City of Southampton Society
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  Arthur Jeffery Acting Chairman
Our executive committee
Chairman [vacancy]
Vice Chairman Arthur Jeffery 
Secretary Sue Sefton         contact
Acting Treasurer Simon Reynier
Editor Review Jacky Barnes  contact
Membership Secretary Sarah Chorley
Jack Candy 
Marian Hubble
Planning and Environmental sub committee
Marian Hubble [chairman]
Arthur Jeffery [minutes secretary]
John Avery
Ian Ferguson
Brian Sefton

The committee vets planning applications for major commercial developments, monitors all applications for conservation areas and listed buildings. Additionally all matters on commons, parks and green ways.

Reports are made to the appropriate council officer on potholes, defective street lighting, traffic signs etc, dog fouling and stray dogs, parking of vehicles on pavements, anti social behaviour such as fly posters, litter and fly tipping and graffiti.

The sub committee reports actions and recommendations to the executive committee.
Review
The newsletter is normally published twice a year [Editor Jacky Barnes]. The editor welcomes contributions particularly with Southampton being the subject matter. Original non published articles are preferred but material previously published in other media should be with the consent of the editor of another magazine. Articles should be 12 point font in Arial and images should not be embedded into the article but sent either by e mail or on CD disc. Please use a Word programme if using a PC. Images should be a minimum of 300 pixels per square inch. The author should show the source of the image and credit the copyright owner [or items out of copyright the source such as a library or archive]. The editor may shorten the article or correct typographical /spelling inaccuracies at her discretion.
Gtreen Open Spaces Award
Acting jointly with Southampton Commons and Parks Protection Society a judging panel visits gardens where volunteers from local communities work with SCC parks division to create and help to maintain small community gardens. The site is not eligible for the award if it hold a Green Flag which in itself indicates a level of excellence [although local Friends groups may contribute to the success of that award]. [The image features the mayor Councillor Liz Mizon attending the award ceremony at Woolston in 2009]

Illustrated talks at general meetings

We attempt to select a variety of subjects with speakers recommended or selected from first hand observation from other meetings. Regular speakers return to give alternative subjects often from a range of well prepared subjects.
These include Jake Simpkin [see picture], Geoff Watts, John Avery, Jill Daniels, Stan Roberts, David Lee and Nigel Wood.

The talks are held at the Edmund Kell Church Hall in Bellevue Road off London Road [facilities for disabled visitors]. The meetings start at 7pm.


  Court Leet   

Previously held in the open air on the Common, the annual event is now held in the Council Chamber in the Civic Centre before the Sheriff and a panel of Jurors. The Society is normally represented and Presentments if accepted are forwarded to the council for observations and action. Usually a class of school children attend in the visitors gallery having earlier in the morning accompanied the Sheriff to beat the bounds, another ancient custom.

Mayor Choosing Day.

Normally members of the Society attend the annual choosing of the Mayor in the month of May in the Guildhall. 

                                   Acknowledgement We use the image of John Melody the Town Crier with his permission and the image is by courtesy flickr [Roly40 Ronald Rollison] as our logo on this site.
 
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