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FAQ
What is JIRA?
JIRA is the Jacob's Island Resident's Association.
Who runs JIRA?
There is a committee comprising officers, project champions and
Block representatives. Click here for details
What does JIRA do?
We aim to act in the best interest of residents (both owners and
tenants) at Providence Square, Providence Tower and Springalls Wharf.
In particular, we liaise and negotiate with the management company,
Peverel OM, in order to press for site improvements (e.g. gardening,
security, cleaning etc.) and to reduce management charges.
We have a good working relationship with Peverel OM and actively
engage with them to ensure that contracts for work needing to be done
are put out to competitive tender and that contractors are appointed
on the basis of best value for money.
What have JIRA done so far?
JIRA was instrumental in organising the freehold purchase for Jacob's
Island that completed in October 2001. We have also been extremely
successful in containing management and site costs while at the same
time improving services. We review and challenge the management
accounts and we take action on behalf of individual members where
there are problems or concerns of general interest.
There is no doubt that JIRA has very considerable influence and has
achieved results that individuals could not. With a site as large as
ours there will always be problems and without JIRA these will either
not be addressed, or not addressed as quickly as residents would like.
Steve Argles, the former Garden Coordinator on the JIRA Committee, has
done a tremendous amount to improve the gardens at Providence Square
and he continues to do this totally unpaid in his spare time. As
members will already know, there is a huge amount of work by the JIRA
Committee going on just now. Visit the news page to see what
has happened.
Why should I become a member of JIRA?
Paid-up members of JIRA are informed and consulted on issues
affecting their property, and automatically receive minutes of all
JIRA meetings. JIRA does not inform, or consult with, non-members.
Only by joining JIRA (membership is currently only £25 per calendar
year or £50 for 3 years) will you be able to influence issues affecting your property, or
know of the action being taken to deal with problems or to improve
services
How can I get in contact with JIRA?
Click here to see how to contact us. We'd love to
hear from you.
You can also sign up to our
mail list. If you want to have your say then why not post something to
the
bulletin board.
How are subscriptions used?
The Committee members are unpaid and your £25 largely goes towards
the cost of the JIRA AGM (hire of venue, food, drink) to which all
paid-up members are invited at no extra charge.
From time to time it may also been necessary for JIRA to obtain
legal advice, or to commission a professional report, on issues of
general concern. It is obviously much more cost-effective if we do
this centrally on behalf of all members.
Your subscription also covers the maintenance of the JIRA website
where the Bulletin Board is particularly useful for requesting, or
exchanging, information on a particular issue. Anyone can use this
facility but, unless you are a member of JIRA, you are not
contributing to the upkeep of the website.
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