay was still the cheaper of the two even when comparing like with like. The matter was noted.

Playpark site - Chair, Christine Macmillan reported that she had approached Murdo Dan about him and Alasdair Murray pegging out the site. She had delivered the approved layout plan to Murdo Dan as he had requested.

Co-op grant - Christine reported that a letter had been received from the Co-op apologising for an administrative error in handling our application and enclosing a cheque for £500.

Newsletter sales - Banked were £40 from An Lanntair and £3 from Jane for Brick newsletter sales. An Lanntair had also agreed to take a further 20 newsletters to sell.

Stornoway Trust - Christine reported a letter had been received from the Trust invoicing CDRA £25 for land rent. It was agreed to query the matter with Stornoway Trust.

Constitution - Cllr Nicolson to check whether he has a digital copy of the constitution to forward to Taylor and Jane.

Roads – No progress on resurfacing as yet. However, the large puddle at the turning circle in Upper Garrabost has been traced to a leaky water main connection. The work carried out by Scottish Water had also addressed an ongoing water pressure problem at that end of the village.

Mirror at junction - Cllr. Nicolson to continue the pressure for the mirror to be installed and remind the Council that they had agreed to install the mirror at a meeting with Point Community Council.

Point Community Council grant - Christine to phone Judith Mackay to get a new application form and enquire about a skip.

AOCB
Volunteer workshop - Christine to attend a volunteer workshop on March 18, 2008.

Grant applications - Christine, Jane, Cllr. Nicolson and Moira to pull together the remaining documents required. Jane to ask Robert Stubington if he could draw up a plan and advise on the type of commemorative wall plaque.

Date of next meeting - To be determined after quotes and work on grant applications finalised.

Date of next meeting

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The date for the next meeting has yet to be decided.

Work is ongoing to draw together quotes and other documents for grant applications, once this has been finalised by the sub committee a meeting notice will be circulated. Check back here too for the meeting date.

Meetings are normally held in the second week of each month at Bayble School at 7.30 pm.

Minutes of AGM

2008-03-20T19:38:00.004Z

Minutes of CDRA AGM on February 12, 2008

Present: Christine Macmillan, Chrisma Macmillan, Donald Macdonald, Donnie J Morrison, Annetta Dunn, Taylor Edgar, Kayanna Lawson, Andy Cumming, Jane Macintosh, * Cllr. Donald I Nicolson

1.) Apologies - Emelin Collier, Alena Edgar

2.) Chair’s report - Christine presented the annual report.

3.) Treasurer’s Report – In Alena’s absence the report was presented by Christine.

4.) Annual Accounts – These were presented to the meeting. Andy Cumming had signed them off.

5.) Election of Office bearers - Christine was elected as chair; Alena was elected Treasurer; Emelin Collier was elected secretary.

6.) Minutes of Previous Meeting - Read and approved subject to a change in the list of those present, replacing Christine Campbell with Christine Macmillan, and capital with revenue. Annetta moved the Minutes and was seconded by Andy.

7.) Matters Arising -
Ward Initiative funding: Christine reported that she had written to all three Point councillors as previously agreed but had yet to receive any replies.

Playpark equipment at Bayhead: Nothing to report

Access estimates: There was some concern that the estimates received were not like for like. Donnie to investigate further.

Constitution: Jane raised a couple of issues concerning the wording of the constitution. Jane and Taylor to work on a redraft.

Roads: Reply received from the Comhairle re. the state of the roads. Lack of funds cited as reason for poor condition.

Co-op funding application: Unsuccessful on this occasion.

Grazings Committee letter: Christine reported the latest developments re. the grant. No firm decision was reached over whether to pursue the matter further.

* Cllr. D I Nicholson entered the meeting at this point

Red bricks: Annetta had been able to speak to Calum Macdonald but was told the collapsed building in question belonged to Calum’s brother.

Playpark: The site has still to be pegged out.

8.) AOCB -

Road junction: Mirror for blind summit had been agreed two years ago but not yet installed. Cllr. Nicolson to chase it up.

