Integration Lincolnshire

Minutes of Last Meeting

INTEGRATION LINCOLNSHIRE LTD - BOARD MEETING

Minutes of Board Meeting - 27th November 2007

Fenside Community Centre, Boston. 1.00pm

Present: Rev. A Robson (AR) (Chairman)

Mrs D Belton (DB)

Mr G Hunter (GH)

Mr J Marshall (JM)

Apologies for absence: Mr C Burke (CB)

Mr M Clark (MC)

Mr T Huggins (TH)

Rev D de Verny (DdeV)

Mr A North (AN)

Mr I Pepperdine (IP)

Ms T Alsop (TA)

In attendance: Mrs L Chester (LC) (Company Secretary)

Mr F Hanson (FH) (Community Cohesion Officer BBC)

Rev. I Evans (IE) (B oston Methodist Church)

Robert Booth (RB) (Princes Trust)

07/37 a) E-MAIL PROTOCOL

Prior to the start of the main meeting members discussed a paper prepared by IP, who was unable to be present. Following discussion it was agreed that:

E-mails intended for circulation among Board members only would be marked accordingly and all members would respect this requirement

All e-mails circulated between members would be written in a courteous, constructive and professional manner

b) ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS

Following a discussion regarding attendance at Board Meetings the following was agreed:

The Chairman will write to members who miss three consecutive Board meetings requesting confirmation of their commitment to remaining on the Board

07/38 MINUTES OF THE MEETING: 11 September 2007

The Minutes of the meeting held on 11 September 2007 were agreed and signed by the Chairman.

07/39 MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

39.1 Website Development

LC said that following discussion with IP she was in the process of gathering and updating documents for inclusion on the IL website. It was hoped that this task would be completed before the end of the year.

39. 2 Lincolnshire Language Services (LLS)

GH said that LLS was flourishing. Activity had doubled since IP had taken on the business development. Four students had passed the DiPSI course and 4 others were taking re-sits, A bid was being put together for funding to create distance learning clusters, using the Wolds Learning Network.

39.3 Liaison with Labour Providers

AR said that the review of the GLA by Sheffield University had not yet been published. Once the results were available he would issue an invitation to gangmasters to discuss the report. He felt this would be an excellent opportunity to build a communication network.

07/40 HOUSING NEEDS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

The Board discussed the Recommendations contained in the Report and agreed that these would be modified. Following discussion it was agreed that the Press Release would be prepared for wide circulation. AR thanked LC for producing the report.

07/41 SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 2008

Members received the Schedule of Meetings for 2008.

07/42 DATE & VENUE OF NEXT MEETING

The next Board Meeting will be held at 1pm on Tuesday 12 Feburary 2008 at Fenside Community Centre, Boston.