DREAM HILLS – VECINOS COLABORANDO (NHW)

Meeting Minutes

22.01.2009

Present:

Chairperson:                                                  Jan Rennison

Secretary:                                                      Jacqueline Miller

Street Co-ordinators:                                    Jan Emsley              Carol Kerry

                                                                        Mike Duncan           Bob Harris

                                                                        Tony Chapman       Terry Dunn

                                                                        Nick Baun                Doug Hunt

Apologies:                                                     Gordon Miller

 A.       Approval of Minutes

Jan opened the meeting and wished all the N.H.W. Team Health and Happiness in 2009.   And extends New Year greetings to all residents of Dream Hills from the N.H.W. Team.  

B.        Current Business

A warning of car break-ins and thefts, at many golf courses in the area.   Please take care.

C.                Crime in Dream Hills.

1.      As we have not been notified personally of any crime this month in Dream Hills.   We take it that there has been none. 

2.      Lady had damage to garden furniture near casita.   Perpetrators are known to Guards and Police.   Will be caught in the act eventually.

3.      Report of a car windscreen been broken at the bottom of the main road.  We have no more information on this.

4.      Please be aware of a black Opal Astra with three Mediterranean males cruising the area.

D.     Circulated through Chris Poole of the Neighbourhood Watch, Orihuela Costa

    1.   House breaking where coin collection stolen.

3 or 4 January, 2009 during the night.  Javea area.

Stolen: -  Coin collection including several American silver dollars contained in a two part black and red rucksack zipped together with  "Ideal Sport" on the outside.

Should anyone see this collection possibly for sale please contact your local         Police.

2.   Credit and Bank Card thefts.  Customer paid for meal in a restaurant with card and received receipt wrapped around the card.   Later found that it was not his but an old expired card for someone else.

Customer paid for a take away meal with card. Whilst waiting for the receipt the card was placed on the counter and the cashier used his mobile phone which then made a sound that a phone makes when it has taken a photo. A photo had been made of the card.

This is a summary of an e-mail received and may not have been from Spain. However, it shows the importance of being very careful when using Bank or Credit Cards. If cards have been stolen, copied or thought to have been copied, cancel immediately.

E.        Any Other Business

1.         We wish to thank Nina, who was able to translate the minutes into Spanish for us these last couple of months.   Thank you Nina.   We all wish you and your family well.

2.         Due to a vehicle break-in in Torrevieja, a Dream Hills resident lost a lot of documents that were at the time in the car.    Please report any crime to your nearest police station where crime was committed.   

Any relevant phone numbers of banks, passport office and consulates are on the N.H.W. website.   If you do not have access please contact your nearest coordinator.   

 Meeting was adjourned at 19.00 by Jan. The next meeting will be held

 @ 18.00hrs on 26.02.2009 at 198.

Lost or stolen passports

How to report a lost or stolen passport The loss or theft of your passport should be reported immediately to a British Consulate irrespective of whether you intend to apply for a new passport. You should use form LS01 which you can hand in at your nearest British Consulate  or post to us:

UK Passport Service Iberia
Paseo de Recoletos 7/9, 4º
28004 Madrid

How to apply for a replacement passport

If your passport is lost or stolen in Spain, Portugal or Andorra and you wish to apply for a new passport you have two options:
- If you have immediate travel commitments you should contact your nearest British Consulate for advice.    If you do not need to travel immediately you should apply for a full British passport through the Consulate General in Madrid, either in person or by post at the address shown above.

You will need to submit the following information:

Completed LS01 - Lost & Stolen passport form (available from all Consulates) Completed C1 Passport form, or C2 Passport form Police report, called a denuncia*

 2 passport size photographs 

*denuncias can be made by phone in Spanish and English, by calling 902 102 112, as well as on the internet in Spanish at the Spanish police's "Denuncias" web page. Otherwise, they can be made at the nearest Comisaria de Policia (In Madrid, this is at Calle General Pardiñas, 90). Some crimes, especially serious crimes involving violence, will usually have to be reported in person). If necessary, and in major incidents, the police will provide an interpreter.