Keeping TRF Group Chairs informed - AGM - Trail -Group returns - LAFs

A message to TRF Group Chairs from Directors@trf.org.uk

Keeping TRF Group Chairs informed

Dear TRF Group Chair,

Firstly Happy New Year. The TRF Board of Directors continue our commitment to send information in advance to Group Chairs and Group Officers. This will enable the senior TRF officers to be prepared for any questions that TRF members may have over any information to be released in future.

As mentioned in several emails across last month, we are in final preparation fo the TRF AGM. This will be held on January 8th at Village Hotel Club Swindon,Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Whitehill Way Swindon SN5 7DW. and hosted by the Wilts TRF chair Derek Sadler and voting counted by Andrew Byatt of Wilts TRF and Derek Vannsittart of South London & Surrey TRF.

Formal Notice has been sent to all members and information on the background to the AGM was included in the Decembers Chairman's email Click Here for a copy.

Highlights include;

Record Road Conservation success - a higher activity and number of lanes saved that ever in the past
Membership number higher then in the past resulting in higher revenues.
Actual Operational costs down in real money terms.
Financial reserves are up giving the TRF more financial clout for legal fights
External PR success across the past year beyond the Trail riding community including the 200k reach over the Westminster MP & Trail riding campaign & Crowdsourcing /Hexham lane

It is important that your Group are represented and that members representing your group brings proxy vote forms which have become an important part of deciding the TRFs future. By way of example the interests of a large group with 300 people but only sending 3 members and no proxy votes would be outvoted by a much smaller groups sending 1 person but having 50 proxy votes. The deadline for receipt of Proxy votes in 5th Jan.

Click here for TRF Proxy vote form in Word format

Click here for TRF Proxy vote form in .pdf format

Trail Magazine

It has been a few months since Fred Ellison stepped down from running Trail magazine. At the National conference at the end of November we caught a glimpse of what TRF Marketing had in mind for Trail going forward. We are still open for suggestions in this area before we launch early next year. If you have any views over Trail , please let us know at marketing@trf.org.uk

Group Returns

In response to her request late last year, Sharon has now received 25 Group Returns and is waiting for 17 to come in. Two of these she knows are due to late AGMs in January. Sharon has already sent one reminder and will send another one next week. For any queries Sharon can be contacted at Sharon@trf.org.uk or membership@trf.org.uk

LAF Strategies

A few TRF local groups have enquired about a strategy for the TRF presence on Local Access Forums (LAFS.) (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-acces ... lic-access)

Suggested TRF objectives could include

We are looking for TRF friendly standard text for inclusion in ROWIPs to distribute amongst all TRF groups.

If you have written any of this we would be grateful if you could share it before we write one?

Currently we are minded to include our promoted initiatives;

and also other relationship building initiaves;

Dealing with Anti Social & nuisance motorcycles. TRF leading the writing of LAF policy
http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/I ... -13384.pdf

Motorcycles as part of the County transport solution - a 10% increase in m/c use has been shown to decrease traffic congestion by 40%.
http://ridetoworkweek.co.uk/

Inviting Young Farmers Seniors , farmers & landowners to Trail Riding
https://www.facebook.com/events/482229375301965/

The TRF CSR initiatives eg lane clearance, flytipping etc. are summarised on one PowerPoint slide (click here for PowerPoint slides) Please let us know of any other initiatives you would like us to report on TRF.org.uk so we can include it in future strategic LAF reports and ROWIPS.

Running TRF Events & Insurance

A reminder for all Group Officers that the TRF groups are busy organising events around the country and that they can viewed here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TrailRidersFellowship/events/

Keeping your events insured need not be difficult or onerous.

To keep events insured the TRF require the following six key actions

Sample docs available to help you with your risk assessment include:

TRF forum link for FAQs http://www.trf.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=18985

Insurance Documents can be downloaded from here on the forum which will be updated shortly with 2017 documents.

http://www.trf.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=21313

It has been a trouble free year with the insurers Zurich, found by Chris Cole at Devon TRF covering motorcycle related issues. We hope to build on this success and continue progress in this area.

Please do not hesitate to contact the team if you have any further questions.

The TRF Team
Directors@trf.org.uk

The Trail Riders Fellowship. Conserving Green Lanes for the enjoyment of everyone.

The Trail Riders Fellowship.
Conserving Green Lanes for the enjoyment of everyone.