1. Present: Simon Kempson (Chair), Maureen Bell, Mary Fennell, John Lyddon, Frank Fletcher, Michelle Gordon, L Durrance, James Durrance, George Farmer, K Georgiou, J Brown, Margaret Tough, Val Durrance, Marie Litson, I Marshall, P Durrance, M Illing, John Winney, Jackie Jeffries, Marilyn Baltutis, Adam Kirkpatrick, Oreen Kirkpatrick, Anastasia Edwards (Late), Sahra Digale (Late), Femi Apata (NPI), Richard Isabell (Poplar Harca), Robin Whitby (Poplar Harca), Andrew Hargreaves (Poplar Harca), Nigel Goddard (Baily Garner)
2. Apologies for absence were received from Martin Rabicano.
3. The minutes of 24th February 2004 were approved.
4. It was noted that Councillor Kevin Morton and the Director of Housing Management, Maureen McEleney had responded to the letter re leaseholder capping; two of the Lansbury Ward Councillors had not responded.
5. Jim Fiztpatrick's response to the letter re Conservation Status was noted and it was agreed that the draft letter to the Council's Conservation Officer be sent as is. (This was item 5 on the agenda, which was discussed before item 4). Maureen McEleney attended this part of the meeting and presented the council's position on leaseholding capping. A vigorous discussion followed with various members of the ESG presenting their strong dissatisfaction with the actions of the council. At the end of this, Maureen McEleney was thanked for attending the meeting, although it was acknowledged that there is still a considerable gulf between her views and that of the ESG.
6. PPCR's budget was noted. It was agreed that controls should be put in place to manage the purchase of any item on the budget, as follows: PPCR are not to begin any item on the budget before emailing the Chair and NPI giving the details of the item and the total cost and they then must not proceed until they have received an email back from both the Chair and MPI agreeing the amount. A document should be presented at each ESG showing the amounts invoiced and approved so that this is visible to the ESG. It was mentioned that some items cannot be identified in this way, e.g. "Liaison with LBTH and RSL staff". For these items it was agreed that PPCR should be asked to present a list at the next ESG so that they can be agreed then. It was also requested that the ESG should have access to the reports that PPCR present to the council so that we can satisfy ourselves that these are a half day's work. NPI will see whether it will be possible to bring a copy of recent reports to each ESG.
7. Each sub-group reported back briefly. It was noted that there will be an opportunity to see Harca's web cam security system on 27th April, 5:30-6:30 meeting at Harca offices.
8. The top logo of the three shown to the ESG was approved, and Andrew Hargreaves was asked to produce three colour versions for us to choose between at the next ESG. The black and white version can be used until then.
9. John Winney introduced his unofficial Lansbury ESG web site, which can be seen at: www.immortal-memories com/poplar/lsg.htm.
10. Item 11 on the agenda was not discussed.
11. The Ideas document was mentioned briefly, including reference to accompanying document prepared by Harca on status of the ideas. However, full discussion was left for another meeting.
12. Under Any Other Business, John Lyddon mentioned an incident where Harca had insisted on replacing windows that a leaseholder had fitted on the Teviot Estate. John agreed to try to find an address were this happened so that Harca can investigate.

Minutes prepared by Simon Kempson
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