CHP committee, 2014-05-15

Minutes of the CHP committee meeting held at Liskeard on 2014-05-15. Readership is public. This document was approved by the committee on 2014-07-24.

Present:

Rachel Bennett          Stuart House (taking over from Tony Wood)
Angus Holland           Pensilva History
Mike Todd               Linkinhorne history and community archive
Anne Hughes             Friends of Stara Woods
Anna Monks              Liskeard and District Museum curator
Peter Jackson           Darite Heritage
Derris Watson           Phoenix 100
Iain Rowe               Caradon Archaeology
Brigitte Mann           CAGG
Brian Oldham            (Observer)
Hilary Taylor           Pensilva Wildlife
Lorna Shrubsole         Liskeard Town Council, "Walkers are Welcome"
Tony Piper              Phoenix 100

Apologies:

Jen Bousfield
Sue Robbins
Julie Newman
Robin Paris
Steve Hopkin

The meeting was chaired by Hilary Taylor.

Minutes of 2014-04-14

The Minutes were approved.

Matters arising

Open items from AOB last time:

Unfinished CHAHP projects: DW reported that she had spoken with John James on this subject and about how we might find funding to complete some works. There is a willingness in Cornwall Council to enable these things to be done. Highways work can only be done through the Higways department. The list includes Rillaton Wall and signs at Redgate. It may be possible to re-bid to HLF for the funds concerned.
Heritage Centre at Minions: LS raised during the above discussion that this is still closed for repair. The building is owned by Cornwall Council and we think that the responsible person is Julian German. DW will raise the subject at the World Heritage meeting next week.
Action: PNJ to write to Councilor Julian German to request that work be completed.
Liskeard Castle report: This has been "promised" and is said to be nearly complete.
Caradon Trail signs: DW reported that "Alan" has ordered more signs for the trail. They may not be placed on BT poles (despite evidence to the contrary in the form of highways signs so placed). This is being negotiated.

Finance update

DW reported that we have received another £10 from Alec Kendall giving £598.50 in the current account with £28.50 of that available to spend on non-project expenses.

Donations for the current meeting leave us with an additional £2.50 available for funds.

Web update

Alan Groves has completed the renaming of all the Youtube files.

The team have worked on understanding the events module. Event information should continue to be sent to IR and that will be fed into the site events module.

IR suggested that there should be a disclaimer on the site indicating that the individual organisations and not the CHP have responsibility for the events being publicised.

A new logo is being produced by Keith Mountifield. It will be available in vector format.

The web team intends to conduct a design review for the site to address the various usability issues that exist. People can send mail to feedback at caradonhill dot org dot uk with comments and this will be advertised in mail to the member organisations in due course.

The outcome of the review will be a programme of work to be carried out in a way that does not have adverse impact on users as the site evolves.

A question was raised about data protection. The web site infrastructure does not hold data that should be registered under the data protection act. The web team are conscious of copyright and other issues around published images.

Property audit

IR has received lists from several organisations and also has CHAHP records.

Charter Fair

DW circulated a timetable and expenses list and there was a lengthy discussion about the details.

It is proving difficult to get Cornish Dancers because of a schedule conflict with Bodmin Heritage day. Street Theatre is being investigated as a possible activity.

The Methodist Church Hall has been booked as a contingency for inclement weather.

The CHP can invoice Phoenix 100 £250 for administration, co-ordination and stewarding.
Action: PNJ to raise the invoice using a template that DW will supply.

IR will try and arrange for a mining talk from an expert to take place at the museum and be recorded.

MT suggested that we invite the Azook recording caravan to participate for the CORNISHMEMORY.COM web site.

The meeting approved the plans as articulated so far. All arrangements are to be authorised by the CHP with urgent decisions delegated to DW.

Publicity should be co-ordinated with BM. The final programme will be issued on 2014-05-25.

Funds from donations made on the day will be assigned to the CHP.

Groups and events updates

Pensilva History are making a small WW1 exhibition which will be on display in the Foyer of Millenium House for about 2 months. Pensilva History are also organising a talk under Phoenix 100 about horses in agriculture, industry and mining on 2014-06-30 at 20:00 BST in Millenium House.
MT reported that Cornish Graves project will continue. Also that Linkinhorne History are organising an archaeological excavation to follow up on artefacts that may have been discovered in an earlier dowsing exercise. In September there will be a WW1 event in Rilla Mill village hall. The Cornish Memory caravan will be there, with interviews by Ted Gundry.
Stara Woods have a working day on 2014-06-07 and a Friends day on 2014-06-08.
There will be a Summer Solstice event at 04:30BST on 2014-06-21 starting at the Hurlers car park with breakfast bookable for 05:30BST onwards.
AM reported that the schools boxes are not complete but there have been trial runs. They are available for organisations as well as schools. There will also be a Geology Box to be completed by September. A list will be made available. Also note that the rights to use images of the paintings is for all CHP members and the museum. She will circulate thumbnail images of these for reference.
DW reported that she has a collection of artefacts such as Princess Mary tobacco tins (1914), soldiers kit parts lists, a ration book and instructions for travel in India (1916). These can be loaned to people with secure storage.
IR reports that there will be a Caradon Archaeology field trip to Dartmoor on 2014-06-28. Also there is a follow up "Mapping the Sun" day school on 2014-07-12 run by CAS.
The next CAGG field meeting will be at Bude on 2014-05-31.

Any other business

It was agreed that the Granite posts should have the CHAHP logos. Also that we permit material from the leaflets to be used on the signage. IR will check the content prior to implementation.

There is an exhibition at Sterts and a play about Herodsfoot on 2014-07-03.

Dates of next meetings

2014-06-19-19:30 BST, at a location to be found by DW. This is a specific Charter Fair planning meeting to be chaired by DW.

2014-07-24, to be chaired by IR.

The meeting closed at 21:14 BST.

Updates

This document is maintained by the Caradon Heritage Partnership. Comments should be addressed to CHP_secretary at caradon dot org dot uk.

PNJ, 2014-05-29. Made from notes taken at the meeting.