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DT11 Forum Community Partnership AGM

Julie Wigg Community Resource Worker DT11 Forum Community Partnership 5 Nightingale Court, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7ED Tel: 01258 489998 julie@dt11forum.org.uk Office days: Tues, Wed, Thurs

DT11 Forum Community Partnership AGM

Held on Wednesday 10th April 2013 at 7.00pm,

 Durweston Village Hall

Agenda

  1. Welcome (tea and coffee available from 6:30pm)
  2. Apologies
  3. Minutes from AGM, held at Blandford Parish Centre on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at Blandford Parish Centre
  4. Chairman’s Annual Review
  5. Financial Statement
  6. Constitution and membership form
  7. Presentation from Steve Adamson on the Broadband project
  8. Brief from Nic Nicol regarding the Blandford Transport Action Group
  9. Brief from Jo Rose regarding Sowing Seeds
  10. Priorities 2012-2013
    1. North Dorset Broadband Project
    2. DT11 Forum Community Resource Centre
    3. Blandford Transport Action Group
    4. The Trailway
    5. The Fording Point
  11. Election of Officers
  12. Thanks and close.  Date of next meeting – Tuesday 11 June at Blandford Parish Centre 6.30pm for 7pm

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Better Broadband for North Dorset – a Letter

Better Broadband for North Dorset

Better Broadband for North Dorset

Dear Resident,
 
During the last few months you have registered an interest in the Trailway to the Future broadband project, and last week we invited you to a meeting where we would explain the various ways that you could invest in the project.
 
We had our first meeting this Wednesday morning which was very well attended and generated a lot of useful Q&A and discussion.  However, a number of you had suggested that an evening meeting would be more convenient, and we have therefore arranged for a follow up session next Wednesday evening, 20th March at 6.00pm in the New Parish Rooms in Blandford DT11 7DN. The Parish Rooms are situated directly opposite the main Post Office.
 
We have set up two very straightforward means to invest on a tax-efficient basis, within the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) framework: either via a Fund, where your money is invested across a diversified range of rural broadband projects, of which The Trailways is one of the largest; or directly into North Dorset Broadband, via the www.fundthegap.com website.  The meeting on Wednesday will discuss the project itself, the investment proposition, and the mechanics of actually investing – all in a ‘user-friendly’ way!
 
The Trailways project has been community-led from the start, and its prospects will be even further enhanced if it can also be substantially community-owned.  Your support is therefore very important! 
 
We look forward to seeing you on the 20th. Please RSVP to info@northdorsetbroadband.co.uk
 
Best regards,
 
 
Steve Adamson
Project Team Leader
Trailway to the Future Project

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Broadband Update – January 2013

DEFRA
Indications are that DEFRA will advise on funding before the month is out.

Leo Hughes has confirmed on 15 January that “DT11 have the broadband funding approved”. There have been no recent updates in the DT11 Forum website or the North Dorset Broadband website.