Action Point Log

Number / Action Point / Allocated to / Progress
LE1 / DB to arrange card and flowers for Ranjana, wishing her a speedy recovery. / DB
LE2 / To invite Jane Roberts from the Councillors Commission to a future Board meeting. / LB/DB
LE3 / GEO to arrange for BF to meet Equality Ministers in the Regions. / GEO
LE4 / Directorate to recommend options for publicising the Review report details to JG. / SG/DB
LE5 / Directorate to explorewith Barbara Keeley building links with organisations via MP’s. / DB/LB
1 / SG to thank Helene Reardon-Bond for negotiating the extension to Commissioners contracts. / SG / Complete
2 / SG to check and present to Commissioners, the financial implications of the 2008/09 Work Programme when it is finalised and before it is presented to Ministers by the Chair. / SG
3 / Directorate to consider how the four nations can best be incorporatedwithin WNC work and the MoU between GEO and WNC, building on work taken forward with GEO and Barbara Follett. / DB
4 / Directorate to approach EHRC to set up a MoU with WNC. / SG/DB
5 / Directorate to include role of WNC as an advisory NDPB within revised Commissioners Terms of Reference, including the framework WNC operates within. / DB/LB
6 / Directorate to ensure the business planning process is linked closely to WNC’s remit. / DB/SG
7 / SG to liaise with GEO to clarify the definition of WNC’s ‘Core Remit’, as used within the report. / SG
8 / SG to liaise with GEO on the format and timing of the Review Report’s publication, together with any contribution and comment from WNC. / SG / In progress
9 / LB to check process for nominating Welsh and Scottish women for honours with OCPA and OCPA-Scotland, in relation to the role of the devolved executives. / LB
10 / All Commissioners to email comments and amendments on the WNC ‘Vision, Missionand Aims’ to DB as soon as possible. / Commissioners
11 / Directorate to suggest a draft for the ‘Activities’ section of the Constitution. / DB
12 / Before each future meeting, Directorate to request a table of current and upcoming events and activities from GEO. / LB
13 / Directorate to provide a clear definition of an advisory NDPB, what it can and cannot do, including any specific restrictions upon it within the new Governance document / DB/LB
14 / All Commissioners to email specific suggestions on the WNC Strategic Plan to SG as soon as possible. / Commissioners
15 / All Commissioners to email specific suggestions on the Commissioners ‘Person Specification’ to DB as soon as possible. / Commissioners
16 / BK to provide suggestions to the next meeting, in writing as she cannot attend in person, on taking forward work on Europe as a policy area. / BK
17 / BH to bring suggestions to the next meeting for integrating activities on 1325 intoWNC’s International work. / BH
18 / Directorate to liaise with GEO in revising the Commissioners Person Specification to include mention of chairing working groups, and to clarify the role of the Chair in recruitment. / DB / In Progress
19 / Directorate to produce draft protocols for external communication by WNC working groups, for approval at the February Board meeting. / DB/LB
20 / LB to email examples of websites to Commissioners, together with anindication of which organisations have links to the current WNC site. / LB
21 / All Commissioners to email comments and suggestions for future WNC website to LB, by end November. / Commissioners
22 / All Commissioners to email suggestions for a future WNC newsletter to DB. / Commissioners
23 / Directorate to pass information from the MfW consultation on VAW, to the VAW working group. / PT
24 / Directorate to consider how best to maintain contact with the roundtable attendees and provide them with information on ongoing developments. / MA
25 / SG to liaise with GEO and Ministers’ offices to determine a public release date for the MfW priorities report, together with arrangements for bringing the outcomes to Ministers’ attention. / SG
26 / JG to send congratulations from WNC to Angela Mason as the new Chair of the Fawcett Society. / LB/JG / Complete
27 / SG to update Commissioners at future meetings on any developments with the DLR. / SG
28 / Directorate to circulate confirmation of the launch date for the ‘Maps of Gaps’ report. / PT
29 / All Commissioners to send back comments and suggested changes to the draft CEDAW report, by end November. / Commissioners
30 / JG to send details of the HoL code of conduct in relation to ‘statements made under privilege’ to BH. / JG
31 / SG to consider how WNC should nominate for honours, taking into account views from NI partners and liaising with OCPA. / SG/SD
32 / SG to amend the speech notes prepared previously for AG and send to Commissioners as a core script. / SG / Complete
33 / Directorate to flesh out work programme in light of recommendations and further consider staffing and budgets needs. / SG/DB/LB
34 / All Commissioners to email items for inclusion in the Business Plan to SG. / Commissioners
35 / Directorate to ensure that issues coming out of the consultation process are passed to the appropriate working group, where possible. / PT/MA/SD
36 / Directorate to draft a single document bringing together amendments to Constitution, Terms of Reference, etc. For discussion at next meeting. / DB / In Progress
37 / Directorate to liaise with GEO and report to next meeting on possibility of drafting a list of departments leading on each area of the consultation. / PT/MA/SG
38 / All Commissioners to reply on action points as soon as possible. / Commissioners
39 / All Commissioners to email Directorate on Outreach ideas/activity. / Commissioners
40 / Directorate to distribute ‘Partner Packs’ to Commissioners, containing information on WNC, application forms and guidance on arranging meetings. / MA/LB / Complete
41 / All Commissioners to consider ideas for activity around International Women’s Day and discuss at next meeting. / Commissioners
42 / All Commissioners to examine draft Strategic Plan and email their comments to SG, before next meeting. / Commissioners
43 / Directorate to email Commissioners with proposed dates for meetings throughout 2008. / BW/LB/DB / Complete

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