[Cambridge-youths] Fwd: Report from the bells working party + agenda

[Ms George Unsworth]

Dear Patrick,

Thanks for letting us have some more comments (and, whilst writing, 
please can I encourage some more from others too?) which I'll chew over 
with Phil and Richard and get back to you about asap.  Meanwhile, 
apologies again for the typos.  Mea culpa!

bw
g


Patrick Brooke wrote:
> Dear George,
> 
> The Property Committee are meeting to discuss the Quinquennial, among 
> other things, on the 15th.  The report mentioned that the frame was 
> showing signs of rust (Jonathan has previously raised this at SCY AGMs 
> on more than one occasion), but I do not recall that it was flagged as a 
> requirement.  There is also some repair work needed to the stone work on 
> the tower, but again this does not need immediate attention.  If you 
> have any other specific queries, I can raise this at the Property 
> Committee meeting.
> 
> There is another typo in addition to those that Jonathan has mentioned: 
> on page 10: I do not think that adding a sharp 6th is particularly 
> desirable, though I would agree with possibly adding a flat 6th.
> 
> In section 2.1 you make several uses of "unanimously".  11 votes from 26 
> responses does not represent unanimity (ref page 22).
> 
> The remit on the first page states that you should research further 
> solutions and make formal proposals, and yet in section 3 you have a 
> single proposal.  You acknowledge that there are a variety of views, but 
> do not present any proposals to accommodate those views.
> 
> I do not agree that Great Saint Mary's has one of the country's worst 
> ring of bells.  I believe that if it had the Society would be nowhere 
> near as strong as it has been for at least the last 30 years.  You 
> mention the difficulty of the bells for learning, and yet the tower has 
> been responsible for an active and successful recruitment program over 
> the last few years.
> 
> I do feel that we should do whatever we can to improve the conditions 
> for ringing.  I thought that the Whitechapel report looked as though it 
> would have several sensible proposals, so I think that we should at 
> least seriously consider this among other options.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> Ms George Unsworth wrote:
>> Dear Jonathan,
>>
>> It would be nice to pretend we included the deliberate mistakes to 
>> check you were all still awake but, alas, I fear I must claim sole 
>> responsibility as typo-checker!  Sigh.
>>
>> For what it is worth, Sue has given me the church architect's contact 
>> details and I will be meeting her in a couple of weeks to see if the 
>> Quinquennial has thrown up any problems with the church building that 
>> we ought to know about, so it may be that she suggests a tell-tale 
>> might be a good idea.
>>
>> Meanwhile, congratulations on your media performance on the radio. 
>> You'll be on Big Brother next!
>>
>> g
>>
>>
>> Jonathan Shanklin wrote:
>>> This seems a very comprehensive review.
>>>
>>> I spotted a couple of interesting points, though I fear that both are 
>>> typos.
>>> Section 2.2 suggests that we now only have one ringer.....
>>> and I'm not sure what is going to cause an influx of refugees from 
>>> Oxford in
>>> 2009 as indicated in 2.4.
>>>
>>> One possible gap is the statement that the crack in the east wall of the
>>> ringing room is likely to be cosmetic.  If so, why has it grown ?  It is
>>> perhaps worth monitoring to see whether changes in the structure are 
>>> actually
>>> taking place, although given that a decision is urgent there is no 
>>> time to do
>>> so in order to affect the decision.
>>>
>>> Given that whatever we decide is going to affect the ringers for the 
>>> next 50 to
>>> 100 years, I suggest that whilst the debate is carried out by all, 
>>> votes are
>>> only cast by those likely to be ringing in 50 years time.  I won't be 
>>> one of
>>> them, so my bias towards reducing the number of bells won't count.
>>>
>>> Jonathan Shanklin
>>>
>>> j.shanklin@bas.ac.uk
>>> Head of Meteorology and Ozone Monitoring Unit
>>> British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, England
>>> http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/jds
>>> http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds
>>>
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