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URL:https://gpcc.bigdatapatterns.co.uk/events/gpcc-inaugural-meeting-april
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SUMMARY:GPCC Inaugural Meeting - April 2025
DESCRIPTION:Minutes\nGrange and Prestonfield Community Council\n16th April 
 2025\; 7pm\nCameron House Community Education Centre\n1. Welcome and Apolo
 gies\nChair: Simita Kumar (Returning Officer)\nIn attendance:\nWilliam Rei
 d\, Neil Kempsell\, Sally Griffiths\, Kenneth Robertson\, Susan Tritton\, 
 Andreas Grothey\, Cori Schwabe\, Ellen-Raissa Jackson\, Peter Cochrane\, M
 aureen Munro\, Peter Jones\, Ian Wright\, Cllr Simita Kumar (Returning Off
 icer)\nApologies: Hrafn Malmquist\, Richard Brown\n2. Declaration of Inter
 ests\nNo interests were declared.\n3. Announcing Community Council Members
  as duly elected\nElected members\, co-opted members and members from inte
 rest groups submit-ted their Declaration of Acceptance of Community Counci
 l Member Role forms and were duly elected on to the GPCC.\nNeil K Kempsell
 \nSarah Griffiths\nKenneth Robertson\nSusan Tritton\nAndreas Grothey\nCori
  Schwabe\nEllen-Raissa Jackson\nPeter Cochrane\nElizabeth M Munro\nHrafn M
 almquist\nNominated Representatives of Local Interest Groups\nPeter Jones 
 (Waverley Park Feuars Association)\nIan Wright (Craigmillar Park Associati
 on (CPA))\nRichard Brown (Grange Association)\nSimita explained that there
  has been an issue around receipt of nomination papers and constitution of
  Blackett Association. She will work with Governance team to resolve this 
 so that they can be successfully co-opted at a future meeting. She also re
 ceived notification of another individual who wished to be co-opted. Howev
 er\, they were not present at the meeting but encouraged that this member 
 can be co-opted to any future meetings of the Community Council if elected
  members wished.\n4. Confirmation of Community Council Name\nMembers agree
 d to retain the current community council name of Grange Prestonfield Comm
 unity Council.\n5. Appointment of Office Bearers:\na) Appointment of Chair
  – Ken Robertson agreed to continue as Chair until the AGM in May 25 wit
 h the caveat that a Vice Chair/Secretary be appointed to support the role.
  He was duly elected.\nb) Appointment of Secretary – Ken Robertson was a
 lso elected to continue as Secretary until the AGM with the caveat that su
 pport was provided.\nc) Appointment of Treasurer – Andreas Grothey agree
 d to fill the role as interim Treasurer until the AGM.\nd) Appointment of 
 Engagement and Inclusion Officer – Cori Schwabe was elected.\nFor the be
 nefit of new members\, Andreas expanded on the role of Treasurer. He menti
 oned that online banking was in place and that the role was not too onerou
 s. Accounts need to be maintained and checked annually by an independent p
 erson (not necessarily an accountant). Simita mentioned that the treasurer
  from another Community Council could potentially fulfil the role. Other f
 unctions included making payments\, maintaining books\, keeping receipts a
 nd managing the account. It was recommended that two people were authorise
 d to make payments.\nThere was some discussion around the role of the Enga
 gement and Inclusion Officer. GPCC has a Facebook page that needs updated.
  Twitter account has been frozen and the Online Safety Act needs to be con
 sidered when using social media. Corrie mentioned that Facebook comments c
 an be turned off to safeguard against inappropriate comments.\n6. Elected 
 member vacancies – Co-option\nWillian Reid was unanimously co-opted as a
  member.\n7. Community Council Induction Events\nPeter agreed to attend th
 e in person induction event on 26th April 2025 9:30 – 12:30 at City Cham
 bers. Cori agreed to attend the online session on the 28th April 2025 at 6
 pm. Other newly elected members were unable to attend the events due to pr
 e-existing commitments.\n8. AOCB\nThere was no other business.
CATEGORIES:Meeting
LOCATION:Cameron House Community Centre\, 34 Prestonfield Avenue\, Edinburg
 h\, EH16 5EU\, Scotland\, United Kingdom
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