Date:-  Thursday 29^th May 2025.

Location:- Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Street, Edinburgh.

Present:-  Mike Birch, Roger Colkett, Robert Ainsworth, Patrick Miner, Johanna Jokio, Peter Brown, Mark Jacunski, Councillor Chas Booth, Andrew Heald, John McKenna, Rosemary Burton, Ruth Findlay, Jane Brown, John Russell, Isobel Leckie, Stephen Jenkinson, Harry Garrod, Mark Boggis, Morag Jones, Rachael Revesz, David Hunter, Hilda Sim, Kirsty Sangster, Ashleigh & Kirin (Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living), Rosie Sinclair & Mairi (Equal Footing Porty).

Meeting Started:-  18.35 hrs

David Hunter (LSEG Convener) chaired the meeting.

1.  Apologies were received from Harald Tobermann (EBUG) and Anja Wolf.

• The draft Minutes of the LSEG 2024 AGM were approved. There were no questions or matters arising.

• The LSEG Treasurer Isobel Leckie presented the accounts. Isobel reported a balance of £680.61.  Expenditure over the year 2024/2025 was only £134.75 This was almost exclusively on room hire plus minimal bank charges.

• David Hunter presented the Convener’s Report. The past year had been very busy with some successes.  Many opportunities also remained to be tackled. 

• Rachael Revesz talked about the campaign she had been involved with over the last couple of years for the successful Leith LTN.

• David Hunter summarised how LSEG had been organised over the last few years. A committee had been in place, but this had changed to a more informal network.  The plan for the future was to try to share the workload amongst a team. 

Names were noted of volunteers who are prepared to attend an initial team planning meeting:-  Mike Birch, Mark Boggis, Hilda Sim, Rachael Revesz, Roger Colkett, Johanna Jokio, John Russell, & Isobel Leckie.

Isobel Leckie was re-appointed as Treasurer.

David Hunter said he was willing to remain in the role of Convener but that he would like to transition out of the role across the next year.

Hilda Sim proposed a vote of thanks to David Hunter for his hard work on behalf of pedestrians. This sentiment was warmly applauded by the meeting. 

• Councillor Stephen Jenkinson, Convener of the City of Edinburgh Transport and Environment Committee, gave a short talk about recent work undertaken by the committee relating to pedestrians.

• Ashleigh and Kirin of the Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living talked to the meeting about the realities of travelling around Edinburgh if you use a wheelchair or have impaired vision.

• Councillor Jenkinson answered about a dozen questions from the meeting on a variety of pedestrian related topics including Street Design Guidance, the lack of pedestrian data, Bus Stop improvement programme, TVL funding & vehicle idling fines

Meeting Closed:-  20.05hrs

Mark Boggis/30.05.2025