This is the tenth of our occasional updates for members.
Our AGM is on Wednesday June 21, at 18:00 in the St Augustine’s Church, George IV Bridge. Our Guest Speaker will be Councillor Scott Arthur, Convener of Transport and Environment at the City of Edinburgh Council.
This Members’ Bulletin is the official notification to all members, as required by EBUG’s constitution.
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This is the ninth of our occasional updates for members.
Our AGM took place on Thursday June 30, as publicised in the previous Members’ Bulletin (number 8, May 2022).
The main formalities were election of the Committee; as follows:
Secretary: Chris DayTreasurer: Bob Moseley
Also elected to the Committee: Sally Millar, Jennifer Marlborough, Gail Clapton, Colin Brown, Fiona McLean (3 places vacant).
The AGM heard from Jess Pepper of lovemybus, which spreads a positive message about buses rather than overt campaigning. Jess reflected on the mismatch between buses’ importance to daily life and the (e.g. media) attention they get. The campaign now aims to establish an upwards spiral in attitudes to bus travel.
Along with local community councils, Living Streets and other transport groups, EBUG has campaigned for a more thoughtful and safer public realm design at Elm Row. This is how it was covered by online news serviced EdinburghLive.
Our main news, and the reason for circulating this bulletin now, is that we’ve completed our first ‘Council election event’. In the last Bulletin we reported that with Council elections due in May, the Committee was thinking of running hustings/a review of party manifestos. Covid-Omicron put a stop to that, so instead we:
Annual General Meeting
The EBUG AGM will take place online only at 18:00 on Thursday 17 June 2021.
Dear EBUG member,
This is the second of our occasional updates for members on recent developments of particular interest.
