The regional development agency EEDA is coordinating a campaign to get faster broadband for East Anglia. The campaign is called EREBUS.
As you may know, the Government has proposed a levy on all phone users to pay for the upgrading of Broadband. Although everyone will pay, there is no guarantee that everyone will benefit, and it is possible that the main beneficiaries will be people who will get their existing FAST connections upgraded to ULTRAFAST because they live in places where it is relatively cheap and easy to do so. To get our SLOW connections upgraded (even to FAST!) we need to demonstrate that there is demand. The EREBUS project is about creating a register of people who want (need!) a better Broadband connection.
Please register at the EREBUS website http://www.erebusonline.org.uk/. As a minimum you need to enter your name, email and postcode. Multiple users at any address can register. If you wish, you can add a reason for wanting faster Broadband such as:
(Home user) I would like faster broadband to provide me with more responsive surfing of the internet. It would also me to use iPlayer – and other video download services – which is currently almost impossible. Furthermore Audio download times would be reduced to a more acceptable level.
(Business user) I would like faster broadband to allow me to upload and download large datafiles attached to email messages more quickly and reliably. It would also me to search and download from the internet essential information that is relevant to my business much more quickly.
(For reference, standard definition video streaming for things like the BBC iPlayer, 4OD or Sky Player require about a 2Mb connection for decent quality that does not stutter. The same goes for many of the new internet learning services. The new XBox 360 Zune High Definition video service requires at least a 4Mb internet connection to work. Other high definition services being trialed need even more. By chosing to live outside of a big city we are being prevented from using many of these new services. Please reply to this message and tell us what speed you get today (you can check your speed at http://www.speedtest.net/ or http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/). Also reply and let us know that you have registered. Added by Bov)
Please use, or customise, these quotes to suit your requirements. Do register on EREBUS – it may help us to get the Broadband service that we need.
The unapproved minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Council held at Lackford Church on Monday, 11 May 2009 at 7:30 p.m. can be viewed by clicking on the following file: Minutes 2009-05-11- 001 draft JFS
The unapproved minutes of the March Parish Council Meeting and Notice and Agendas for the Annual Parish Meeting & the Annual General Meeting to be held at Lackford Church on Monday, 11 May 2009 at 7:30 p.m. are published in the following PDF files: minutes-2009-03-02-001-draft-jfs1 and councillors-notice-agenda-2009-05-11-0012
The agenda for the next parish council meeting that will take place on Monday, 2 March 2009 at 7:30 pm in Lackford Church is published as the following PDF file. councillors-notice-agenda-2009-03-02-00114
The revised unapproved minutes of Lackford Parish Council meeting, held on Monday the 8th of December,including corrections and tables omitted from the original version are now in PDF format.
We need everyone in the village to know about the blog and the “all” email list. So when you meet with your neighbours for a glass of mulled turkey this Christmas and New Year can you please remember to ask them if they know about ”lackford.com“.
The village council will be using this blog to publish the minutes and agendas of the parish council meetings. This should make it easier for us to stay in touch with events and become more involved with our village. The minutes of the 8-12-2008 meeting are now available as a downloadable PDF (download a free reader from the Adobe website if you don’t already have it).
As some of you may be aware, St Edmundsbury are considering their future development plans and have issued “Core Strategy Preferred Options (view online or PDF)” and “Strategic Sites (view online or PDF)” documents on their website at http://stedsbc-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal. The relevant map of Lackford with the proposed sites is below.
Proposed sites in Lackford
SS51 is proposed for residential use, although the council comments that it is within a Special Landscape Area and that protected and notable species have been identified at this location. SS54 is for mixed use and again is within a Special Landscape Area.
I’m sure this will get discussed in the upcoming parish meetings, but in the meantime here is a little poll to see what the general feeling is.
