There were present Mr Downer, Dr Glendenning .Dr Holmes (in the chair), Mr King, Mr Kuczynski, Dr Leedham-Green (secretary),Dr Pitt, Dr Pyper, Mr Stibbs and Mr Yates.
06/01/19. 1.Apologies hadbeen received from Dr Little.
06/01/19. 2.The minutes ofthe meetings of 10 and 24 November, which had been circulated were approved.
06/01/19. 3.Under mattersarising the Chairman reported on progress with the recruitment of a new SupportOfficer.
06/01/19. 4. With a view to what points that might be made atthe Discussion of Annual Report of the Council scheduled for 24 January theBoard decided that the publication of a form of the Estate Plan should bewelcomed; that a record of attendance at Council would also be welcome; thatthe circulation of the 'blue paper on strategy' should be queried;
06/01/19. 5a. Consideringthe Annual Report of the General Board with the same view the Board consideredthat, with reference to para. 16.1, the General Board could usefully considerhow better to handle any future situation in which the possibility of closingdown a department or faculty had to be contemplated.
06/01/19. 5b.With respect to para. 17.4 the Boardconsidered that the representations made by Professor A. W. F. Edwards mightbe relevant.
06/01/19. 6a.As apreliminary to discussion of the Abstract of Accounts the chairman and othermembers of the deputation reported on their meeting with the Director ofFinance, which had been very useful in clarifying a number of issues, includingtwo separate transfers from Cambridge Assessment.
06/01/19. 6b.It was reported that the Director of Finance had freely (if notcheerfully) admitted that paragraph 6 (Triennial valuation of the scheme)contained an error: 'increased to 22.5%' should read 'increased from 22.5% to25.7%'.
06/01/19. 7.The Boardexpressed its admiration for the savings that had been achieved by the Schools.
06/01/19. 8.Under AnyOther Business, there was some further discussion of Professor Edwards'concerns about the new title of the NHS Trust, and about EMBS's plans for NWCambridge.
06/01/19. 9.The nextmeeting would be on 9 February, when the Board looked forward to a discussionwith the Registrary.
