Issue - meetings

To discuss varying the meeting times of SACRE.

That the start time for SACRE meetings remain at 2pm. 

The Chairman introduced the item on SACRE meeting times and copies of the responses received to the email sent by the Committee Officer about suggestions for ideas to improve attendance at SACRE were circulated. 

He said that from the responses that had been received, the majority of members wanted to keep the start time at 2pm.  Councillor Chris Bithell raised concern at the poor response. 

The Chairman proposed that the start time for SACRE meetings remain at 2pm and this was duly seconded. 

The Systems Leader suggested that the representatives could highlight the issues discussed at SACRE with their own groups and then any comments could be fed back to future meetings of SACRE.  He also felt that sharing the minutes of SACRE meetings with their groups would help to improve the value of SACRE.  Mr. Ron Keating said that the representatives from each of the three committees that made up SACRE could meet before the SACRE meetings to discuss any issues.  Mr. Huw Jones welcomed the suggestion.  The Systems Leader concurred and said that this could result in the sharing of good practice and could help to inspire others. 

RESOLVED:

That the start time for SACRE meetings remain at 2pm.