Action points -
*Avery and Lenny go look at Nicks woods in Lewis
*Avery price up screws etc. for barn building
*Spence and Avery to talk to Marion about her site near Preston Park
*Draft a letter to send to landowners (low priority??)

Letter to landowners
Woodland Burials
Structure in Harveys/Nicks woodland
Preston Park woods
Rapoports woodland
Shop space in Lewis High Street

Letter to landowners
It would be good to draft a letter that could be given to land owners stating our ideas and that we are looking at land.
There was some discussion about whether this is necessary right now as we have 3 sites where it looks like we may be able to do some stuff.
There was some discussion about the best way to approach land owners.  Purely as a forestry enterprise wanting access to woodland for timber/firewood or as a social project - is this going to be scary for land owners?

Woodland Burials
Spence has been working on a proposal for a woodland burial service which would provide a complete service for people who are recently bereaved.  His research has showed that there is a strong business case and that existing services are somewhat lacking in their sensitivity.
 
Structure in Harveys/Nicks woodland
Harvey has asked if we would like to build a structure (barn?) with him in the woods that he operates near Barcombe.
We decided this would be a nice thing to do.  We can expect to have use of the structure and could build something simple with a few days work. One to cut the poles in the woods, one to erect the structure, one to do the roof.
Action points -
*Avery and Lenny go look at the woods for suitable timber/site
*Avery price up screws etc. for the barn building

Preston Park woods
Marion (the owner) has been away quite a bit but should be back now.  Spences' ideas should be of interest as she considered having some burials on there a good way to protect the site from developers.  We had a look at land registry maps and discussed the fact that the relatively small space available is going to limit burials and/or other activities there.
Action point-
*Spence and Avery to talk to Marion about her site

Rapoports woodland
We have the potential to get some long ash poles and a long spruce pole from a woodland near Gatwick.  Any interest?? 
 
Shop space in Lewis High Street
Avery has been exploring paying for a bit of wall space in a new garden centre/shop on Lewis High Street where we could promote the project.