Resolutions Meeting - 19 May 2005

Wallington and Rushden W.I. enjoyed a rather rowdy resolutions evening on Thursday 19th May when two resolutions from NFWI were put forward and two from the floor. The NFWI resolutions were that the WI should work at raising the public awareness of the discrepancy in price between retail and that offered to the farmer with which everyone agreed and secondly that we should do all in our power to reduce waste and conserve resources. Everyone felt that most supermarket goods were vastly overpackaged and that we should consider using reusable shopping bags. It was felt that local councils, both Parish and District should be approached to support more recycling especially in view of Tesco Royston’s intended removal of their plastic recycling centre. Our own resolutions were more village based; that anyone driving in the villages whilst using a mobile phone should be named and shamed and
that people should be encouraged by whatever means possible to observe the 30 mph restrictions in the villages.
Members enjoyed guessing who the committee members were in the days of their youth and also having a go on Ann Warner’s partner’s mobility scooter. The thought of an army of WI ers on these is probably enough to discourage most people from using the roads never mind driving too fast. Next meeting is again at Wallington on Thursday 16th June at 8pm and is open to all. Andrea Falter of Cambridge Slow Food will talk on Looking for Treasure in our local community’s food suppliers, rather than heading down to the local supermarket.