I have separated out Scotland and Wales to emphasise the low membership in these areas. In Wales only Gwent County Council, Gwynedd County Council and Carmarthen District Council are represented. Applications from Scotland have only arrived in recent months, _hence the low numbers. Under instruction to keep this report tbrief', I have avoided detailed b..,2 ... :etical analysis (which I am not too good at ~ ·,,,,1,' 0 v ! ) , but wish to highlight that we have nc :~0mbe-T.s whatsoever in the following Counties l~· ~ngland and Wales: Humberside, No Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East Sussef.t, West Sussex, DoI;set, Cornwall, West, Mid and South Glamorgan, Powys and Clwyd. Several Counties are represented by only one District Me~ber, including Lancashire, Cheshire, Norfolk and Northumberland. Obviously there is a need for an 1ACO Membership Campaign 19841 • In Eastern Er,gland the local branch of the RTPI have given u:3 valuable publicity, resulting in requests for Membership. .Any other ideas are welcomed, and hopefully we will find time to air suggestions at the AvGoM. in March. ' TRE..~SURER. 1s· REPORT Our first.18 months as an Association has also been my first time as a Treasurer. Fortunately the maths have not been too difficult - your £2 subs haven't been too hard to add up,(and thanks to the nu□ber of you 1-:ho were generous: enough to give more that the minimum). • Our only E:Xpenditure has been the printing and posting of 'Context', but despite t11e Ecli-Cor~'s besJG efforts tb-is h-t? ...s not been a cheap excercise. John Fidler has been Quite properly determined to produce 'Context I regularyand he hns made considerable efforts to keep the costs doHn. !,fy firct r11reasurer 's Report ,-1ill, I am afraid, show us to be about £10 in the red. We are at present indebt:ed to the ~astE:r11 n~~artch ,:1:ich !1.:::.0 b~i!cd ~=:.! Cl!t Hith a 102.n of £4.0. The tn2,in ::ceason for the problem :i.s that I have not yet called for any renewal subscriptions. It 1:iecamc clear las·t year th:'.t publishing 'Context' four times a ye2.r was going to require a hi&her su.1) than the modest £2 we st2.rtecl ,r:.th, n.nd ·Urn sul\S cannot be r2.isecl w:i.-thout ::tn Am.1 which we had hoped to arrange last autum..'1. At the AGH now fj_xcc.. for Oxford I wiJ.l be proposine- an annue.1 sub' of between £5-£6 ,:hich should -then reri,e.in sto2.dy. I ,·rill alno sugr:;est a.. renc,:;al datelst. I,hy·would be suitable. Look for,-rard to seeing· you at Oxfo:rd. Peter Richards ACO Representations to the OOE, The ACO made responses to the Secretary of State's draft circular on Good Design & Development Control and to his White Paper on Streamlining the Cities after taking into account your comments through regional discussions & through individuals' letters to the national committee.Besides representation to the Minister copies were sent to the national press, the national amenity socs, ,the RTPI and the All Party Parliamentary Heritage Group.Space precludes the full reproduction of these papers but copies will be available at the Annual General Meeting in Oxford on Saturday ,31st Ma=chj for inspection and comment. I 'Conservation and HC?_usinq Grants. ! .At the instigation of Paul Davies at the Civic Trust, the ACO and the Trust·are to co-operate.in an attempt to get changes made in housing grant procedures and practice so that conservation, aims are not compromised. Should any member feel that they could contribute to such a programme or who has experience of disaiters that could be used as case studies, then the national committee would be glad to hear from you. What Year Revisited ........... . Nik Hellawell of Cambridge City Council reminds us that 1984 is celebrating 150 years of the RIBA. ACO members mav wish to make capital of thi~ fact and to persuade their local RIBA region or branch to make recompense for their President's rantings against cons<:,rvc1-tion in his Financial Times article and elsewhere (Ed)
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