OPERATION HEART START & EAST NEUK OF Minute of meeting held on Monday 28th January 2013 at 8.00pm Community Hospital, St Andrews

Action 1 Present Hazel Goldsmith, Kirsty Hastie, Hamish Tait, Bill Whyte. Henry Rae was welcomed to his first meeting of Heart Start 2 Apologies Rhona Crabb, Michael Henretty

3 Minutes The minute of the meeting held on 25th September 2012 was approved.

4 Matters HT had contacted the Community Councils of St Andrews, arising Strathkinness, Guardbridge, , , and Ceres to open discussion on providing public access defibrillators.

5 Treasurer’s WW reported a balance of £72,957 with the promise of a further report substantial bequest to come. The Treasurer has arranged to see the bank’s business manager to discuss ways of maximising returns on our finances.

6 Use of funds We now await the response of the various Community Councils and once we have a clearer picture on the likely uptake of the offer to install machines, we will be in a better position to discuss the best use of our funds.

7 AOCB The date of the Fife Show is 18th May. KH will confirm our KH participation along with the Rotary Club and will order the marquee. WW circulate a letter from Philips Healthcare concerning audible warnings from the FRx and HS1 AEDs. The secretary agreed to HT identify those sites with the relevant machines and send them copies of the guidance. HR is setting up an AED event on 16th March for National Science week in Physics. He is planning an interactive event showing anyone can operate an AED without training and is looking for someone (medical) to man the event with him. HT is not available, but will contact Jonathan Nixon to see if he would HT be interested.

8 Date of next Monday 15th April, 8.00pm, Community Hospital. KH meeting