It seems a very long time since lockdown first began back in March, and NSCGA were forced to suspend our meetings, as per guidance from the Council. So, time for an update from us! Happily, on 15th July, the Committee had our first meeting since the pandemic changed everything, appropriately social distanced by virtue of being online.
Top of our agenda: re-starting our regular meeting schedule with Residents.
For the time being, the Council prohibits all face-to-face TRA meetings, whether that’s General Meetings or internal Committee meetings. Even entering the Community Hall is out of bounds. The Council strongly suggest virtual meetings as the way forward, at least for the next little while. As such, we will be holding all General Meetings online, until face-to-face events get the Council’s OK. We realize that online meetings are not ideal for everyone. For the time being, though, this seems to be the only compromise possible, in efforts to resume meetings during the ongoing pandemic. If you cannot participate in online meetings, but want to share your thoughts or get your voice heard, please get in touch with us and we can represent your views at the meeting.
With that in mind, we invite all Nelson Square Residents to join us for our first virtual General Meeting on Wednesday, 5th August, 7.00-8.30pm. We’re still finding out footing in the digital world, so we’ll be trying out Google Teams to see if it works for our needs.
Please check back on the 8th to get the link.
A few more updates… We now have a schedule for the forthcoming year’s meetings – so check out the dates below and be sure to add them to your diary! The pandemic stuck a wrench in our usual summer festivities – very sadly, no summer party for us – and our less glamorous but nevertheless essential AGM. We’re hopeful that we might be able to hold a Christmas shindig this year, though we have to wait and see how the coronavirus situation is going before we can make any firm plans. As for the AGM, the Council signed off on “rolling over” the proceedings till May 2021. That means that the Committee you elected in May 2019 will continue serving you until then. In other Estate news, the Major Works on Rowland Hill House have started up again, though with contractors only working on external projects for now. We continue to monitor the situation, and are in contact with the contractor, Standage, to sort out any issues as rapidly as possible.
We hope to see as many Residents as possible at the virtual meetings, to hear how you’ve been doing since we last met up, and see how we can support you going forward.