Red bricks: Cllr. Nicolson also to see Stornoway Trust re. possibility of acquiring red bricks from a number of their old properties.

Bayhead equipment: Cllr. Nicolson reported that their had been a misunderstanding over the surplus equipment being acquired by CDRA. Jane to contact Keith Dodson or Roy Cameron regarding the equipment.

Point Community Council social fund: Cllr. Nicolson confirmed the fund was still in existence and agreed to approach Point Community Council about the possibility of a grant.

9.) Date of next meeting - Monday, March 17 at 7.30pm

Next meeting is March 17

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The next scheduled meeting is on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 7.30 pm in Bayble School. All welcome!

AGM - office bearers elected

2008-02-15T16:44:00.003Z

The annual general meeting was relatively well attended and returned Christine Macmillan as chair.
Emelin Collier is to be Secretary for the year, assisted by Taylor Edgar who will do the Minutes and the web site. Alena Edgar was returned as Treasurer.
The date of the next meeting has been fixed for Monday, March 17 at 7.30 pm in Bayble School.

Approved Minutes for November 2007 meeting

2008-02-15T16:39:00.005Z

Minutes of CDRA meeting on November 20, 2007

Present: Calum Campbell, Christine Macmillan, Annetta Dunn, Taylor Edgar, Cllr. Donald I Nicholson, Andy Cumming*

1. Apologies - Alena Edgar, Erica Campbell, Donnie Morrison, Moira Morrison

2. Minutes - The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved after being moved by Cllr. Nicholson and seconded by Annetta Dunn

3. Matters arising from the Minutes -
Playpark equipment: It was agreed to write to the three Point councillors early in January 2008 asking for £2,000 from each from their ward initiative budgets.
It was agreed that in order to progress the playpark to scale back the original specification and go for the smaller £25,000 modular design.

Hypermarket: After expenses, the hypermarket raised £145.16. The bank balance as at November 20, 2007 stood at £7,293.

Roads: The letter sent to Iain Mackinnon, Director of Technical Services, was circulated and approved.

Newsletter in the Co-op: Christine confirmed she had sent a letter to the Co-op headquarters requesting permission for the local store to sell the Bricks Newsletter. A reply was still being awaited.

(* Jane Macintosh entered the meeting at this point)

Red bricks: Taylor to email Calum Macdonald re. red bricks

4. Playpark - Calum Campbell to contact contractor, Murdo Mackay re. an estimate for site preparation works.
It was also agreed that Calum, being a member of the Common Grazings Committee, should arranged with Murdo Dan Macleod and Alasdair Murray to peg out the playpark site.

5. Comic Relief grant application: It was agreed that the application should be submitted as planned but amended to reflect the new specification for the playpark.

6. AOCB - Taylor raised the issue of visibility at the Upper Garrabost junction. Although the street lights were to be welcomed, they did reduce the ability to see headlights of oncoming cars travelling from the Lower Garrabost direction.Cllr. Nicholson commented that a mirror to see into the dip was now in the revenue programme for next year. A better solution had been ruled as prohibitively expensive for various reasons.

7. Date of next meeting - A provisional date for the AGM was fixed for Tuesday, February 12, 2008. It was agreed that the AGM notice should be placed in the Rudhach.

Domain - cnocdubh.org.uk

2007-12-10T19:53:00.002Z

As you may have noticed we've ditched the unfriendly blogspot URL and now have our very own domain name...cnocdubh.org.uk

Decided to go for a dot org dot uk domain since we are an organisation rather than a company. Please also update your contact book with the new email address: info@cnocdubh.org.uk

** BTW, the next meeting is provisionally scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Bayble School. In the meantime, a Merry Christmas to one and all!

October 30, 2007 Minutes

2007-11-21T20:44:00.001Z

Minutes of CDRA meeting on Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Present: Christine Macmillan, Calum Campbell, Annetta Dunn, Cllr. Donald I Nicholson, Taylor Edgar*

1.) Apologies - Erica Campbell, Jane Macintosh, Emelin Collier, Alena Edgar

2.) Minutes of Previous Meeting - Read and approved on the motion of Christine, seconded by Annetta

3.) Matters Arising - None

4.) Correspondence received - Christine reported that Anderson Macarthur,Solicitors, had confirmed matters relating to the playpark were now as good as finalised and that work could commence on site.

