Issue - meetings

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 7^th October 2013, attached.

It was noted that the previous meeting held on 7^th October 2013 had not been quorate and that any resolutions needed to be ratified at the next meeting with a quorum of members present.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 10^th June and 7^th October 2013 be approved and signed as a correct record and the decisions made be ratified.  (Copy of the Minutes circulated with the Agenda and appended to the signed Minutes).

Matters Arising

Minute 11 - It was acknowledged that this meeting was an addition to the agreed schedule of meetings for the year following agreement at the previous meeting held on 7^th October that an additional meeting was required to take business forward.  It was recognised that the short notice may have contributed to the poor attendance and that therefore the date of any additional meetings be circulated immediately after any such agreement.  Members were requested to ensure that up to date email addresses were provided to the Clerk to facilitate this.

Minute 12 - Minutes of the Last Meeting Matters Arising  - Members were reminded that the annual subscription for NASACRE had been renewed and that members were able to access the entire website by using the password provided by the Clerk.

Minute 13 - Membership of SACRE – It had been queried why four members specifically were required for Groups B and D (Church of England and the City Council respectively).  The Clerk reported that whilst the Groups on SACRE were statutory requirement, the level of representation was by local agreement and it had not been possible so far to ascertain how this figure had been established in the Constitution, however investigation would continue.

Chris Pritchard offered apologies for the lack of representation for Group B (Church of England) at the previous meeting which had been due to a lack of communication.

Minute 17 - The Way Forward – regarding the possibility of adapting the questionnaire used in Hampshire to gain feedback and assess the attitude of schools to the Agreed Syllabus, members discussed how the agreed sub-group could take this forward given the current level of support for the SACRE. 

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 10^th June 2013, attached.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 10^th June 2013 be approved and signed as a correct record.  (Copy of the Minutes circulated with the Agenda and appended to the signed Minutes).

Matters Arising

It was noted that the Chair for the previous meeting (Councillor Daunt) had agreed to undertake a number of actions and that in addition several minute items concerned information being brought back to today’s meeting by SACRE members and the support officer.  Unfortunately, the members / officer involved had sent their apologies and it would not therefore be possible to follow up on those items at today’s meeting.

Page 2, Item 4 Matters Arising – The Clerk reported that the annual subscription for NASACRE had been renewed and that members would therefore be able to access the whole website by using the password to be provided by the Clerk.