AGM & AUTUMN NEWSLETTER

Our AGM this year will be on Monday 7th December in the Park Room of Pollokshields Burgh Halls at 7 pm.

The Trustees would welcome anyone with an interest in Maxwell Park to attend and anyone wishing to join will be welcome. In order to vote for Trustees however, you are required in accordance with the Constitution, to be a member 21 days prior to the AGM. As we require 30% of membership to be present we do encourage you to come along.

NEWS FROM THE PARK

You may have heard that there is a move to use funds from Culture and Sport to develop a play area/football pitch in the park. Whilst the Friends would encourage a development which would be of benefit to park users, we are aware that owing to the ground conditions in the park (somewhat wet!) this proposal requires careful consideration and consultation with park users. Please be encouraged to voice your opinion - you don't have to be a member to have your say! As yet, there is no definite area for the location of the pitch - the old tennis court next to the George Forrest bed, the old putting green beside St Andrews Drive and the large grass area beside the pond are all possible sites. The park was once a swamp area and has a high water table - would it require massive drainage prior to installation? Perhaps a detailed feasibility study would be a requirement. Lets have your views!

The Trustees have been awarded funding of £2000 for new signage for the park. Working in conjunction with Land Services, we hope to have these in place for the Spring. One of the new signs will advise not to feed wildlife white bread, rice etc., brown bread and seeds would be great. You will have noticed the cygnets have gone. They are only at Hesssilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre as they were suffering from poor feeding and will be returned to us in the Spring.

We had a successful stall in June as part of Ready Steady Grow and our thanks to all who supported us, to new members for their interest and to the volunteers who manned the tea plant and various stalls.

The Trustees look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the AGM on the 7th December!