Meetings

  Meeting of December 14^th 2007-12-14

 

1. We discussed the structure of the group and how we organise for the future. The advantages of being a part of CC in terms of ensuring the work was done – with the appropriate balance of leadership and democracy – were agreed..
2. The group can disagree with CC policy at any time but there needs to be clarity about when this is happening.
3. Splinter groups can split off and still be supported
4. There will be no regular chair at the meetings and it is clear that the rotating chairperson will not have any more powers than any other member, unless further authority is granted them by the group for a particular and usually limited purpose
5. New members will have to agree with the fundamental principles in our report – we need to be looking forward all the time, and we will avoid continuous debates about personalities and past mistakes etc.
6. Any member can be appointed as a lead for a particular issue.
7. Members can only represent PtC via group decision – anyone who does not abide by this will be asked to leave.
8. Pacing the Cage is a network not an organisation – members can contribute to the agenda and to our work in a variety of ways other than attending meetings i.e. via the Sunday Drop-in, the website, phone, email or by contacting a more active member
9. Our next meeting due to the season will be on January 18^th – in the meantime all members will work on building the network.
10. Our relationship with the Day Services sub-committee were discussed fully. It was felt that there was an advantage to having two groups and so we should support each other whenever possible.
11. A BME and Carers liaison have been invited to participate in our work and keep abreast of what we are doing.
12. Activities re: the Trust Recovery group were discussed – we will work through the SRA to meet our report’s recovery objectives.
13. We will move forward with Direct Payments via the Trust’s lead, Care Co-ops and the Council sub-committee with the support of CSIP.
14. Individualized budgets are a more complex issue and we will look for someone with reasonable authority levels to be commissioned to pursue this.
15. We will try to position ourselves to either take the lead or work with whoever does to ensure that all the issues related to the user-run centre are addressed in a timely manner to ensure it all happens within the 12 months.
16. Next steering group meeting January 14^th
17. The publication of our report will be on the agenda at this meeting

Agenda for next meeting

• Steering group meeting of January 14th – outcomes..

• Trust recovery meeting – outcomes..

• Direct payments meeting – outcomes..

• Preparation for NSF Lit

• Alternative meeting venue?

• Funding and expenses