: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:29 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

So, what do we think as an agenda for this here meeting?
• Talk from Laura / Roy
• Open discussion following this to establish if this is a route we want to go down
• Discuss what we want from the club
• Discuss what we can give back to the club either with a ST or not
• Next steps
• Date of next meeting
Mission has kindly offered to take minutes.

I was also thinking about the trust and to ease the burden on individuals and came up with this (if we go down this route):
Each position is “officially” filled by those wanting to become more heavily involved. Each of this positions has an unofficial set of deputies / assistants, 2,3,4,5,? (which could be documented if needed), filled by those wanting to help, but are unable to fully commit.

Sounds like a good plan Mark. Like I say, this is a one-off and I simply can't attend tonight. However, I have lots of time around my uni work and I'd like to be considered for a position within in the trust, perhaps something on the media/PR side?

I eagerly look forward to reading the minutes and finding out what's gone on!

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:38 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

Sounds like a good plan Mark. Like I say, this is a one-off and I simply can't attend tonight. However, I have lots of time around my uni work and I'd like to be considered for a position within in the trust, perhaps something on the media/PR side?

I eagerly look forward to reading the minutes and finding out what's gone on!

I doubt that, even if the idea proves popular, we'll actually appoint anyone tonight. I guess that we'll report back here, get a list of people who are interested in having a serious role, then have a second meeting to finalise details and appoint a temporary board to get the idea off the ground. If the trust is actually formed then I guess the board would need to be elected.

Or ditch the whole idea due to lack of interest. One or the other!

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:48 pm  

Anyone going to dictaphone it and put the resulting recording online. Not a demand, just a suggestion...

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:17 pm  

af wrote:

Anyone going to dictaphone it and put the resulting recording online. Not a demand, just a suggestion...

Are you insinuating that my minutes will be less than 100% accurate?

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:19 pm  

af wrote:

Anyone going to dictaphone it and put the resulting recording online. Not a demand, just a suggestion...

If Gare's going she could take the minutes & type them up. Just a suggestion.

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:31 pm  

Mission wrote:

I doubt that, even if the idea proves popular, we'll actually appoint anyone tonight. I guess that we'll report back here, get a list of people who are interested in having a serious role, then have a second meeting to finalise details and appoint a temporary board to get the idea off the ground. If the trust is actually formed then I guess the board would need to be elected.

Or ditch the whole idea due to lack of interest. One or the other!

If there is interest, word of experience #1 - I strongly urge that no attempt is made tonight to appoint. Firstly cos there is likely to be a lot to think about and chew over, and secondly cos there look to be quite a few unavoidable absentees tonight who would likely want to contribute to appointing - or consider volunteering as - committee/board members. You need the widest possible constituency from which to select and the widest possible support for those appointments IMO.

Incidentally, word of experience #2 - decide at inception of the meeting who is taking minutes. Its one of that long list of things that take longer than and (to do properly) is a bigger job than most people realise. Especially important given so many people who are not attending have said they want to read "the minutes" NOT a wise idea to trust to memory afterwards. And its hard to take minutes and be actively involved in the meeting. Remember too, that if its not written down it never happened; and whoever writes the minutes gets to say what happened...

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:31 pm  

tigertot wrote:

If Gare's going she could take the minutes & type them up. Just a suggestion.

Sounds like you will shortly be going down with a bad case of dead...

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:35 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

If there is interest, word of experience #1 - I strongly urge that no attempt is made tonight to appoint. Firstly cos there is likely to be a lot to think about and chew over, and secondly cos there look to be quite a few unavoidable absentees tonight who would likely want to contribute to appointing - or consider volunteering as - committee/board members. You need the widest possible constituency from which to select and the widest possible support for those appointments IMO.

Completely agree, this should be done at a subsequent meeting.

Adeybull wrote:

Incidentally, word of experience #2 - decide at inception of the meeting who is taking minutes. Its one of that long list of things that take longer than and (to do properly) is a bigger job than most people realise. Especially important given so many people who are not attending have said they want to read "the minutes" NOT a wise idea to trust to memory afterwards. And its hard to take minutes and be actively involved in the meeting. Remember too, that if its not written down it never happened; and whoever writes the minutes gets to say what happened...

As I said before, I'm happy to attempt to minute the meeting, not that I've ever done it before. If anyone else wants to do it, feel free to shout!

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:42 pm  

Mission wrote:

As I said before, I'm happy to attempt to minute the meeting, not that I've ever done it before. If anyone else wants to do it, feel free to shout!

Its a thankless task to be honest. Af's suggestion of a voice recorder has extreme merit if anyone has one with an omni-whatsit mike to volunteer? Used to use one of these for the board minutes at my last company. And I've served my time writing minutes! Done it at work for bloody years as well as outside of

: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:42 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

Its a thankless task to be honest. Af's suggestion of a voice recorder has extreme merit if anyone has one with an omni-whatsit mike to volunteer? Used to use one of these for the board minutes at my last company. And I've served my time writing minutes! Done it at work for bloody years as well as outside of

Well in the words of Jeremy Clarkson: "How hard can it be?"