Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday 4th February, 2014 10am SMIA Office
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Directors Present: Stewart Henderson (SH), Dougal Perman (DP), Tam Coyle (TC), Ally Gray via Skype (AG), and Caroline Cooper
1. Apologies Greg Kane (GK).
2. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
3. AGM The board agreed on the 7th of March as the date for the AGM. ACTION - CC will book the clubroom at the CCA for the evening of the 7th of March.
4. SMIA Presence at goNORTH CC informed the board of what she had discussed with Alex Smith (AS) and Amanda Millen (AM) with regards to goNORTH. The board would like to have a drinks reception at goNORTH. While the SMIA would host a seminar at the event if a suitable topic is chosen the board feel that the main focus should be on a reception. ACTION - CC discuss further with AS and AM and confirm pans for goNORTH.
5. SAY Award Dewars will no longer be sponsoring the SAY Award due to an issue with their Scottish budget. ACTION - CC will set up a Doodle Poll for the board to meet to chose the SAY Award nominators w/c 17th of February.
6. Scottish Enterprise Dinner The board discussed the 3rf of March as a possible date for a meeting / dinner with Scottish Enterprise. 7. Music Tank The board discussed an email from Jonathan Robinson that suggested the SMIA get involved with the Music Tank project. ACTION - TC will email Jonathan to find out more about the porject and costs involved.
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8. MPG Members Discount CC has spoken to dave Miles about setting up a mutual discount between the SMIA and MPG. ACTION - CC will confirm the details of the discount with Dave Miles and offer a similar percentage discount on SMIA memberships.
9. AOB 
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The board and CC discussed CC's professional development.