SAVE PENTNEY ACTION GROUP <br> Minutes of meeting held at Falgate Farm on 12th May 2008 at 7pm. <br> <br> Those present: C Smalley, S Knox, S MacKinnon, N Sharp, S Thorn. <br>
 Apologies received from F Bligh, K Stonebanks, M Storey. <br><br> 1. PARISH COUNCIL. <br> It was reported that Mr T Thacker had tendered his resignation to the Parish 
Council and thus to this committee. It was agreed that we would liaise direct 
with mr B Webster when it was considered necessary. <br>
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2. LEZIATE. <br>
C Smalley and S Knox attended an ERASE meeting held at Leziate Sailing Club on 
28th April. M Storey was also present. It was reported that, although some useful 
contacts had been made it was felt that this was an opportunity lost. Although 
we were sympathetic concrning the silica sand problems we felt that we should 
focus more on our own problems. <br>
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3. PENTNEY CHURCH. <br>
A meeting between C Smalley and Rev S Narn was arranged at the Rectory on 6th 
May to discuss the green burial site and an attempt to involve English Heritage. 
To date no reply has been received from English Heritage but Heather Bolt confirmed 
that NCC would not allow any extraction of minerals from the burial site. A short 
history of the church is available from our library. <br>
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4. BOROUGH COUNCILORS MEETING. <br>
C Smalley reported that meetings with Alistair Beales (Leziate/Ashwicken/East 
Winch) on 1st May and ith Janet Murphy our borough councillor) on 3rd May had 
been held. These proved useful with background information and Janet Murphy requested 
that she be supplied with copies of our agendas and minutes. <br>
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5. HYDROLOGY SURVEY. <br>
A copy of this survey was provided by F Bligh and it was agreed that this could 
be useful in developing our geological knowledge of the site. In relation to this 
and other matters a local mining company was quoted as saying they had no interest 
in MIN93. This information was to be treated as confidential. <br>
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6. MEDICAL MATTERS. <br>
In view of Sam Thorns recuperation period, Shirley MacKinnon kindly accepted the 
offer to stand in her place until Sam felt she could take her place. In the event, 
it is reported that both place in this meeting. The medical aspect of our dossier 
was discussed and, although the problems of pollution, noise, vibration and dust 
etc needed close attention, these were problems associated with a quarry actually 
working. It was thought that greater emphasis should be placed on stress levels 
beginning to be apparent and Sam agreed that she should start her work focusing 
on what was happening at the present time. <br>
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7. PUBLIC AFFAIRS. <br>
Sam Knox gave a report on the current workings of his website. The Public Forum 
continues to grow daily. Although this forum was open to all, both the website 
and the action group are protected by the usual disclaimers. Good progress was 
made with news coverage and radio and TV appearances. Sam was to liaise with the 
radio programmers concerning our copy of the interviews and film shot at the time. 
A new press release had been dispatched to potentially interested news outlets. 
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8. STRATEGY. <br>
N Sharp proposed that we should have a working brief from the Parish Council outlining 
our composition and strategy whilst maintaining our independence of thought and 
action. Our focus it was felt should be on NCC. <br>
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9. FORUM PROPOSAL. <br>
An open village forum was discussed. This would take place in the village hall 
over one afternoon. All committee members would be available to discuss their 
own particular responsibilities. All would be invited with a special invitation 
list sent to individuals who were thought to be of importance to our programme. 
Committee members were asked to consider this and provide a list of potential 
guests. Possible funding activities were discussed including activities like barbecues, 
quiz nights, the cricket match. Perhaps some funding could be available from the 
parish council. <br>
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The meeting closed at 9:45pm.