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MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON 6TH MARCH 2007 IN MERKINCH COMMUNITY CENTRE COMMENCING AT 4:15PM

PRESENT:

Cllr Peter Corbett, Graham Strachan, Ross McGillivray, Bob MacKinnon, Clair Pieraccini, Anne Sutherland, Nikki Gilbert, Colin Downie, Alistair Locke.

ATTENDING: Ivor Bisset, Lisa Baxter.

APOLOGIES: Alistair Murray, Fiona Robb.

• Welcome

  PC opened the meeting. Welcomed Ivor Bissett & Lisa Baxter from the community to observe the meeting.

• Previous Minutes

  • Minutes of meeting 18 January 2007
    GS - Grant Street Car Park - work starts next week
    GS - Family Resources Centre - training for everybody. Some costs can be covered this year - figure for this to be sent to BMac
    Minutes agreed by Board
  • Minutes of meeting 15 February 2007
    MDV - good response to adverts. 3 for the Marketing position, 5 for the Project Worker and 10 for the Manager
    Minutes agreed by Board

• CRF

  Black Bridge Bike Project - revised application
  40 weeks tutor cost is the main expense on the project. Possible for bikes to be recycled within Merkinch. Query over regeneration & sustainability, although precedent on this has been set with the Escape Projects and Youth Groups. Merkinch CC, Youth Bank and MP33 are involved and have given funding.
  Potential of link to REAL Project.
  Board agreed to fund the project
  

  SKEC Consultants Brief
  Area committee have agreed to let land for peppercorn rent. There have been a small number of formal objections to Waterfront Centre. There is no availability to take this on from the consultants that have been approached.
  Board agreed to fund the project and SKEC meeting next week.

  Arts in Merkinch - revised application
  Looking for further funding for more projects. At the moment the original application for Core Staff Costs is approved. The extra £5K for Artist in Residence is not applicable due to lack of information. Query over income.
  £7962 is additional fund requested.
  Looking to set themselves up separate to Merkinch Enterprise. They will then get a bank account in order to apply to Awards for All and other funders.
  Board agreed funding subject to clarification of some of the costs. GS to have meeting with AS and Annie

  Easter Rock School - Merkinch Community Centre
  Encouraging & training musicians - song writing, etc. Encourage them to accept fist customers from Merkinch.
  Board agreed to fund the project. Understood smaller version will take place if no Arts Council funding.

• Family Support Network - CAB Services

  They have now met on two occasions. Seeking to maintain contact with the organisations involved with families. Have agreed to meet regularly. Looking into CAB Services. GS to find out more and report back at next Board Meeting.

• Monitoring Evaluation

  AS is currently filing in her monitoring sheet and then these sheets will be sent out to all projects. Groups will need to fill these out before the end of June for the Annual Report.

• A.O.B

  Gym Hall Project - Looking to get the money out this year.Agreed OK if substantially delivered.

• Date and Time of next meeting

  PC to liaise with AS about date/time of next meeting

This project is being part-financed by the European Union under the Inverness and Nairn CED programme.