Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Today’s meeting of the Herts Compact Working Group was cancelled and the group may not meet again in its current guise. It is critical that the Compact operates in the context of National Indicator 7: "creating the environment for a thriving third sector". We started organising the abandoned 29 October conference with this in mind. Andrew Burt is leading on NI7 for Hertfordshire Forward (the county-wide strategic partnership) and he will prepare proposals shortly. Meanwhile, everyone welcomes the latest proposals from the Compact Commission to focus on compact principles – which exactly echoes the work going on in Watford.

We had a further meeting today on WCVS’s Job Evaluation scheme. Due to other work pressures, it has taken longer than I anticipated, but our scheme is now ready for launch. The scheme has arisen through discussions between me and the trustees – several of whom made specific proposals for improvements. In the New Year I will start talking with staff and hopefully things will go well.

Elsewhere today, I reported back to Herts CVS on yesterday’s HEVEC meeting, arranged for WCVS staff to visit the Holywell Centre in the New Year, volunteered to join the new Regional Empowerment Network, had more discussions about a possible community arts festival next year, and continued to make arrangements for Maria’s impending maternity leave.