I thought it might ease up after October, and of course it's not all to do with the council. For instance I was desperately trying to attend enough choir sessions to be reasonably confident for the concert, and at least managed most in the month but fell at almost the last hurdle when it clashed against full council. If the meeting had kept to the average length no problem, but it was just one of those with a lot of important issues which ended up as a four hour marathon.
A concert which I went to rather than take part in, was
as part of the Remembrance events, which took place on the Saturday before 11th November. Whilst I could have been there simply as a member of the public I knew about it through being a councillor. And as with last year, I joined one of my fellow councillors in attending the short service which they hold each year at TOPIC House. Both were moving in their own way.Two meetings that don't come around that often ...
Student Liaison : Townhill doesn't have much of a student presence but it borders on Castle & Uplands which do. Whilst student issues have been ever present we have been employing an officer who has certainly helped considerably in liaising between students, residents & the universities & colleges;
and Trustees : here we allocate grants in support of community groups from money that has put by specifically for that purpose. So this is probably the most positive meeting I regularly attend.
Les
