It has been pointed out that the heading in my post about the annual dinner showed the incorrect date, although the text of the message was correct. The actual date is confirmed as Saturday 2nd March 2019. More details, including booking arrangements, will be provided in the New Year, although naturally you may wish to ensure that the date is in your diary.John
This proposal affects cyclists. A mandatory one-way system would force cyclists, for some journeys, off minor roads on to the busy, narrow A322, unless contra-flow cycle lanes were included. An advisory one-way system might work, and would not affect cyclists.
This is by far the shortest questionnaire I have come across for years. There is no excuse for not doing it!
The annual dinner will take place next year on Saturday 2 March, once again at the Princess Royal at Runsfold. Menus have not yet been agreed, but the choices will be advised later, probably early in the New Year. Meanwhile, you may wish to make a note of the date in your diaries. John
The Agenda, Draft Annual Report and Financial Report are now up on the website here for members to view prior to the meeting in ten days time, that is Saturday 27th October at 10am in Godalming at the usual venue.
There will be free tea and coffee prior to the meeting (supplementary charge for gin), but we’ll pay for the gin or another drink of your choice following the meeting. Please ask any member of the Committee on arrival how to claim your drink(s) – there is a process.
We know AGMs can be dull affairs but you can liven it up by voicing all those ideas you might have had about how we can improve what the Club offers its members; we have a very healthy and happy club at the moment but surely there’s something else we could be doing to make it even better! Do have a think on this and come full of ideas.
See you all there!
This article is relevant to all West Surrey riders who want free access to our local countryside. John Oliver of the Save Newlands Corner Campaign Group has asked us to please consider passing the following information on to our members. If you would like to reply personally to John, please contact Mark Waters for John’s contact details.
Today, Surrey Live has launched a campaign to have parking charges removed from the countryside car parks for which Surrey County Council is responsible. This includes a petition.
The Surrey Live article is here: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/petition-surrey-council-parking-charges-15241937
The petition link is at the bottom of the article – but for ease of reference it is here https://petitions.surreycc.gov.uk/Charges/
The article mentions another petition by a Chobham resident, which already has nearly 10,000 signatures. This is here: https://www.change.org/p/surrey-county-council-restore-public-access-to-surrey-commons
In addition, in case you are not aware, SCC has launched a ‘consultation’ about the Surrey countryside over the next 25 years. This is here: https://www.surreysays.co.uk/environment-and-infrastructure/caringforourcountryside/ However, in my opinion, the questions are skewed to give SCC the political answers they want. Question 3c is a disgrace. I have seen elsewhere that there are grave reservations about the integrity of the ‘consultation’ and even the legality of it. That said, Surrey residents cannot afford to let this pass without comment.
So, can I ask that you inform your members of the existence of the petitions and the consultation, so that they can decide whether to contribute to them.
I realise that your members need to arrive at their own decisions about these items. However, as regards the consultation, I would be grateful if they could ensure that they use the comments boxes to express their views about the future of the countryside, rather than be led by what SCC’s questions try to get us to say – question 3c doesn’t even allow respondents to comment.
If I can help in any way, please let me know.
Kind regards
John Oliver