5.) Parkend playpark - The meeting was shown plans and costings for the modular playpark equipment purchased for Parkend.
(* Andy Cumming entered the meeting at this point.)

6.) Cnoc Dubh site -

Bricks: The meeting agreed to approach Calum Macdonald, Claypark, about acquiring any spare Lews Bricks he may be able to offer the CDRA.
Brick entrance feature: It was further agreed to ask Matt Bruce to prepare an architect’s drawing of the feature in order to obtain tenders for the work.

Pegging out the site: For the avoidance of doubt, it was agreed to ask the Grazing Committee to peg out the play park site as per the plans.

7.) Fund raising - ACE grant: Now out of time.

Town Hall Hypermarket: A stall has been booked for the Town Hall hypermarket in November where we would be allowed to sell baking, baskets and good quality toys. Christine suggested using the opportunity to sell the Bricks newsletter as well.

Bricks Newsletter sales: An Lanntair had sold out and wanted more. Sales at Stornoway Airport had brought in £62. The Tourist Board in Stornoway had returned theirs unsold. Christine had approached the Co-op about selling the newsletter but had been turned down because the newsletter did not have a barcode. However, she was advised to write to Co-op headquarters in the hope that being a one-off publication, the rules might be relaxed.

Grant applications: It was agreed to apply for funding from the Co-op and Children-in-Need.

8.) AOCB -

Point Online: Calum passed on a request from Erica about contactingPoint online to include the CDRA details on their site. However, Taylor said the details had already been added, but that he would double-check.

Village enhancements: It was pointed out that many of the proposed enhancements to the village were being undermined by the poor state of the road. It was agreed that Taylor should pen a letter to Iain Mackinnon, the Comhairle’s Director of Technical Services.

9.) Date of next meeting: Tuesday, November 20 at 7.30 pm

Date of next meeting

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The date of the next meeting is Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 7.30 pm in Bayble School. All welcome.

Minutes of September meeting

2007-11-13T21:22:00.000Z

Minute of meeting on Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Present: Donald Macdonald, Calum Campbell, Erica Campbell, Kay Anna Lawson, Taylor Edgar, Alena Edgar

1) Apologies - Christine Macmillan (chair), Donnie Morrison, Moira Morrison, Andy Cumming, Christine Macmillan

2) In the chair’s absence, the meeting was chaired by Alena Edgar

3) Minutes of previous meeting – Approval of the Minutes was proposed by Calum Campbell, seconded by Kay Anna Lawson and duly approved.

4) Fund raising - Alena Edgar reported that the fund raising curry night has raised a total of £404.

The Point Show and the final sales of the Bricks Newsletters by N&M Macleod’s mobile shops jointly amounted to £202.

The only outgoing since the last meeting was payment of £353.13 to Anderson Macarthur Solicitors in respect of Land Tax for the playpark site.

5) Invite – On the suggestion of Erica Campbell, it was agreed to formally extend an invitation to Angus Macritchie who has recently returned to the village with his young family.

6) GNG Common Grazings Committee – Calum Campbell said he had looked into the terms of the £600 grant offer from the Grazings Committee and could confirm that the donation will definitely be paid when the playpark project is ready to get underway.

7) Funding - Nothing new to report on the ACE options grant application.

8) Correspondence – Youth Link have informed the CDRA in writing of their decision to decline the CDRA grant application.

9) Donation - The meeting noted a donation of £20 from Cllr Donald I Nicolson who had been unable to attend the ceilidhs curry night.

10) Date of next meeting – Tuesday, October 23.

Hot or not hot?

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Curry & Ceilidh night
in Aird Hall this Saturday, June 23 at 7pm.

LICENSED BAR GRAND RAFFLE GAELIC SONGS LOCAL ARTISTES MOD MEDALLISTS

Admission £5 Concessions £2.50. Pay at the door.

Enjoy a good meal and a floor show.

