Friends of Regent’s Canal - DRAFT Minutes of Meeting


Date and Time:
Monday 6th July 2015, 7pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Studio 7, Holborn Studios, Eagle Wharf Road.
Chair:

Ian Shacklock

1. Present


Lorraine Fox The Sandwich Barge
Saoirse Fox
Alex Mungo Islington resident
Tony Price
Zach Miles 
Carolyn Clark
Michael Rosenbaum
Del Brenner Regents Network. London Waterways Commission; Regents Canal CAAC
Gordon Meen Reachview Resident
Garrie Naden Resident (Wenlock Basin)
John Bryant Resident
Steve Ballard Resident. CRT volunteer
Philip Smith
Jean Roberts Resident
Linda Shaughnessy
Beverley Dean Angel Association
Kevin Dean Angel Association
Meg Lee London boater. NBTA
Helen Brice
Ed Harty
Bob Philpotts Resident of Tower Hamlets
John White Friends of Mile End Park; Lower Regents Coalition
Molly Gadenz Volunteer, Lower Regents Coalition
Jonathan Engels
Mike McCartney Holborn Studios
Vincent McCartney Holborn Studios, Eagle Wharf Marina
Ernest Jegorovas Islington Green Party
Jasper Baird-Murray Canalside Studios resident
Hugh Miller Volunteer lock keeper
Caroline Neller Canals in Hackney User Group (CHUG)
Kate Saffin
Katrin Boehm Canalside Studios resident
James Tregaskis Resident, Sturt's Lock
Martin Reading Arlington Association
Ian Shacklock Friends of Regent's Canal
Eric Sorensen Angel Association


2. Apologies



Jim Armstrong
Ron Gooding
Fiona MacLean
Denise Walker
Nic Shore
Cllr Barry Buitekant
Cllr Martin Klute
Paul Strudwick
George Theo
Malcolm Tucker
Richard Elkan
Dave Bedford
David Fathers 
Ruth Aplin
Roger Squires
Beryl Windsor
Fiona Cullen
Lucy Rogers
Christine Kemp

3. Introductions


3.1 At the start of the meeting, all the attendees introduced themselves.

4. Tower Hamlets Heritage Project


4.1 Presentation by Carolyn Clark.

5. Changes along the canal


5.1 Presentation by Ian Shacklock.
review-of-changes.html

5.2 Response from Vince McCartney.

Vince McCartney, founder of Holborn Studios, had created a large image showing all the sites between Islington and Limehouse that had been developed beyond recognition. A reduced copy is available here in PDF format.

5.3 Response from John Bryant.

John Bryant, a local resident, had written to the Friends of the Regent's Canal on a number of occasions to express support for development along the canal. He addressed the meeting with his thoughts and a copy of his earlier e-mail is available here.

5.4 Comments from the floor.