Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek Partnership

Dydh : 2 mis Kevardhu 2011, 10.00kh Date: 2 December 2011, 10.00am

Le: Stevel Grenville, Lys Kernow, Venue: Grenville Room, County Hall, Truro

ROL NEGYS AGENDA

1. Diharasow ha diskleryans a les Apologies and declarations of interest.

2. Kovnotyansow Minutes

3. Materow ow sordya Matters Arising

4. Derivas arhansek Financial report

5. Konsel Europ ha’n Chartour The Council of Europe and the Charter

6. Dashwithrans 2013 2013 Review

7. NPLD & BIC

8. Derivasow Reports Notyansow ha govynnadow war’n derivasow skrifys stagys a vydh kemerys. Comments and questions on the written reports appended will be taken.

8.1 Derivas an Dyghtyor / Manager’s Report 8.2 Derivas Adhyskans / Education Report 8.3 Derivas Ragdresow / Projects Report 8.4 Working Group reports (oral)

9. Negys aral Any Other Business

10. Dydh an kuntelles nessa Date of next meeting

Arhesans Keskowethyans an Taves Kernewek yw provies gans Asran Kemenethow ha Governans Leal ha Konsel Kernow.

The Cornish Language Partnership is funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government and County Council.

Minutes of the Cornish Language Partnership meeting held on 2nd December 2011 from 10am-12pm in the Grenville Room, New County Hall, Truro

Present: Bert Biscoe, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Economic Forum Ray Chubb, Agan Tavas Bill Glanville, Federation of Old Cornwall Societies Jan Lobb, Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak Pat Miller, (deputy) Maureen Pierce, Kesva an Taves Kernewek Joan Symons,

Attending: Nev Meek, Chair of the Status Working Group and Signage Panel Rael Harvey, Chair of the Acquisition Working Group

Pol Hodge, Education Officer Jenefer Lowe, Development Manager Sam Rogerson, Administrator Elizabeth Stewart, Project Support Officer Mike Tresidder, Education Officer

Action 1. Apologies and declarations of interest Loveday Jenkin, Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek Roger Holmes, Cornwall Association of Local Councils Rod Lyon, Gorsedh Kernow David Wood, Cornwall Council

2. Minutes 2.1 Partnership meeting 22nd September 2011 The minutes of the Partnership meeting held on 22nd September were agreed as a true and accurate record.

Proposed: M. Pierce, seconded: R. Chubb. Agreed unanimously.

3. Matters Arising 3.1 New Management Board It was noted that although it had been intended to bring a list of candidates for the new Management Board to the meeting, a sufficient number of candidates meeting the specified skill set had not yet put themselves forward. It had therefore been decided by the Management Group that further candidates would be sought, and any suggestions should be put to the Development Manager or members of the Management Group.

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4. Financial report 4.1 The Financial Report was noted and it was reported that More Tales from Porth had been featured in a newsletter to schools, and that Tor Mark would be distributing the books to shops shortly.

5. The Council of Europe and the Charter 5.1 The details of the Charter monitoring process were noted. Material submitted to form part of the Government’s report to the Council of Europe needed to be prepared by mid January. It was noted that a copy of the proposed submission would be sent to the Management Group before Christmas for comment and to the Partnership representatives in early January. An early response was requested, bearing in mind the timetable.

It was suggested that the Committee of Experts be invited to hold their meeting in Cornwall, It was noted in response that the Committee of Experts meeting was organised by the Council of Europe in the best way to meet their priorities and timetable. Of the two earlier meetings, in one case the Committee had travelled to Cornwall and in the other the Partnership had, along with representatives from other language communities, travelled to London. Time for the Committee was short and therefore it was not always possible to travel to each community.

It was suggested that evidence of the impact of MAGA’s work on people’s perceptions of the language be put forward as well as a report on work undertaken and that the report to the Council of Europe was an opportunity to highlight issues, as well as successes.

The Development Manager reported that she was still waiting for a response from DCLG about future reporting mechanisms, despite writing to them several times, but that there was a direct link to the Charter monitoring process as the foreign office officer responsible attends the British and Irish Council IML working group meetings.

6. 2013 Review 6.1 The timetable and data collection form for the 2013 review was discussed. The timetable allowed three months for the language groups to discuss the timetable and collection form as proposed by the Partnership and suggested the data collection phase began in October 2012. A query was raised as to whether the language groups needed three months to discuss the review pack with their members and whether the data collection phase could not begin in April in any case.

It was agreed that the review pack, including a milestone

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7. NPLD & BIC 7.2.4 The Partnership was asked whether it was in favour of re- subscribing to the Network for the Promotion of Linguistic Diversity at the new annual subscription rate of 750 Euros.

Proposed: B. Biscoe, seconded: R. Chubb. Agreed unanimously.

It was requested that the word ‘associate’ be added before the word ‘membership’ for clarification.

8. Reports 8.1 Manager’s Report 8.1.5 A query was raised about when the online dictionary would be ready. It was noted that the content was ready, but that there was a technical issue which was delaying its launch.

It was hoped that it would be available by early January.

8.2 Education Report 8.2.1 It was noted that been good feedback on More Tales from Porth had been received so far.

8.2.3 It was noted that three lessons of Say Something in Cornish would be launched to the public in January 2012.

8.2.4 A query was raised about whether there was a marketing plan for the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It was noted that there were three stages to the development of the VLE: firstly, to populate it internally with resources from teachers, secondly to make it available to students at Truro and Penwith College, and finally to launch it publicly, and that this final stage would require a marketing plan.

8.2.6 It was noted that the next Beginners’ Day was scheduled to take place on 24th February at a venue to be confirmed in East Cornwall.

8.3 Projects Report The projects report was noted.

8.4 Working Group Reports The Chair of the Status Working Group reported that there was no shortage of good ideas from NPLD meetings but that three issues repeatedly occur: funding, lack of human resources, and the need to develop more fluent speakers.

He reported that:

3 • Natural England had recently adopted a policy on the use of Cornish language, • a breakthrough at regional level had recently been achieved with English Heritage, • a meeting with First Great Western was scheduled to take place shortly, • there was good feedback so far from discussions with Highways.

It was noted that Royal Mail were not willing to consider the use of Cornish, and it was suggested that this be taken up with the contact at government once this person had been identified.

9. Any Other Business B Biscoe reported that he was in discussion with Cornwall Council about bilingual signage being put up around the new reception at County Hall and included in any further internal developments.

10. Date of Next Meeting Monday 12th March, 10am-12.30pm, Council Chamber, Carrick House

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