What happened at previous meetings...
Meeting 1
Aim: To discuss what the Community Development Foundation is and how this area could tap into the finances.
Result: A preliminary panel was put together to start the ball rolling.
Meeting 2
Aim: To read the terms of reference and sign up to them.
Result: Discussion regarding what further forms needed to be filled in.
Meeting 3
Aim: To confirm that the committee had been registered and discuss some paper work from the CDF explaining how to do things.
Result: Form handed out to panel members to read ahead of the next meeting.
Meeting 4
Aim: To discuss setting up our priorities and getting them filled in online before the deadline of March 31st.
Result: Discussion on setting up a website and the open night on May 16th.
Meeting 5
Aim: To finalise arrangements for the open night on May 16th.
Result: Food sourced, interactive events organised and agreed, posters designed and given out, publicity through local paper to be sorted.
Meeting 6
Aim: To discuss potential grants to be submitted to CDF.
Result: Six grants were submitted to CDF for the 2011-2012 financial year.
Meeting 7
Aim: To follow up on grants submitted to CDF.
Result: All grants had been accepted by the authority and had been awarded the money.
Meeting 8
Aim: To discuss various submitted proposals for the 2012-2013 financial year.
Result: The proposals were either approved by the panel or returned to the applicant for further information.
Meeting 9
Aim: To discuss various submitted proposals and re-address those proposals that had been sent back for further information and submit applications for grants.
Result: Nine applications were submitted for approval by CDF.
Meeting 10
Aim: To discuss the Panel's Community Action Plan, the website, potential Panel members and catch up on the progress of the submitted applications.
Result: A new addition to the Panel, the Action Plan was outsourced to an outside company due to lack of free time amongst the Panel members. The website started to be updated and feedback from the submitted applications was available.
Meeting 11
Aim: To meet with the outside company that the Community Action Plan was outsourced to. This was so the Panel could inform the project lead of what they wanted and how they could go about it.
Result: Plans for consultations with the public, events and surveys were enacted and the work on the Community Plan began.
Meetings 12-21
Aim: To meet with grant applications, to discuss their applications and to decide on whether a grant may be awarded.