minutes 9 September 2002

	Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting 9 September 2002 Nye Bevan House, Glasgow
	1 Sederunt Roderick MacKenzie (President) Janey Mauchline (Vice-President), Fiona Norris (Secretary), Tommy Doherty, Willis Pickard (Hon. President), Judy Rankine, May Boyd, Sheila Walker, Howell John.
	Apologies Nora Conlin, George Reid, Yvonne McCracken, Terry Ashton
	2 Minutes of the last meeting Thanks were extended to May Boyd for taking and distributing the minutes from the previous meeting.
	3 Matters arising Although most aspects of the legal action were now resolved, there was still some dispute over money allegedly owed to the lawyers. Howell John offered the services of taxing clerk to examine all the costs and NAEIAC had offered to take up the slack. Since the resignation of Alastair Horne, a vacancy now exists on the Executive Committee and a co-opted member should be sought. The problem of non-attendance of existing committee members, and the increased workload on active members, was raised. It was pointed out that it would be good to have a representative from Dundee. H J suggested that a meeting might be set up in Dundee for NAEIAC. It was decided that FN should write to Deirdre McVie in Dundee to ask for a nomination. Action FN
	4 2003 Conference The theme of the conference had been confirmed as Improving Learning in the 21^st Century. RM had been in touch with Lindsay Paterson who had agreed to be a keynote speaker. It was suggested that once again, we extend an invitation to Gordon Jeyes to open the conference and to The Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, Cathy Jamieson, to provide a keynote speech. Action FN Given the theme of the conference, it was thought by everyone to be a good idea to devote Saturday morning to developing technologies. WP suggested getting in touch with the BBC and JM suggested a speaker from SCOPE. Action TD After some discussion it was decided to structure the workshop sessions around the National priorities; ideally there would be five workshops, each addressing a different priority, which would run twice. Efforts should be made to find good practitioners to run the workshops. Several excellent suggestions for after-dinner speakers were made, but in the first instance it was agreed that Brian Boyd should be approached. It was agreed that there would be a further meeting to discuss progress with the conference on Tues 29^th October in Hamilton Action FN /TD/JR
	5 Report On NAEIAC conference Conference papers were issued. RM reported that he and TD were both at the conference. They were particularly impressed by the way that membership had increased in the Irish group, which seemed to indicate that similar gains could be made in Scotland. TD also reported that he had been in talks with representatives from ADES, who were not opposed to NAEIAC involvement in the CPD process. It was suggested that the President of ADES be invited to the conference. Action FN
	6 AOCB TD reported on the successful establishment of a NAEIAC branch in North Lanarkshire. JM added that several more advisers in South Lanarkshire intended to join. HJ pointed commented that it would take time to establish NAEIAC as the representatives of advisers. He made the point that the perception that NAEIAC is English is wrong, since an organisation is characterised by its members. In Scotland the agenda would be determined by the needs and wishes of Scottish advisers. It was suggested that flyers could be sent out to representatives of Authorities. RM commented that it would be a good idea to invite Judith Hubbard, training officer for NAEIAC, to attend 6^th Dec meeting. Action FN / JR JM resigned her position as vice-chairman, effective from the next AGM, but expressed a wish to continue as a member of the executive committee. It was suggested that the committee should consider the future of the executive at the meeting in December.
	Next Meeting: 1.30 on Tuesday, 29^th October at Hamilton, to review arrangements for the conference.