NEC/Minutes/26th June 2011
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Attending
Loz Kaye (LK)
Ed Geraghty (EG)
Andy Halsall AH)
Gavin Meredith (GM)
Miah Gregory (MG)
Apologies
Peter Brett (PB)
John Barron (JB)
Actions from this meeting
AH to deliver new site - Ongoing
AH to call ED on the design stuff. - Done-
GM to complete HMRC Stuff and continue with EC submission.
AH to send NO email - Done -
LK and AH to talk to press officers ongoing include in press stuff as appropriate. - Done and ongoing -
Minutes
Previous minutes were agreed.
Matters Arising.
JB wrote a resignation and statement to membership.
LK contacted the other candidate for the press officer role.
LK getting in touch with Tim Dobson, Rob Harris, Andrew Robinson and Harry Percival with regard to the functioning of the press office is in progress.
GM did not send the return to HMRC on Monday 20th June (ACTION)
GM is on track to complete and send EC returns as per the timetable agreed on the 12th June.
PB sent free membership spreadsheet to GM in a secure manner.
EG assisted GM ensuring that he can add the free membership to members accounts.
JB Resignation
The NEC discussed whether it was appropriate for JB's resignation post to be posted on the party blog or whether it would be preferable to use other means to publicise the announcement. It was agreed that the resignation should be sent by email to the membership, but not posted on the party blog due to the nature of the current website front page as well as the intended message we wanted visitors to take away.
It was decided that AH would Send email and request nominations for NO on Monday. The normal 2 week process would then be initiated with an election starting at the end of the nominations process and lasting a further weeks. It was also noted that EG's team had sufficient access and the required skill to access to system.
Press
Press Officer
It was decided that in terms of press contact AH and LK would Continue as before. The new Press Officers were to be spoken to by LK and AH with a view of taking press forward. AH stated that he felt it was important to give them free reign with as much support as possible, but that any press process needs to come from them. It was also decided that they would be included in the theme of the day stuff. AH and LK would ensure they had the systems access and resources that they needed,
Candidates
AH stated that he was still lacking addresses but that he was aiming to move forward with policy.
LK stated that he saw the next steps as defining policy and moving forward with issues surrounding digital poverty.
LK stated that the biggest issue facing the party is with the web site and how visitors interact with the party as well as what we present to them, as well as membership atrophy.
Policy
It was decided that a decision would need to be made on a platform for the public policy call and that the party could mimic Ed Millibands listening exercise. LK and AH with the assistance of EG would investigate possibilities. LK also made clear that he would set a timetable on the Digital poverty policy by end of week.
LK and AH were both keen to involve candidates in this process as soon as spossible
Web update
EG stated that getting the web site and services in hand was still ongoing. In the previous week there had been a focus on security. AH stated that the team had done a good job and, that whilst the work was still in progress it was a good start. AH stated that he would work on a new interim site proposal with an aim of having it deployable within a week.
LK agreed to find to find designers to assist in this effort.
Finance update
GM stated that the HMRC submission was delayed, but would be dealt with as soon as possible. MG also stated that the EC submission was on track based on previous time estimates. GM also reported that the Bank account forms had all been submitted. GM stated that there may be a need for new accounting software and that he would investigate that and report back once he had identified a solution.
AOB
MG - none
Ed - none
AH - brought up what he saw as issues in terms of membership retention and whether there would be some benefit to having multiple payment methods available. GM stated that this would have to wait until the treasury was in order.
LK - None for minutes.
GM - Had a question regarding a post in the forums on party Operations - EG stated he had spoken to the poster and that this was no longer an issue.
LK finished with a statement that he was very happy to be the party was now and praised the hard work by people involved. LK made clear that he was pleased to see EG and GM at the Hargreaves event, and that it was important that we maintain this level of activity.