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Originally Posted by Neil
Was it not a minority group at the Area Council Meeting that decided, on behalf of the local residents, to rebuild the bandstand?
Most meetings are after all, attended by a minority of the local residents.
Are you a member of the Friends of Oakhill Park?
If so many of you are so interested in the park why are you all not members of the Friends? That way you can have your say and vote on such matters without having to go over the groups head.
In fact if so many of you don't like the way the friends are acting on your behalf then thats simple as well, at the next Annual General Meeting of the group put yourself and friends forward as committee members and make sure you have enough followers to vote for you. Then you will be in control of the friends group. Problem solved. Or would that require too much of your time and effort?
oops, maybe thats just my cynical side showing through again
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Neil,
It should not have been the decision of any group (minority or not).
The bandstand got damaged, it was insured... claim on the insurance, build a new one... job done !
That is what was going to happen until this group intervened and said that "they" did not want it.
We felt that it was not for "them" to decide - so that is why we started the petition - to make this issue visible to a larger audience - a lot of other people felt that it was not for "them" to stop the rebuilding.
You are not the first to suggest that we should explore the possibility of working with the Friends, that is something we have said that we will look into.