howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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good luck with the funding andy there is a lot of local interest in this project.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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risen again on page 9 of the mercury today, a little girls is going on a sponsored walk to raise funds, will have to dig out my badge.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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looks to be a damp squib, just checked the website and there is no mention of the sponsored walk, in fact very little else there.
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
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Not necessarily Howard, I received the following as part of an email from Martin Young, Chairman of the Harriet Quimby Centenary Project following the article in our last edition of Dover Life Magazine:
"I thank you for publishing the article written by Andy on Harriet Quimby. In such a short time, the Project has started to receive funds from members of the general public who have read the article, which as Chairman, I consider to be a good indicator that all the voluntary hard work that the HQCP Committee has committed to over the past few years is now paying off. In May, our 9 year old 'Junior Representative' Oceanne will be making a sponsored walk from Whitfield to the NT Gateway Visitor Centre, via the Bleriot Memorial. We will have the local press covering the walk..."
I realise that it's very 'Dover' to relish when volunteer groups struggle, but there does still seem to be life in this particular dog...
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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actually i have been pushing this paul but try to sponsor oceanne on this walk.
http://www.hqcp.org.uk/howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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here we have oceanne aged 7 and three quarters modelling the new 't' shirt.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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after a pause things are now moving on, andy cooper has kindly sent us in the minutes from the agm held on saturday.
Chairman's Report
The Chairman began by noting that a quiet winter period had been replaced with renewed vigour, attributing this to 'Team Strength' and the value of the website which was undergoing a revamp. 2013 had begun well with the Secretary's guest talks to groups around the area, the success of the event at Manston Airport and the Chairman's talk to Sixth Formers at a South London School in March.
Targets for the forthcoming year had been identified as completion of the HQ exhibition at Dover Transport Museum, including the scale model of the Bleriot XI aircraft currently under construction by Pete Paine, and the final choice of location for Peter Naylor's agreed statue design. The initial choice of the area immediately adjacent to the National Trust Visitor Centre on Langdon Cliffs appeared to have run into problems and it was agreed that approaches to DDC for siting the statue on Granville Gardens on the plinth where the Coal Miner statue had previously stood would be made.
The funding issues that Andy & Pam had encountered were extremely disappointing but it was resolved that the Heritage Lottery Fund application would not be revisited at this stage, but that we would concentrate on the Arts Council application for the funding of the statue itself. Other sources of funding would be approached, as well as the Project's own fund raising efforts over the summer months.
Publicity was going well; the Chairman had been in contact with Phil West, the website administrator, and had agreed that the Project would supply Phil with more material for the website. The Chairman himself was drawing up a technical section for the website which would be available soon. A proposal that biographies of Committee members be published on the website was rejected. The 2013 leaflet would be passed on to more outlets over the summer months including The Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire and Flambards Theme Park in Cornwall, both of which the Chairman had recently visited. Press coverage in the Dover Mercury and Dover Express had been good and the Secretary noted that relationships with both these newspapers remained good. The proposed Music Competition had foundered due to lack of response; the Chairman would try to get the competition up and running again, and Karine said she would speak to contacts of her own.
Our presence at events and presentations was noted and future events & presentations had been identified. A note of thanks was made to Early Birds Flying Club in the Netherlands for their assistance in 2012, and a special word of thanks made to Jaap Mesdag for his support.
Representations for the proposed naming of a school or road within the future Whitfield development had been made but no response had been forthcoming.
The Chairman thanked all for their efforts on behalf of the Project over the past year, including Karine and Oceanne for their enthusiasm, Andy and Pam for the hard work in putting together the Heritage Lottery Fund application, and all other members for their support and enthusiasm. Karine and Oceanne had put in a lot of work in selling badges, visiting the Mayor of Equihen in France and in organising a sponsored walk for Project funds, and for all this they were especially thanked.
The Chairman closed by saying that enthusiasm for the Project remains and that we need to overcome the funding difficulties of 2012 by finding other ways to raise the money, and by thanking everyone once again.
Treasurer's Report
Brian reported that the Project's finances were not good. Cash at Bank was £691.50 as @ 31st December 2012 but that monies owed to the Chairman (£420.13) and Secretary (£1734.67) took the nett figure to a negative balance of £1463.30.
The Chairman noted that money paid out of his own pocket for the purchase of the scale model Bleriot XI was not wanted back, and that he had donated the plane to the Project for permanent exhibition at Dover Transport Museum. Brian said that this figure would be adjusted in the 2103 accounts.
Forthcoming Events
Four forthcoming events had been confirmed for the summer months of 2013. Firstly, Oceanne was doing a sponsored walk from the site of Whitfield Aerodrome to the Bleriot Memorial in May. The Project would be represented at Whitfield Community Gala Day on June 8th and Manston Air Show on June 22nd, although Andy & Michelle Cooper and Brian Rowland would all be away on holiday for the latter event. Andy was organising a quiz night to be held in early July.
There was likely to be further opportunities for fund raising events over the coming year.
Any Other Business
There was no other business and the meeting closed at 19.00hrs with no date fixed for the next meeting.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just heard that the sponsored walk by the junior representative of the harriet centenary project will take place on june the 8th coinciding with an event in whitfield.
the forthcoming press release will provide full details.
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Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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Thanks Howard. The walk will begin at 10am on Saturday 8th June from the Harriet Quimby Centenary Project's stand at Whitfield Community Gala, to be held on Whitfield Recreation Ground from 10-5 that day. The walk will be set off by Trevor Bond, Sales & Marketing Manager of The Ramada Hotel, Whitfield, where the plaque commemorating Harriet's historic flight is to be found on the wall immediately adjacent to the entrance/foyer.
We're hoping for decent weather and for great numbers to turn up and cheer the small party of walkers on their way, so please put could everyone put this in their diaries and be at our stand from 9.50 onwards to give them a rousing send off. I've just had confirmation from Graham Tutthill that the KM photographer will be there to record events for the paper. If you'd like to support the Project financially, you can sponsor Océanne through the HQCP website or on the day, or by buying a pin badge or T-shirt, both of which will be on sale on the day. Additionally, we'll be holding a tombola with some decent prizes...
Hope to see many of you there; the date was clashing with Folkestone Air Show, which has now been cancelled, so please come to Whitfield Community Gala for a day out with the family, and get there early for the start of the walk!
True friends stab you in the front.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the walk was completed soon after 11. 30 am, with oceanne is the secretary of the harriet quimby centenary project on the left and at the back is her nan giselle.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Nice photo of my mate and members of the H.Q.M.P. Andys dies the T/S himself I have one at a small cost only ones you will about like it.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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oceanne and team encountered a mixture of locals on the walk.
here we have the two main movers and shakers of the project martin and andy.
sadly some shady looking character was assigned the job of putting the medal on the little girl.
Brian Dixon
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I saw that shady chap on crime watches most wanted the other night.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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blokes like that shouldn't be allowed out brian.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the sponsorship money is expected to reach £.215 when all collected.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Fabulous effort by all
Although I couldn't attend on the day I did wear my HQ pin badge with pride, well done Oceanne
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the biting wind was no problem for the junior member running the tombola at manston yesterday.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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My granddaughter Nicole buying a Tombola ticket from Oceanne, and posing in the Harriet Quimby cutout. Full marks to the team for braving the conditions!
