Max Evidence 5
Draft minutes of the meeting of Cardiff Green Party on
Monday 18th March, 2013
Embassy Cafe
Cathays Community Centre
36-38, Cathays Terrace
Cardiff CF24 4HX
Chair – John Matthews
Secretary – Sian Best
Present: John Matthews (Chair), Sian Best (Minutes), Philip
Thomas, Anthony Slaughter, Ed Mason, Jack Parker, Gerald Nowell, Chris von
Ruhland
1.
Apologies for absence: Paul Atkins, Stella
Westmacott, Paul Westmacott
2.
Minutes of the last meeting – accepted as a true
record
3.
Matters arising – Gerald pointed out that 38
degrees have a petition on use of bee-damaging pesticides, available on their
website. Anthony said that this Thursday (20th March), there will be
a public meeting, on reducing the speed
limit in Penarth streets to 20mph, at the
Windsor Arms, 7pm. The secretary will forward the details to all members.
4.
Officers’ reports – Chair has had letters in the
Western Mail on horse meat in supermarket products, bedroom tax, and banking
bonuses. He had an interview with a journalist on RCT’s consultation exercise
on fracking. The Secretary said she was
struggling to deal with discrepancies in national, regional, local membership
records. Treasurer - £1700 in the account: the data protection licence has been
paid.
5.
Campaign reports - Paul A’s offer of a video : now
the Severn Barrage plan seems to be dead in the water, we need another subject
for this project, preferably positive. Paul A is doing a newsletter for Roath
and Plasnewydd, Jack and Anthony will do something on Green policies re food,
energy, with a local emphasis, for distribution in Penarth.
The 2014 Euro election leaflets
need to be planned as there are only 15 months to go. Paul’s proposed electoral
strategy, ‘Developing to win’ document had been accepted by WGP council.
Nominations for the Wales GP list of candidates closed on 16th March.
Members felt Wales should have its own leaflet for Euro elections, the national
one may not be appropriate for a Welsh election campaign.
6.
Future social events, etc. Ed: there will be a CGP members’ social
evening on Wednesday 17th April, at The Flora, Cathays Terrace, at
8pm, with our April business meeting at the same venue, in the same evening, at
7pm instead of the usual Monday meeting. One free drink will be available per
attendee. ‘Green Party Drinks’! will be advertised on the Members’ website,
Facebook, etc.
7.
Any Other Business – Gerald expressed concern
about some of the contents of the WGP newsletter, edited by Max Wallis. The
Chair reported that the Wales Secretary has contacted Max and told him his
behaviour was inappropriate and he should resign his position. Gerald proposed
a motion that CGP was appalled by the editor of the WGP’s newsletter’s comments
in the last issue and that officers should seek his removal as an WGP officer
and expulsion from the GPEW, especially in view of his failure to declare an
interest in his comments on AG’s expulsion. Members unanimously supported the
motion and chair agreed to pass to Anne Were, the WGP Secretary. Phil Thomas reminded members about PSC’s demonstrations in
the area. -on Tuesday 19 March, there will be a
protest at the BBC on Llantrisant Rd in Cardiff against their lack of
reportage on Palestinian hunger strikers. On Thursday 21 March, a submission to
the Charity Commission in Newport, will be handed in, as part of an
orchestrated national campaign to revoke the charity status of the JNF, the
Jewish National Fund .
8.
Date of next meeting – 17th April in The
Flora
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