Wednesday, 2 May 2007

Another day of organising meetings: getting Watford representation to the Herts BMW Partnership meeting, organising Watford representation at a new Herts Training Consortium for the voluntary sector, following up actions agreed at the recent meeting on Hate Crime, agreeing to attend a 9 May meeting with Community Matters on a Community Development strategy for Watford, and sending my apologies for the Sunflower Board meeting on that same day.

There was an interesting e-mail exchange between Herts CVS chief officers highlighting how much variation there is on vcs representation on Local Strategic Partnerships.

In the evening, there was a meeting of our trustees. I received a few last minute apologies and for a moment I feared that the meeting might be inquorate, but this fear was soon dispelled.

As ever, Pam conducted the meeting in an efficient and businesslike manner. My budget proposals were reviewed and agreed with a minor amendment. The meeting also agreed a policy on staffing and remuneration, and an amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association to be proposed to our September AGM.

Vanessa (our Development and Training Officer) attended the meeting and introduced a paper on Risk Assessment. This was welcomed and Pam suggested a fuller discussion at the next trustees' meeting.

Discussions among the trustees also highlighted that many Watford voluntary groups are currently facing accommodation problems or changes. Helpfully, it was agreed that future WCVS trustee meetings should include a standing item to exchange information about our member groups. This will help maintain an outward focus for trustee meetings.

After the trustees meeting, I sent some quick follow-up e-mails and left the office about 10:00 pm.