3 June 2004
Board of Scrutiny
Noon, Thursday 3 June 2004
Robinson College
Garden Room
Present:Stephen Cowley (Acting Secretary), Christopher Forsyth (Chairman), NicholasHolmes, Timothy Milner, Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Saskia Murk-Jansen, DavidPhillipson, Roger Salmon, John Spencer.
Inattendance: Tessa Payne
1.Apologies.Jennifer Rigby, Helen Thompson (on leave).
2.Minutes of the meeting of 27 May2004.
Thesewere not available.
3.Matters arising (apart from thosedealt with under the Annual Report).
There were no matters arising.
4.Matters the Board has previouslydecided to include within the Report.
It was agreed that the reviews of RSD and Personnel should be formallywelcomed, and that the issue of HERA should be omitted.
5.Annual Report
5.1.TheBoard considered the updated draft circulated prior to the meeting.It was agreed that the Finance Sub-Committeeshould further discuss the section ‘Financial Matters’ with a view todiscussing it with Andrew Reid in the next day or so.It was agreed that Nicholas Holmes shouldjoin the Sub-Committee on a temporary basis for this purpose.
It wasnoted that new material was required for Section 27 of the draft report, andStephen Cowley undertook to obtain this.Tessa Payne agreed to send electronic versions of Schedule B and therelevant extract from the Wass Report to Roger Salmon.
5.2.TheBoard considered the draft sections submitted.It was agreed that Stephen Cowley and John Spencer would co-ordinate theproduction of a revised version of the ‘Governance’ section.Roger Salmon agreed to review the UniversityStaff Statistics.
6.Any other business
There was no other business.
7.Date of next meeting.
The nextmeeting will be on the 10 June 2004 in the Garden Room, Robinson
College.It wasagreed to hold an additional meeting at noon on 15 June (venue
tbc).It is expectedthat the Annual Report will be ready for signature on 17 June.
It wasconfirmed that the signed Report needs to be with the Registrary on 21 June.