Committee meeting synopsis
Meeting date: 3 April, 2017
Another month and more activity.
We have been pleased to see that the website is getting steadily increased use -
statistics for the first three months of 2017 show almost 700 visits in total,
with more than 2000 ‘hits’ every month. If you’ve just come to this page, have
a look round - you may be surprised at just how much information there is to be
found.
This is the end of our financial year, and we finish with just over £100
available to spend. (We also have £850 from the now ceased Dereham Society, but
this is reserved for spending on Neatherd Moor.) We are paid up on 2017
commitments, but will need to find £100 to renew our membership of Walkers
are Welcome (national) for 2018, and renew our insurance, a further £80+. We
will, therefore, be continuing to ask for payment when you join us on walks,
much as we would like to offer these for free.
We are currently seeking grant funding to enable us to print an updated and much
extended version of the Dereham Walks pack - we have been quoted approaching
£2000 to get 3000 copies into circulation: we want to keep this as a free
publication, so are going to be reliant on grants.
Bookings were going well for our Easter
events.
With May Day only a couple of weeks after Easter, we decided to cancel the
planned 1 May walk, but will be going ahead with the Spring Bank Holiday walk
(29 May): this is likely to be a ‘bus out, walk back’ trip, using Konect bus
services from Dereham. Details will be out as soon as Easter is behind us.
We are aware that we are now approaching the growth season for intrusive
vegetation, so will be keeping very busy! One job, left over from previous
years, will be the removal of many small and low tree stumps left in Restricted
Byway 28, in the section between Rookery Farm and Gooch’s Cottages. Especially
when hidden in the grass, these have made for quite a tripping hazard, so we
have been delighted to secure the co‑operation of The Conservation Volunteers in
having a blitz on them on 5 May. If you would like to join us, please
contact us and we will send more information.