Issue - meetings

The minutes of the June meeting were accepted. John reviewed the outstanding actions as follows:

-          The action for Rona and Iain MacInnes to meet to discuss the wider communication of the link for residents to explore if / when full fibre is available, and information on the voucher scheme, is in progress.

-          The action for Stan, Cllr Currie and Ross McLaughlin to meet to discuss climate change support that can be provided by the Council is outstanding with the meeting expected to take place within the next few weeks.

-          The action for Fergus Walker to share the details of the project with the Poverty Alliance once available, via the Community Planning team, will be taken forward shortly following the recent appointment of a Project Manager.

-          Partners planning community engagement over the next 3 months are requested to contact the CPP team at cppadmin@argyll-bute.gov.uk to discuss possible involvement or the inclusion of questions to help inform the next steps in the ABOIP process. This action remains ongoing throughout the ABOIP process.

-          CPP team to include a representative from the Scottish Community Planning Network to a future CPP MC at end 2023 / early 2024.  The CPP Team have contacted the Improvement Service to set up a meeting before the end of year to discuss including a representative at the CPP MC meeting in March 2024.

The minutes of the March meeting were accepted. John reviewed the outstanding actions as follows:

-          There are two actions outstanding action following the OFCOM presentation to the December 2022 meeting, one for Kevin Allibone to raise within DWP the provision of an alternative provider to TalkTalk in Argyll and Bute and the other on Jonathon Ruff to share the Connect Nations Scotland report with the CPP MC once published. There is no update to provide on these at present however the CPP team will continue to seek a response on both of these actions.

-          The action for Rona and Iain MacInnes to meet to discuss the wider communication of the link for residents to explore if / when full fibre is available, and information on the voucher scheme, is in progress.

-          The action for Alex Edmonstone to provide a paper and update to June Community Planning Partnership Management Committee (CPP MC) meeting on the digital working group and how communities can be supported to access digital, in order to undertake Community Learning, will be completed at today’s meeting.