Category: Village News

Galphay Village Institute AGM 20th March 7.30pm

Dear Villagers,
 
Please find attached the agenda for this year’s Galphay Village 
Institute AGM and the minutes of the meeting last year.
The meeting is up at the hall, 7.30pm on Tuesday 20th March
 
The committee really do hope as many of you will attend as possible.
This is your chance to air your views on how we use and promote the 
village hall and also the how the committee can and does benefit the 
wider village.
 
We can advise that the Chairman and Secretary roles will be vacated at 
the AGM.
Other committee members will make up their minds on retaining their 
positions by the time of the AGM or fulfilling the above two roles.
Either which way there are going to be at least 2 positions vacant on 
the committee
 
We look forward to seeing you there.
 
Ben Robinson, GVI Committee Chairman.

Do you want Faster Broad Band in Galphay?

internetDo you want Faster Broad Band in Galphay ?

Wednesday 14th May 7pm
Public Meeting in Village Hall
Director of LN Communications will be available to talk about their Service and offer advice to those wanting to leave BT and transfer to a SUPER FAST broad band service.

Please come and tell as many people as you can.

Superfast Broad band in Galphay?

 

Dear Villagers,

Hopefully you saw the Ripon Gazette article that highlighted the lack of fast broad band supply to our village. We were extremely pleased to have been given the time to put our case to our MP Julian Smith and moreover to gain some publicity for our case. However, the text of the article was misleading on two fronts and we wanted to communicate with you directly to avoid confusion and to continue our drive toward accessing fast broad band.

First, the article appeared to suggest that Galphay is getting fast broadband and it is simply a matter of a delay. To be clear, we have had no such assurance from any party. We remain in a position of not being on the schedule of installation that currently exists. Should there be a further round of installation we may or may not be included. We have been unable to access an answer to whether BT will provide Galphay with fast broad band and it is this lack of clarity that we have asked for the MP’s assistance with. That was the specific point of meeting with him.

Second, the article appeared to suggest that there is a consensus within the village that we should wait for BT to install fast broadband. This is also inaccurate. There is an exploratory project underway to access an alternative supply of fast broadband. Those villagers interested in fast broadband attended an open meeting on 10th March and are awaiting the results of a survey to lay out options.

Can we remind each of you, as an interested party, to sign up on the websites below to register your interest and please do a speed test and let us know the results. Please keep in touch and send Ben Mal or Phyl any questions, ideas and emails of other people in the village who would like to be included.

Register with superfast

http://www.superfastnorthyorkshire.com/where-and-when

Register with BT Openreach…..orange box halfway down the page on the right

http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/

 Speed Checker

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

Our Contact Details 

Phyl:      Phyl@strategyexplorers.com

Ben:       BenRobinson@peregrinefinance.co.uk

Mal:       mal@malsmart.co.uk

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