Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday 8th April, 2014 9am SMIA Office
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Directors Present: Stewart Henderson (SH), Dougal Perman (DP), Tam Coyle (TC), Greg Kane (GK), Graham Collins (GC), Ally Gray via Skype (AG), and Caroline Cooper
1. Apologies No apologies, all directors present.
2. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
3. Finance Update AG will give a finance update at the next board meeting. Tax return was filed on time.
4. Wide Days The SMIA will host a breakfast reception at Wide Days 2014. ACTION - SH, TC, DP and CC will attend Wide Days. ACTION - CC will continue to liaise with Olaf Furniss and Michael Lambert about the reception and ensure SMIA's presence at Wide Days runs smoothly.
5. SAY Award Stewart updated the board on the progress of this year's SAY Award. The board discussed possible nominators to replace those who have been unable to nominate. ACTION - SH and CC will continue to work on the SAY Award with input from the board.
6. World Pipe Band Championships CC invited the board to meet with Glasgow Life who run the World Pipe Band Championships. ACTION - CC and members of the board will meet with Katie Duffy and Debbie Aitken on 17th of April. Update - Glasgow Life have postponed this meeting until the 29th of April. 7. Scottish Enterprise event The board and CC discussed the proposed SMIA / Scottish Enterprise event. ACTION - CC will liaise with George Falconer and work on pulling this event together.
8. CIMA mission to Scotland TC updated the board on the proposed Canadian mission to Scotland to coincide with the Commonwealth Games.
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ACTION - TC will lead on this with input from the board and CC. 9. AOB CC welcomed new director Graham Collins to the board.
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