Question 1: I am interested in:

Number % of response Attending events 25 96% Leading an event 2 8% Helping with research 12 44% Assisting with arrangements 1 4% Joining the committee 3 12%

• There were some volunteers to lead and support research projects.

• Several volunteers identified themselves as willing to assist in event arrangements.

• There were additional members willing to join the Management Committee.

Question 2: Areas of Interest

Number % of response Countryside habitats 15 58% Photographic records 7 27% Oral history 9 33% Trad skills and crafts 12 46% Recording place names 6 23% History of buildings 16 62% Archaeology 10 38% Local tradition etc 8 31% Genealogy 5 19% Street and field names 15 58%

Member Suggestions:

• Historic walking tours of the Parish.

• Talk by Ray Harrison on ancient agricultural buildings (details passed to Norma)

• Footpaths (rights of way) their origins and why.  Also their decline as paths other than for leisure purposes.

• A local footpath walk

• Roman history of the area (and any other invaders)

• Overview of the evolution of the Kent Countryside (eg through the eyes of “History of the Countryside” by Oliver Rackham)

• Broader issues such as climate change, DEFRA, the environment, CPRE, Kent Development Planning etc

Question 3: Annual Membership Fee

Number % of response Right level 25 96% Not right level 2 7%

Responses where it was felt that the membership fee was not at the correct level noted: that the fee should be higher with free entry to events for members, or changed so that the fees meet the running costs

Question 5: Charging for events

Number % of response Right level 24 92% Not right level 1 4% No response 1 4%

Question 6: Frequency of events

Number* % of response Monthly 1 4% Six weekly 13 50% Two monthly 11 42% Quarterly 2 8% No response 2 8%

Several people voted for more than one option

Question 9: Preferred venue

Number % of response Community room 20 77% Belle Friday 4 15% Norton Village Hall 11 42%

One member suggested the Village School as an alternative. [2007 Note: Greenstreet Methodist Hall has established itself as an accessible and popular venue for Society meetings and talks]