Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday 4th February, 2013 10am SMIA Office
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Directors Present: Stewart Henderson (SH), Tam Coyle (TC), Dougal Perman (DP), Ally Gray via Skype (AG) and Caroline Cooper (CC)
1. Apologies Greg Kane.
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Minutes of last meeting and matters arising
The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
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AGM
The board agreed on the 7th of March for the proposed 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 the reception. ACTION - CC will email AS and AM to confirm plans 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 choose the SAY Award nominators w/c 17th of February.
6. Scottish Enterprise dinner A date of the 3rd of March was chosen as a possible date for a meeting / dinner with Scottish Enterprise. ACTION - CC will contact George Falconer to discuss further and confirm the date and guest list.
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7. Music Tank The board discussed an email from Jonathan Robinson with regards to the SMIA getting involved with the Music Tank project. ACTION - TC will email Jonathan to find out more about the project and the costs involved.
8. MPG members discount CC has spoken to Dave Miles about setting up a mutual discount between the SMIA and MPG. A discount of ÂŁ30 on a full membership for SMIA members who want to join the MPG has been agreed. ACTION - CC will confirm the details of the discount with Dave Miles and offer a similar percentage discount on SMIA membership.
9. AOB The board and CC's discussed CC's professional development. ACTION - CC will meet with Benny Robb (Inner Ear) for training on preparing newsletters on 11th of February.
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