Has anyone any better suggestions for publicising the Community Council Elections than traipsing round the area wearing an improvised sandwich board?!
Nomination Forms (PDF) for becoming a Community Councillor from Oct 2009 are now available from the City of Edinburgh Council's Community Council pages:
Your local Community Council is committed to dealing with issues that affect you and your community. We are looking for new members, so why not get involved and make sure that the issues we are dealing with are the ones that matter to you.
Breaking news: The full Edinburgh Council today debated the manifesto on events on the Meadows. 
Midmar Allotments are holding their third Annual Open day and Barbeque on Saturday 22 August between 1pm and 4pm. Afternoon tea will be available in the communal cabin.
This is the first festival on Blackford Hill (PDF). An afternoon packed with history, activities and fun for all the family, including your dog!
Meet: Blackford Hill, use Observatory Car Park. Drop in 1pm to 4pm.
The next meeting of the South Central Neighbourhood Partnership will be on Mo 12 Oct 09 at 7pm. The location has not yet been advised.
Cameron Rose writes: Meadows decision now on 20th Aug (4 Aug)The decision on the maximum duration of events such as the Urban Circus and the Lady Boys in the Meadows is to be taken at the next full Council meeting on 20 August. The issue was discussed at the Policy and Resources meeting this morning but a decision was deferred.
Transition Edinburgh South have organised an ENERGY FAIR at
There will be talks, films, demonstrations, leaflets and a chance to learn about: grants, woodburning stoves, insulation, infra-red cameras, micro-generation and much more. Contributions will be provided by experts including: Dynamic Earth, the Solarvan, Changeworks, Solar One, Lister Housing, Edinburgh Council. Teas, cakes & puppets for the children will be available.
The matters to be discussed include:
· A progress report from the short-life group on HMOs (set up following the NP meeting in Feb 09)
· Dissolution of the short-life group on events on the Meadows and replacement with a management group (now that an approach - albeit controversial - has been formulated).
All the papers for the meeting are available.
· Go to Council Papers online.
· Click on "go to committee search"
· Pick "South Central Neighbourhood Partnership" as committee name and "10 August 2009" as date.
· Click "search"
If you have points you wish raised please contact marchmontsciennes.commcouncil@googlemail.com
The most recent version of the Edinburgh Parks Events Manifesto: The Meadows and Bruntsfield Links has been published. It will be considered by the City of Edinburgh Council Policy and Strategy Committee on Tu 4 Aug.Cameron Rose's newsblog this evening informs us that proposals to redraw the boundaries of parking zones 7, 8 and S1 have been rejected. The proposal made by MSCC to merge 7, 8 and S1 is to be re-examined.
Thomas Graham from Edinburgh University Students' Association presented research, commissioned from ibp Strategy & Research, on student and other residents' perceptions of the communities they live in at our last meeting. This has now been published.
The Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee of the City of Edinburgh Council will consider a proposal to amend controlled parking zones 7, 8 and S1 (PDF) at their meeting on 28 July 2009. The proposal is not to merge zones 7,8 and S1 as proposed by MSCC but to amend some of the boundaries and introduce shared use bays.
In addition to the changes to the planning mechanisms that started in April, further changes will come into force on 3 August. City of Edinburgh Council has written to us to draw our attention to these, including:
On Sunday 19 July 2009, The Big Lunch is inviting you and all 61million people across the UK to simultaneously sit down to eat lunch with your neighbours, in the middle of your street as a simple act of community.
A new initiative run by the Eden Project, The Big Lunch encourages communities to come together through growing food and flowers;creating street music, art and theatre; dressing the street and, of course, cooking and eating together.
Organising a Big Lunch in your area is really easy. The Big Lunch website and printed Ideas Booklet will take you through the process step by step, giving you the tools, templates and resources to make it as simple as possible.
Given the short notice we have not organised a formal Marchmont & Sciennes Big Lunch but thought fellow residents might like to take part in their own streets.
