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Bridgend Inspiring GrowthAGM Meeting Minutes 03 10 2011

Present: Will Golding, John Knox, Anna Danby and LizzieHurst

Minutes of last meeting and any matters arising

All agreed and everything confirmed as accurate

Finance and governance

After the floor was opened for any nominations and afollowing vote it was agreed that committee positionswould remain the same as the previous year with Will asthe Chair, John as the Treasurer and Anna as the Secretary

John provided a financial report for the year with our finalaccount balance standing at 1356.93 with a further1200 to come from the Neighborhood Partnership (NP)grant

Discussed the ongoing application for Investing in Ideasand that we should finish this off and get it sent in.

SCIO application is progressing; some small changes tothe constitution were discussed to bring it more in linewith our current way of operating. These were confirmed

by all those present.

Importance of continuing work on finishing a businessplan to get out to other funding bodies and trusts.

Projects and training

Discussed the possibility of seeking advice from theDevelopments Trust

Discussed how we are going to use the money received

from the NP grant. This is going to be split betweenseveral different things which include; educational eventto engage youth in the project, Storytelling andreminiscence work in two elderly care homes, printing abooklet about the history of Bridgend and creating someexhibition materials to promote the project.

Agreed that we would aim to have these ready to run within the new year, giving us a realistic timescale to develop

ideas and make themeffective at improvingengagement in theproject.

Anna to chase up what

is happening with thewebsite

Anna to finish adraft

Will to ask aboutpossible dates

Will to send offconfirmation letter toNP and go ahead with

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getting public liability insurance when money comes in.Anna and Liz to put together some ideas for the youthevent

Will to research book printing costs

Other news

Agreed to have a presence at Apple Day at Bridgendallotments on Saturday 22nd October 11am 3pm

Event on community building in Newcastle on 8th

December see Will for details if anyone wished to attend

John wanted to make the group aware that he is standingas a Liberal Democrat candidate in next years election.

He doesnt anticipate it effecting the project but thoughtwe should know.

Study visit to Moffat to be confirmed and all to soon beinformed and invited.

Date of Next meeting: 5th december 2011 6.30pm-8.30pm(Venue TBC Inch Community Centre or local cafe)

Anna and Will to attend

Will to confirmand informmembers