Dear All,
Our Open Meetings start this Friday, 16th September 2022, at 7.30pm in the Free Church. Visitors are welcome, we request a donation of £3.00 and members have free entry.
Our speaker will be Richard Carter from the Norris Museum, he will be talking about recent acquisitions at the Museum.
All open meetings are held in the Free Church, St Ives on Friday evenings at
Visit our website https://www.stivescivic.org.uk/index.php/talks for any programme changes.
I will also welcome your views on HDC’s Implementation Plan for St Ives. In my last Newsletter, I included some illustrations from the Plan. Find the document at:
https://www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/people-communities/market-towns-programme/draft-masterplans/
Your views are important to shape the Society’s response to HDC. Please have a look and let me know.
Our Annual General Meeting is on Friday 21st October.
Your Committee needs new members so that it can work effectively. For a year now we have not had a Secretary, the work has been shared between the Committee members, Also, whilst Peggy Seamark remains on the Committee I have taken over her work of finding and liaising with our speakers. This has largely fallen to me. I have confirmed to the Committee I will not be standing again and consequently the position of Chairman will be vacant.
Just as the Town needs a Civic Society, the Society needs members to take an active part in it. This is more, much more, than just paying your subscription once a year. The Committee needs your active support by being willing to do something to help. In time, if you do nothing, hoping that others will do something, the committee will have no option but to close the Society.
Doing something could be as simple as finding new younger blood to join. Please do whatever you can.
Finally, a reminder that St Ives Heritage Open Day (HODS) is this Saturday 17th September.
Further details and a map showing the location of all the participating venues can be found on the Society’s website by choosing this link:
https://www.stivescivic.org.uk/index.php/latest-news/98-news-update-september-2022-hod-special
We are looking forward to seeing you all at our next event
Kind regards
David Stewart
Chair: Civic Society of St Ives