Agenda for meeting next week

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Agenda - April 24, 2007 at Bayble School at 7.30 PM

Apologies
Minutes of last meeting
Matters arising
Correspondence
A.O.C.B
Date of next meeting

Village enhancement proposals

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• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS

• ROAD VERGES

• SEATING VIEWPOINT AREA

• PLAY AREA

• WILD FLOWER GARDEN

• CLAYPARK STONE FEATURE

Is there something you would like to see added to the plan? Do you want to help us make it happen?

If so, come along to our next meeting: BAYBLE SCHOOL, TUESDAY 24th APRIL 7 30 PM

All welcome!

Minutes approved

2007-03-21T12:22:00.000Z

The Minutes of the previous meetings, the Annual General Meeting and the Ordinary Business Meeting of January 23, 2007 were approved at last night's meeting. The Minutes from January 23 are as follows:

MINUTES OF AGM and ORDINARY BUSINESS MEETING ON JANUARY 23, 2007

Present: Annette Dunn, George Dunn, Alena Edgar, Taylor Edgar, Chris Kennedy, Jane Macintosh, Christine Macmillan, Donald Nicholson

1) Mrs Macmillan opened the ordinary meeting

2) Apologies: Received from Calum Campbell, Emelin, Chrisma, Erica, Kay Anna

3) Appointments: There being no other nominations for the office of Chair and Treasurer, Christine Macmillan and Alena Edgar respectively agreed to continue.

In her absence, Emelin was proposed and seconded as Secretary. There were no other nominations and it was agreed to ask Emelin to take over as the Secretary.

It was also agreed to invite Christine Cumming, No.16 Upper Garrabost, to join the committee as she had expressed an interest in helping but was unable to attend the meeting on Jan 23.

4) Minutes of Previous Meeting: Carried to next meeting

5) Correspondence: Invoice from Hebridean Printers received for printing of Brickworks Newsletter, £350.

Correspondence from Dr Whiteford re. the playpark plaque was noted.

Email from Kay Anna re. proposed trip to Scaladale/Ardvourlie Castle with kids. Continued for further information.

Quote from Colin MacQueen for play area plaque

Quote from Duncan Mackay for play area works in the sum of £96,908.07 + VAT

6) Fund raising: Monies raised from stall in Town Hall at Christmas was noted.

It was also agreed to look into organising a ceilidh dance and/or Indian curry takeaway night at the Aird Hall.

7) Point Online: Taylor agreed to contact Point Online and request that details of where the Brickworks Newsletter can be purchased be posted on the web site.

8) Grazings Committee: Donald Nicholson to contact the Grazings Committee re. their donation to the play area project.

9) AOCB: Donald Nicholson reported to the meeting on progress with ward initiative money.

March meeting tonight

2007-03-19T23:08:00.000Z

The March meeting of the Cnoc Dubh Residents Association takes place tomorrow evening (Tuesday, March 20, 2007) at 7.30 pm in Bayble School. All welcome.

Claypark Bricks newsletter

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Claypark Bricks, a fascinating insight into a community project to recreate the famous Lews Bricks, is now on sale priced £2.

Get your copy from the following outlets or by post (see opposite):
* Garrabost Post Office
* N & M Macleod's mobile shop
* Lewis Crofters
* Campbell's Filling Station
* Cabarfeidh Hotel
* Museum nan Eilean
* Fishermen's Co-op
* An Lanntair

Claypark Bricks tells the story of the Lews Brick Works in Claypark, Garrabost - a venture that first began in 1847 and at its height produced 26,000 red bricks each week. Over 150 years later, local children tried their hand at recreating the famous Lewis icon during a community project run by the Cnoc Dubh Residents Association.

Hello

2007-02-05T20:28:00.000Z

Welcome to the Cnoc Dubh Residents Association blog.

Find out more about our aims, what we are doing and all the latest news.

The keywords for this site are Cnoc Dubh Residents Association, Garrabost, Point, Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Outer Hebrides, An Rudha, Upper Garrabost, Lower Garrabost, Claypark, New Garrabost.