IIRSM NI REGIONAL BRANCH MEETING
Venue:
Farrans Construction, D1 Development, Airport Road West, Belfast Harbour Estate
BT3 9ED
Date:Monday 12 March2012Time:15:30
Present: / Gerard DeBrun (Chair Person)Geoff Thomas
Stephen Todd
Stephen Tweed
Andrew Cooke
Robin Kirkpatrick
John Murdock
Jan Hall
Barry Mageean
Sid Seymour (Secretary) / Action by
Apologies: / Siobhan Donnelly IIRSM Board Meeting
Russell Slack IIRSM Board Meeting
Cathal Ferris
Gary Henderson
Maurice Quinn
Gary Patterson
Valerie Robinson
Gary Proctor
David Farrell
Ruth Blakely
Welcome / The meeting was opened by GerardDeBrun who welcomed those present and thanked everyone for their attendance. Apologies from those unable to attend were acknowledged and recorded.
Farrans were formally thanked by the Chair for the use of their offices and the hospitality extended during our meeting.
Minutes / The minutes of the last meeting were read and agreed.
Regional Membership and Development /
- Development of the Regional Branch continues and thespeaker for the next meeting is confirmed:
What Not To Say In Evidence
This meeting will be held at Patton’s Ballymena training rooms to allow for maximum comfort of those attending.
It is intended to continue to run the Branch Meetings in conjunction with an associated event. The details of the next two events/ Branch Meetings and the locations are shown in the Forecast of Events and will be included in the IIRSM Notice Board on the Web site. If you have a topic to present or know of someone that would wish to come and present, please pass the information to either the Chairman or the Secretary.
- It was reiterated that those in receipt of the minutes of this and subsequent meetings are asked to continue the development of the Regional Branch and encourage attendance to any subsequent meetings. It has been agreed that the focusfor the Maymeeting will be the AGM(please note AGM is moved to 21 May). This will provide the platform for enthusiastic regional members to come forward and actively contribute to the running of the newest regional branch in the Institute.
- Available Agendas for:
8th May 2012Templeton Hotel - Branch AGM +
Workplace Violence - Speakers HQ Official Quell.
NISG
25 April 2012 – Spring Conference – Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena
More details to follow on nisg.org.uk
Any further information that becomes available on any of the bodies mentioned above should forward them to the Temp Sec. / G deB
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Future Topics / The topics for our meetings over the next three months have already been covered in these minutes. Your interim committee would like to hear from any of the members if they have any potential locations or topics for future events.
Presentations / Geoff Thomas presented his version of “Stress Prevention in the Workplace”. His excellent delivery was informative and entertaining. For those who did not have the opportunity to hear him, his presentation can be found here:
Twitter / IIRSM NI Branch @IIRSM_NI_Branch
G deB encouraged other members to make use of the official twitter page of the Northern Ireland Branch of the IIRSM.
AOB / All regional members are asked to review the information that will be coming to your email address from G deB in connection with the upcomingAGM. All members are asked to make a special effort to attend. See Forecast of Events for details.
Forecast
of Events / Branch Meeting
23 April – Patton’s Ballymena
Siobhan Donnelly – What Not To Say in Evidence
21 May – Farrans Construction, D1 Development, Airport Road West, Belfast Harbour Estate, BT3 9ED (It is hoped to combine this trip to Farrans with a site visit of the D1 Development – more information at the next meeting)
Northern Ireland Branch Inaugural AGM
Date of Next Meeting / The next meeting will be held and hosted by Patton, Greenmount House Woodside RoadIndustrial Estate Woodside Road BT42 4PTon Monday 23 April 2012 at 15:00 for 15:30
Attendees and Apologises by email please to:
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Sid Seymour
Mob: 07974564974
23 February2012