HGN AGM – Weds 23rd Nov Online

Join our online AGM meeting this Wednesday, 23 November, from 5.30pm to hear our guest speaker:

Cllr Ellie Chowns, Cabinet Member for Environment and Economy at Herefordshire Council speak about

Delivering Action on Climate and Nature in Herefordshire

Ellie Chowns will join our AGM gathering to talk about the challenges and opportunities of local climate action, and how local political engagement can support positive change. She’ll explain how the coalition administration have made a reality of the March 2019 declaration of climate emergency and will talk about initiatives including the citizens’ climate assembly, the establishment of the climate reserve to fund new initiatives, and the formation of the Herefordshire Climate and Nature Partnership Board and the countywide climate and nature action plan.

Please sign up here so we can send you the Zoom link.

Schedule:

Join the meeting from 5.30pm – Clare Cherry from HGN will give an update on how our Great Collaboration project is going and how you and your community can make use of it.

AGM business will start at 5.45pm – the Co-Chairs and Steering Group will report on some of the achievements and challenges of the past year, will deal with AGM decisions and will welcome your ideas. The full AGM agenda and other papers will be available here from Monday 21st November.

The talk by our guest speaker will start at approximately 6.15pm – Ellie Chowns will speak for 20-30 minutes, followed by Q&A, and then we’ll move onto extended Q&A with Ellie, followed by any outstanding questions on the AGM business.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Herefordshire Green Network is recruiting new Steering Group members.

The HGN Steering Group is responsible for oversight of projects: currently Building Sense and The Great Collaboration. It also has responsibility for commissioning and managing associates, GDPR and other legal requirements, fundraising and the future development of the Network. It serves its members by arranging meetings, talks, presentations and a weekly bulletin. The group currently has two subgroups: HR and Communications.

We are seeking new Steering Group members to complement and work with current members.

This would entail 2-3 hours per week and experience in any of the following areas would be useful: project management, strategic development, fundraising and relationship development, membership organisations and communications.

Please see our website for more information about HGN.

To request a call with one of the current Steering Group or to send an application to join the Steering Group, please email: admin@hgnetwork.org