CPAGA's 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 18 May at 11 am in the John Gray Centre. All plotholders and garden members are welcome!
The Shop and kitchens will close just before 11.00 am on the day of the meeting.
The agenda is as follows, and is similar to that at previous Annual General Meetings:
Apologies for absence
Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting, Sunday 19 May 2024
Matters arising
Reports from Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and co-Trading Managers
Election of Officers and Independent Examiner: President Vice President Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Trading Manager Independent Examiner
Election of other Committee Members
Any Other Business - questions and discussion
The John Gray Centre is experiencing renewed electrical problems, which are similar to those in March. The circuit that currently supplies the sockets in the Centre keeps tripping at the 'fuse' box, even when no heavier-duty appliances are connected.
When it trips, that means the Centre has no hot water urn, kettle, fridge or ability to take card payments in the Shop (once the battery runs dry).
The problem has been reported to Merton by the Management Committee of CPAGA.
We will update this entry if a solution is proposed.
The water supply to the Site has been restored. The Site has a single supply for its stand pipes and tanks, its toilets and the kitchen in the John Gray Centre.
Merton Council's aim for its allotments is to turn off the supply every autumn and turn it on again "in the spring". Merton has responsibility for management of water at the Site and turns the water off and on to coincide with the growing season to prevent freezing and burst pipes.
The intention is to protect the exposed parts of the system from the possible effects of icy weather. In practice, this means no water, flushing toilets or kitchen facilities after October until the supply is restored.
CPAGA's Management Committee knows that people visiting the Site throughout the year value the availability of flushing toilets. The Committee has explored, through idverde, whether, with the help of volunteers, water can be available during some periods over Winter when the risks from icy weather are remote. However, it appears that is not possible unless those volunteers bear themselves all of the financial consequences if ever the system were damaged.
