<p> East Midlands Councils - Councillor Development Network</p><p>Wednesday 20th June 2012 - 10 am to 12 noon </p><p>Action Notes</p><p>Attendees:</p><p>Name Council</p><p>Jacqui Mansell (Chair) Ashfield District Council</p><p>Sandeep Mander Blaby District Council</p><p>Sue Rodden Broxtowe Borough Council</p><p>Cllr Janet Patrick Broxtowe Borough Council</p><p>Pat Stevenson Chesterfield Borough Council</p><p>Lisa Butterfill East Midlands Councils</p><p>Moira Hunt East Midlands Councils</p><p>Anne Ireson Kettering Borough Council</p><p>Cllr Mary Malin Kettering Borough Council</p><p>Nigel West Lincolnshire County Council</p><p>Nina Wilson Lincolnshire County Council</p><p>Charles Leslie Local Government Group</p><p>Julie Grainger Mansfield District Council</p><p>Cllr Pru Chandler Melton Borough Council</p><p>Cllr Steve Dungworth Melton Borough Council</p><p>Sue Kimber Newark and Sherwood District Council Lindsay Tomlinson North Kesteven District Council</p><p>Tracy Laxton Nottingham City Council</p><p>Anna Coltman Nottingham City Council</p><p>Cllr Debbie Mason Rushcliffe Borough Council</p><p>Liz Reid-Jones Rushcliffe Borough Council</p><p>Amanda Taylor South Holland District Council</p><p>Rhonda Oldfield South Holland District Council</p><p>Adam McGlone South Kesteven District Council</p><p>Apologies:</p><p>Matthew Berry Blaby District Council</p><p>Kath Whittingham Bolsover District Council</p><p>Lorraine Bush Boston Borough Council</p><p>Michael Hopkins Charnwood Borough Council</p><p>Cllr Shirley Niblock Chesterfield Borough Council</p><p>Ratna Taylor Derbyshire County Council</p><p>Rosemary Daniel Daventry District Council</p><p>Phil O’Brien Derby City Council</p><p>Cllr Tony Bridges East Lindsey District Council</p><p>Alex Kowalczuk Leicester City Council</p><p>Sarah Evans Melton Borough Council</p><p>Cllr Eunice Campbell Nottingham City Council</p><p>Geoff Pook Rutland County Council</p><p>Elaine Pepper West Lindsey District Council Agenda Item Actions Who</p><p>1. Welcome and Introductions Jacqui welcomed everyone to the meeting and everyone introduced themselves.</p><p>2. Notes of the last meeting on 21st March 2012 These were agreed as a true record. </p><p>Cllr Pru Chandler should have been recorded as attending. </p><p>Jacqui formally recorded her thanks to Cllr Debbie Mason for taking up the Vice Chair role.</p><p>Some information included in the previous minutes were identified as potential areas of interest for future network meetings:</p><p> Increasing use of IT for members</p><p> Lincolnshire Pilot Mentoring Scheme being undertaken prior to 2013 elections</p><p> Community Leadership Awards progress from authorities/cllrs that have undertaken these.</p><p> Getting members involved in the delivery of training/sharing of knowledge</p><p>3. Evaluation – A mini Masterclass David McGrath from Link UK Ltd facilitated a mini masterclass on evaluating member development which focused on; defining evaluation, exploring member development programme design, individual seminar/workshop design and included practical tips and techniques to embed a culture of evaluation.</p><p>David to e-mail all interested attendees a copy of his member development David evaluation toolkit.</p><p>4. Any other Business Chas Leslie advised of the update in language to the political skills framework (PSF) and also the information sheets for ward councillors about funding streams to support local community activity. Links to both are here: </p><p>Also available is the revised Ashridge Learning Resource which can now be searched against the PSF skills sets so it is more accessible to councillors. Registration is required but it’s free and easy to do so. Once signed in the link will appear on the page. See link below.</p><p> http://www.local.gov.uk/ashridge</p><p>Lisa Butterfill advised of the next event in the programme of knowledge briefing events on 10th July focusing on the Role of Local Government in Public Health.</p><p>Sue requested a plain English guide to council meeting procedures eg, motions and amendments. Lindsey offered to share information.</p><p>Lindsey advised the network of their desire to re-design their evaluation sheet and welcomed examples from others. See attached</p><p>Cllr Patrick suggested that hearing stories/case studies of success in member All to send to Lisa development would also be useful. Jacqui advised that this would continue with Butterfill. our next network meeting.</p><p>The format and content of the next network meeting was discussed. Themed discussion tables were suggested and if anyone would like to suggest a question or topic area to explore and share experiences please let Lisa All to advise Lisa know. [email protected] Butterfill 7. Date of Next Meeting 26th September 2012</p>