MINUTES FROM 14th MARCH 2008
G.P. ROOM, FORRES
COMMUNITY CENTRE,10.30am- 12.30pm
PRESENT
Lorna Stuart, Robert Amos, John
Bremner, Angela Sutherland and Heather Anderson.
APOLOGIES
Sandra Ross
February 2008 minutes
Proposed by John Bremner
Seconded by Lorna Stuart
Matters Arising From February Minutes
Matters Arising
- Item
2, Heather informed the group that MTC stands for Moray Tenants Conference.
- Item
3, Heather explained that if laptops were to be purchased they would be sololy
used for the purpose of keeping the tenant web site up to date. These laptops
are no longer needed as the web designer will be downloading all the
information about each forum onto separate memory sticks that can be used on
any computer. Heather also pointed out that the money The Core Group received
from Communities Scotland is ONLY for developing these web sites This money has
been on offer to all RTO's who could come up with an idea to promote T.P.
within their local area.
- Item
4, Heather a place at the Regional 2 network, she is to be the Core Group
representative.
- Item
5, Tenants web site, the Forres site will only give information about who and
what the tenants group has achieved since it 1st started. It will
hold a short piece on the local area and photographs on completed projects
which were paid for from the forums "wish list" money. Every month the
minutes/agendas will be upgraded. There is money available to train 2 forum
members to keep the site up to date, the web master will be the chair of the
Core Group.
- Item
6. Angela stepped in and attended 3 days at this conference, the place had been
paid for by the council for another tenant who was unable to attend. Angela
pointed out that 4 Core Group members received external funding to attend and
stay in Aberdeen.
- Item 7, on going
- Item 9, Angela to write to Mike More and
invite him to next meeting
- Correspondence,
Flowers to be sent to Sandra
- Treasurer's
report, Robert asked if the TIGHRA conference was value for money.
- AOCB Item 1 Ongoing
- AOCB Item 2, work completed at Leys road,
however, Heather pointed out that the flat roof sections were still thick with
moss, to be brought to Mike Mores attention, windows cleaned for tenants as a
good will gesture.
- AOCB
Item 3, Car park is now open to the public.
- AOCB Item 4, Heather has been given this
feedback and will add it to the Core Groups.
- AOCB Item 5, ongoing, will bring to Mike Mores
attention
- AOCB Item 6, Heather has offered to step in
and take over this position, all agreed
Correspondence
1.
Account
from the hub for £26.60, all agreed this will be paid.
Treasurers Report
Bank statement dated 15/01/08 states the forum has £444.66 in
it. Heather pointed out that if the forum wishes the bank statements to go
directly to the treasurer then they must change their constitution and state
this.
Working Group Feedback
T.P. Working Group
- TPAS have offered to provide ALL forum and Core Group
members who sign cheques financial training, as soon as this is arranged
Heather will let them no, this training will last a whole day.
- Secretary training, ongoing, still looking for someone to
do this
- Group looking at how the Estate Caretakers can be
promoted.
AOCB
- Angela
told the group that she had been informed that tenants who are attending The
Housing Sub-Committee as forum representatives were been given training
sessions and she wished to know why they had not been offered to everyone else.
Heather informed all about these training sessions and suggested that Angela
might like to contact someone within the Elgin office.
- The
Estate Caretaker had spoken to Angela about the fencing in Randolph Lane and
the footpath that runs from Randolph Lane to Thornhill estate. The Estate Care
taker is to be invited to the next meeting.
- Forres
Community Learning Centre - Community House - is to be given a new name with
new charges. It is going to be called Forres Community Leisure Centre.
Meeting closed 12.30pm
Next meeting April 11th 2008
G.P. Room, Forres Community Centre
10.30am - 12.30pm
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