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Board of Scrutiny, meeting on Thursday 10 October at Selwyn College

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Board of Scrutiny

Minutes of the Meeting Held
at Noon on

Thursday 10 July 2003 at Selwyn College

 

Present: Stephen Cowley, Christopher Forsyth, David
Howarth (for the first part of the meeting), Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Robin
Lachmann, Jack MacDonald (for the second half of the meeting), Oliver Rackham,
Jennifer Rigby, John Spencer, Helen Thompson.

 

Apologies: Susan Lintott, Timothy Milner.

 

 

1)     
Reports of Meetings. Meetings
with the Director of Finance (7.30-9.00 am on Friday 4 July with the Chairman,
the Secretary and Susan Lintott), and the Registrary (1.00-1.50 pm on
Monday 7 July with the Chairman, the Secretary and Elisabeth Leedham-Green)
were noted. Both meetings had been helpful and productive and had clarified a
number of issues as regards the eighth report. In particular the Director of
Finance had agreed that without unspecified further savings or income, the
projected deficit in 2006/7 would be £9.5 million. He had also clarified
matters as regards the University of Cambridge Contributory Pension Scheme and
had good news as regards the Research Grant Module. Inter alia, the
Registrary had updated the Board as regards progress on the Shattock and
Finkelstein recommendations.

 

2)     
The Eighth Report. The purpose of the meeting
was to discuss an almost final draft of the eighth Report. A draft version had
been circulated the day before, and a more polished version was tabled. A
number of suggestions were made that the Chairman agreed to incorporate. It was
agreed to submit a version to the Registrary for comment as soon as possible
after the end of the meeting.

 

Inter alia, it was agreed to add a favourable comment on the
selection procedure of the new Vice Chancellor and to shorten the description
of the Board’s difficulties in obtaining the Finance Working Party’s special
studies.

 

3)     
Dates of Future Meetings. It was
agreed that there would be a short meeting at 12.30 pm in Selwyn on 10 July
2003 in order to sign the eighth Report. The Secretary sent his apologies in
advance.

 

It was agreed to
hold a meeting at noon on Thursday 2 October to which the newly elected members
of the Board would be invited.

 

It was proposed to hold the
following meeting at noon on Thursday 16 October. However, this time and date
would have to be finalised by the new Board.