The lyric reference is, of course REM's Radio Song and marks the fact that each week at HVA starts with a communications meeting when John, our Information Worker, and I brief each other on issues coming up, requests to communicate (or be communicated with) and how to manage this complex process. At the moment we are in membership-drive mode as the entire HVA membership are providing us with their annual returns. I then move on to the 543 e-mails waiting in my in-box most of which are attempting to sell me viagra which appear to be getting under our SPAM detection radar at the moment.
Saturday's meeting of the Church and Community seminar was a lively discussion and representatives from local churches discuss ways in which they could make a difference in their local community. I think it was useful for HVA to be there encouraging their effort but also identifying some potential pitfalls. There is talk of a large garden project with one of the community centres together with some other initiatives.
As for today, the e-mails take up a bit of time but I pick up an interesting case from one of our members threatened with legal action over business rate payments. This group recently won multiple awards at the Towns Achievments centre and is much support for their work within the Local Authority. Unfortunately they are having difficulty getting added to the Local Authorities list of discretionary rate relief charities. We intervene by writing to the Chief Executive and Leader of the Council urging flexibility and support to overcome what appears to be a minor technical issue. As I hand deliver a copy of my letter to the group I see the mayor arrive proving that they know how to gather political support for their cause.
Signing off now to the strains of Michael Stipe singing our lyric reference http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPv7jJmibs.
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