Annual Parish Council meeting

BURTON JOYCE PARISH COUNCIL - ANNUAL MEETING
Tuesday May 19th - 7.30pm - Carnarvon Rooms

This is the opportunity for all in the B J community to
witness and participate in Local Democracy/Government at work
EVERYONE of us should make a special effort to attend this
significant meeting.. .. and we mean EVERYONE
FOR ATTENDING IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS VOTING !!

Teenagers, Singles - Married - Parents ( single and partners) - Matures,
Seniors - Shop Owners - Business Owners - Tradesmen etc, etc.
Minority Groups - Stroke Club - BJ Runners - Calligraphy Group,
Sugar Craft Guild - 1 to One - Senior Citizens Club - BJU3A,
St Helens Baby & Toddler Group - BJ Duplicate Bridge Group
Trent Valley Art Group - BJ Players - Scouts - Guides -Teachers,
Bowles Club - Cricket Teams - Football Team - BJ Archers,
The W I - Mothers Union - BJ Preservation Society - etc etc .

Villagers who do attend ( and please, please let there be a good number )
do not have to speak or express their own opinion, although there
may be many who want to ask significant questions .
So come on down and engage with our Parish Council

You should also visit our Mother site at

burtonjoyceonline.co.uk

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First Parish Council Meeting

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The April 7th Meeting was the first Council meeting I have ever attended. It was to be quite and event. .. Let me explain .. ..

Council Meetings allow Public and Press attendances, however very few Public or Press usually attend - I was under the opinion that this was the result of apathy or a lack of awareness of their arrangements - now after attending an actual meeting I do not believe that previous opinion of mine is anywhere near the truth.
At this particular meeting the “Public” attending comprised of “a family of five”, a mature lady village member, the “Chairperson” of the newly created “Village Plan Committee”, our village policeman, a representative of Severn Trent Water and myself.

Initially there was some procedural matters for the Council Members to agree upon -however, I did note that a reference to the absence of both Councillors O’Neill was noted, yet I had read an entry in the local Parish Magazine that they had already decided to step down at the end of the month ( not surprising then that they were not in attendance). I do wonder why there are so many resignations from the Council At this particular meeting there was only 7 members present, including the Chairman and this actually included recent secondments. Uum!.

I will not bore you with a minute by minute record of what went on prior to my presentation, other than to say it was quite disappointing for me to see the Severn Trent representative, the family of 5 and the Chair person of the Village Plan all leave prior to my own presentation - Shame on them! - for they may well have witnessed a taste of actual democracy in action, by that I mean unconstrained free and straight speaking by the public - me!.The April 7th Meeting was the first Council meeting I have ever attended. It was to be quite and event. .. Let me explain .. ..

Council Meetings allow Public and Press attendances, however very few Public or Press usually attend - I was under the opinion that this was the result of apathy or a lack of awareness of their arrangements - now after attending an actual meeting I do not believe that previous opinion of mine is anywhere near the truth.
At this particular meeting the “Public” attending comprised of “a family of five”, a mature lady village member, the “Chairperson” of the newly created “Village Plan Committee”, our village policeman, a representative of Severn Trent Water and myself.

Initially there was some procedural matters for the Council Members to agree upon -however, I did note that a reference to the absence of both Councillors O’Neill was noted, yet I had read an entry in the local Parish Magazine that they had already decided to step down at the end of the month ( not surprising then that they were not in attendance). I do wonder why there are so many resignations from the Council At this particular meeting there was only 7 members present, including the Chairman and this actually included recent secondments. Uum!.

I will not bore you with a minute by minute record of what went on prior to my presentation, other than to say it was quite disappointing for me to see the Severn Trent representative, the family of 5 and the Chair person of the Village Plan all leave prior to my own presentation - Shame on them! - for they may well have witnessed a taste of actual democracy in action, by that I mean unconstrained free and straight speaking by the public - me!.

For continuation of the original report within " Hot Gossip" at http://www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk/
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I will continue.. ..

BJO's main platform is and always has been that we should foster the “all participating, all inclusive “ open community.. .. .for this is the essence of Democracy working for all.
BJO was created and developed for the ENGAGEMENT and PARTICIPATION of our community . It is already beginning to achieve those aims. The initial success will continue with even greater results, particularly if our independent, investigative, non aligned project, has the cooperation and endorsement of the BJPC and other establishment bodies, however irrespective of specific relationships, we will continue publishing our independent views and opinions to ensure our community is all participating , all inclusive and open.
We want a better place to live , we want less anti social behaviour, we want a caring sharing society, we do NOT want an untidy, unhygienic environment, we want a pleasant, peaceful, attractive environment, we want to help and give assistance to those in need, we want an equal sharing and allocation of facilities for ALL age groups. Yes, and the inclusion of the elderly and the infirmed within our community

All this brings me to the realisation, which came to the surface a couple of weeks ago ( the 4th of April actually) That the aims and aspirations of BJO are significantly and naturally closely aligned with those of the Burton Joyce Village Plan.. Uum! Very interesting.. .. ..

Don’t get me wrong, I am full of admiration for those who commit themselves to community service, however the B J Parish Councill seems to be presently following a path which is somewhat "overgrown and less defined than one would expect"

That’s my personal opinion .. for what it is worth !!
Bee Jay

BJO Stats

You should really visit Burton Joyce Online - WHY?

Stats and Facts

Weh Hey! Burton Joyce Online is creating the interest which we wanted when we first began developing this community project some 8 months ago. BJO has now been online for just 4 weeks - and it is only the last 2 weeks when we began to approach our original vision .

