FINAL MINUTES OF LCT BOARD MEETING
Date: Wednesday 14th September
Present:
Jean Bailey (JB)
John Bedwell (JGB)
Sharon Wright
David Raeburn
Carol Smith (Company Secretary)
Apologies:
None
Chris Hamilton
Karen Grant
1. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
The minutes of the meeting of 19 August were approved by DR and seconded by JB.
2. MATTERS ARISING
2.1 Defibrillators
GDCC discussed the defibrillators at the GDCC meeting and LCT will await the application in due
course
3.
TREASURER’S REPORT
The annual funding has been received from Eneco. This comprises £7,397.55 for admin and
£184,938.74 for grant awards
4.
OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS
4.2 CES / Garve Energy Steering Group (GESG)
JGB explained that the steering group are still waiting on the feedback from the community
survey. Once this has been received CES would like to update their previous application utilising
the data and feedback from the community survey. The application will be revisited by the
Board once the update has been received.
5.
EDF / CORRIEMOILLE UUPDATE
CS has had contact with Tom Black of Foundation Scotland, who are acting on behalf of EDF.
LCT legal, financial, operational and funding documentation have been forwarded to him for
review. A meeting is to be arranged with the LCT Board, Tom Black (Foundation Scotland) and
Grant Folley (EDF). The suggested dates for this meeting are Monday 24th or Wednesday 26th
October.
Action: CS to arrange meeting
6. MEMBER’S COMMUNICATION
6.1 Member’s Meeting
Following requests at the AGM for the Board to be more open to members a members’ meeting
is to be held following the Board meeting. The Board has previously agreed, via an email
discussion, to invite both members and non-members to the meeting. The meeting will be
informal and provide an opportunity for those present to share their ideas and comments.
6.2 Facebook page
The Board agreed to establish a facebook page as a means of engaging further with members.
It was agreed that the page would be a closed group and therefore individuals would need to
request to be a member of the page. Only facebook members will be allowed to view and place
comments on the LCT timeline. CS would check friend requests to ensure that the individual is
a member of LCT. It was agreed by the Board that if they lived within the GDCC area they could
become a member of the Facebook group. Others would need to be agreed by the Board.
Action:
JGB to provide a list of addresses and names for the GDCC area
CS to create facebook page
CS to email members to invite them to join the group
6.3 Posters
It was agreed to put out information on posters wherever practical. The posters are currently
placed in Achnasheen on the notice board and at the hall and Post Office in Garve. It was
suggested that posters are also sent to the hotels and also laminated versions are put on the
bus shelters.
7.
PROCESS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS
The process for grant funding applications will be as follows:
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8.
Applications need to be received from members by CS by 30 September for the current
round of funding. Application forms are available on the website or from CS
CS will review the applications to ensure that they contain all necessary information
Applications will be forwarded to all directors by 7th October
Directors will score all applications using the revised scoring matrix and return these
scores to CS by 14th October
CS will consolidate the scoring for review and decision making at the next Board
meeting
AOCB.
 CS has received an email from Joe Ivesen, a Dutch MSc Student requesting support and
information from LCT. The directors agreed that CS can provide this contact and
information
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Monday 3rd October at 6pm – location TBA