Minutes of Meeting on 3 April 2001:

CRYSTAL PALACE & NORWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

HELD AT THE PHOENIX COMMUNITY CENTRE

1. PRESENT

Chairman - Doug Barnes - Tamnag Thai
Secretary - Lucy Bostock - Orthoclase
Honorary Treasurer - Peter Runacres - Thornton Springer
Membership Secretary & Webmaster - James Slattery-Kavanagh - Quotes
Press Officer - Caroline Streek - Streek's Publicity & Comm/Business South

Gavin Sargent - Hanover Park
Graham Botley - Centresport
Lorenzo Nargi - Lorenzo Restaurants
Mary Kennedy - Tanning Shop
Wendy Fletcher - Phoenix Shoes

2. GUESTS

Bob Porter - Crystal Palace Concerts
David Kerr - Crystal Palace Partnership

3. APOLOGIES

Honorary Secretary - Alan Thompson - ST&T Publishing Ltd

4. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING

The minutes of the last meeting were not brought along and, therefore, could not be approved. It was agreed that minutes would be circulated via the Internet site/e-mail newsletter.

5. WELCOME

The chairman welcomed new faces to the meeting.

6. CREDIT CARD FRAUD - BOB YORK - BARCLAYCARD

Bob York gave a slideshow presentation and answered many questions about how credit card fraud is carried out. He passed around real conterfeit cards that had been confiscated and the equipment used to read or alter the magnetic stripe. Details about anti-copying features such as the 'flying v' or 'mc' and the microprinting around the visa logo were explained, as was the significance in the increase in counterfeit activities.

7. CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW

The one way system has the go ahead

Doug had received a letter re: the businesswatch scheme

Funding for the sport's centre had been approved

8. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

David Kerr ran through a few points:

• Hoardings at 15-17 Church St are to go.
• David said he is looking for recruits for the Businesswatch Scheme
• The Tidy Britain study showed that cleaning was an issue in Crystal Palace
• CCTV will be installed by the end of April
• Grants for buildings &endash; all the money has been allocated.
• The East London line will be coming to Crystal Palace and the Tramlink is next. There will be a bus terminus at Anerley Hill. Crystal Palace station refurb has been delayed due to the weather but will be completed end of April.
• David encouraged members of the Chamber to make use of the information boards around the triangle.
• Croydon Advertiser want to do a feature on Crystal Paalce
• The radio security company have, unfortunately not been very helpful. Safeways will hopefully have better lighting to encourage people to park there at night.
• Meetings with the Triangle Trader's Association had not gone as well as hoped, there had been some disagreements over parking/deliveries issues
• 3-13 Church Road has increased tenfold in value to £850K even though it lies derelict. Café Rouge might go in there. 22 Westow Hill will be restored back to 1814 conditions and will be a tea rooms with a carvery.

9. FUTURE MEETINGS

1 May 2001

Lucy Bostock

Secretary

Signed .................... Date ....................

Doug Barnes (Chairman)