Even so we have achieved some staggering statistics

1000 visits - (600 returning visits - 400 unique visits ) -
approx 40 visits per day 8200 + page views

Top pages -
Home page 2174 views: Gossip 411 views: Forum 371 + views: Whats on 326
Local services 286 : Weblinks 276 : Business Directory 272 : News Feeds 223
Guest Contributions 220 : Get E Mail 169 etc

Currently 644 registered users. ( allowing full participation within our site)

The “Polls” suggest that the “Major village concern” is Anti Social Behaviour

Local Interest Groups, organisers and Advertisers alike, take note - BJO is already well on the way to becoming the ideal local media for spreading your message

Your really should visit http://www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk - Really !

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Hot Gossip

Bee Jay’s . “Hot Gossip “ in our Mother Site

Future topics at Burton Joyce Online

Allotments Invaders continued, Vacant Halls, Facilities for elderly, Peacocks, vandalism ( broken gates at rain track), Flood defences, Fly posting, village centre stop/meet, Youth facilities, Visible Pollution, Scouts/cubs /brownies, The Grove, The Village Plan - others for original B J Blogs - jokes , A gentlman is, PO car parking danger, more village activities, Poplars Sports ground cost, Help your neighbour day, summer activities. More WI activities, UFO‘s, ASB, “ Church Steepless, Car phoning, In- ar smoking, Car seat belts, Eye-see bargain, BJ Donkeys, Consensus politics in local government,

Your really should visit our Mother site
http:// www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk

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Is this acceptable graffiti

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Is this an acceptable face of graffitti?

This morning the 21st I went into the village centre as is my want, and I was shocked by the number of FLY POSTERS which had appeared, apparently over night. The village centre had suddenly become bedecked with 9 Fly Posters within 100 yards of each other - pinned to trees, telegraph poles and walls on both sides of Main Street and the Coop car park. Now if this was not the work responsible adults, but that of our un-thoughtful, un-caring, irresponsible teenagers displaying examples of their Street Art ( termed and accepted as graffiti) most villagers would be up in arms. But not so with their fellow adults for this is apparantly acceptable --
SHAME or is this really the acceptable face of graffitti ?

Why is it that these examples of posters publicising “one-off” events, sometimes even ongoing events, are very rarely ever taken down after the event publicised ?- Because those who put them up in the first instance cannot be bothered, or have little consideration for the appearance of our village environment. they are more concerned about their publicity - that’s why
Well now we can offer a solution to all this unregulated VISUAL POLLUTION addicts . What’s more the solution will be more effective for them as publicists , and much more convenient informative, more easily read and observed at leisure, by the individuals to whom the messages are intended and targeted .. .. and what is more it is FREE.

Our mother site offers completely free of charge and without obligation publicity for any Bone Fide Event or meetings of Minority Interest Groups in and around our surrounding villages including

Burton Jovce, Bulcote, Stoke Bardolph, Gedling Village , Lambley. Wood borough , Lowdham, Gunthorpe, Caythorpe, Hoveringham, East Bridgford and Shelford.

Simply "click" on our mother site below and complete the information within our Events and Venue category on the HOME page or contact us direct with your information if you are having difficulties ( it is not everyone who understands the procedures of the Internet Anoraks - ;-)
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Our Mother site is at www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk
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BJ Minority Groups

Invitation to Local Interest Groups

We are inviting everyone, of every age, colour, class and creed to join us constantly 24/7, 52 weeks of the year. The content of our Village community web portal is biased towards the residents. Burton Joyce Online will always be “ all participating, all inclusive”.
"NON COMMERCIAL", "NOT-FOR-PROFIT" ONLINE COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Our published aim is to constantly and immediately communicate with village residents on the latest news and announcements .(no waiting for a scheduled print date sometime in the future - possibly one month away)We publish News, Views, Places and Faces - serious amusing and sometime contentious relative to our immediate area.

We offer to include FREE publicity and coverage of related events for ALL groups, societies and clubs including the minorities,
All you Secretaries , Managers, Organisers, Supervisors get in contact with us immediately, for we guarantee that the wider community will soon become aware of your own particular activities when your announcements appears within Burton Joyce Online.
Anyone and everyone with a special interest really should get in touch immediate - don’t miss out, even if we have already added you to the What’s On /Village Groups category - take a look see.
To take advantage of our offer of FREE publicity simply “Click” on the CONTACT at the bottom of our HOME Page on our mother site.
You can even provide your group with its own dedicated and FREE e mail address ( G mail by Google) and use our FORUM for improving the everyday contact and chat amongst all your members

We have been developing Burton Joyce Online in various guises now for over 8 months and genuinely believe we have now produced a Community site “second to none“, as an example, this Web Portal’s content is wide and all embracing

Our Mother Site is at - www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk
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Free Publicity for BJ Tradesmen

FREE ADVERTISING for LOCAL BUSINESSES & TRASDESMEN

In line with of our stated "community" policy we are offering FREE publicity to our Local Businesses and Self Employed Tradesmen. This offer is available in the form of a FREE "Banner 1 Ad" in our "Business Directory" this is and will be, ongoing

In addition to the Banner 1 Ads, we are (until the 1st of September) also offering FREE a limited number of "Banner 2 Ads" and "Banner 3 Ads". These larger size displays can include Advertiser's own artwork and be presented in either mono or full colour.

After the 1st of September 2009 there will be an modest annual production cost of £35pa and £50pa repectively for "Banner 2 & 3 Ads " - "Banner 1 Ads" will always remain FREE

Whilst, we appreciate, in these times of economic crisis many local Businesses will want to take advantage of our offers, we hope to balance fairly the various displays, to reflect the requirements of all the surrounding villages. This means in some instances, regrettably, we may have to adopt a first come, first served policy

See the full article at our mother site at www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk
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