29 May 2008

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SCRUTINY

MINUTES

Thursday,
29 May 2008 at 11.30

Music Room, Downing College

Present: Mr Richard Stibbs (Chair); Dr Catherine Pitt
(Secretary); Miss Rebecca Collins (Support Officer); Mr Paul
ffolkes Davis; Dr Margaret Guite; Mrs Jamie Horsley; Dr Elisabeth
Leedham-Green; Professor David Yates.

1.

Apologies

Dr Paul Beattie; Dr Margaret Glendenning; the Revd Roger Greeves;
Dr Peter Sarris; the Revd Ian Thompson.

2.

Minutes
of Meeting on 15 May 2008

Approved.

3.

(i)

Matters
Arising

Guest

It
was agreed that the meeting with the Director of Development be
postponed until next year.

4.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

Annual
Report

The Board discussed members’ responses
to the recently published University Allocations Report.

The Board discussed its proposed
recommendation that the Statutes and Ordinances be reviewed and
agreed on a realistic timeframe for this project.

It was agreed that
VoIP and the Fray Tribunal would also be covered in the 13^th
Annual Report.

The recent changes to holiday
entitlement for all University staff and the implications of this
for the running of some departments were discussed.

The Board aims to
sign off the 13^th Annual Report by the end of June.

5.

High
Performance Computing Facility

It
was reported that the Department of Physics has expressed an
interest in taking on the management of this project.

6.

(i)

(ii)

Any
Other Business

The pre-term meeting
will take place on Thursday 2 October 2008 from 12.30.

The date of the
first meeting of Michaelmas Term will be Thursday 16 October 2008.
Meetings will be fortnightly.

7.

Date
of next meeting

Guest:
The Registrary

11.30am
on Thursday, 12 June 2008

Music
Room, Downing College

Rebecca
Collins

Support
Officer

30
May 2008