On Monday 15th October, the ACWSC held a public meeting at which Chair Jeremy Spurway presented a recap of the process to date, and then discussed in detail the outcome of the Options Appraisal report, explaining the methodology, results and reccomendations. He then outlined the groups reccommendation that we purchase Inchlumpie Wood. Various questions were raised by the audience, and discussion principally delt with the proposed format of a ballott to be conducted to assess support within the community for the next stage. The ACWSC had proposed that the ballott give two options:

Vote No to community woodland
Vote Yes for progressing with Inchlumpie Wood

The feeling from the audience was that more options should be given, so that the community can feel that they are making their own choice. Although the group explaining the reasoning behind our simplifying the choices, the opinion from the floor was strong, and as such we accepted this message from the community, relieved to been able to gather and incorporate this valuable feedback. To view the presentation please click here (Please note that the final page of the presentation has been modified to present the change in ballott format as agreed at the meeting.)