acknowledging the Northern District position of supporting the status quo, the Board felt that this did not meet the objectives of the review. Assuming agreement cannot be reached with GBSLEP, the Board noted that Ministers will decide on boundaries. The Board remained open to other potential changes. GW will submit the paperwork on the geography issues by 28th September. 6. BetaDen progress 6.1 LSm gave an 6.2 update of the progress of the BetaDen project. An active 6.3 recruitment campaign was carried out through the 6.4 summer, including soft launch, recruitment of mentors and coaches and developing a network. This had 6.5 resulted in 5 acceptances for the first cohort. 6.6 NB and CW noted 5G has been very helpful in 6.7 leveraging interest and attracting people from Birmingham and 6.8 Gloucester, not
acknowledging the Northern District position of supporting the status quo, the Board felt that this did not meet the objectives of the review. Assuming agreement cannot be reached with GBSLEP, the Board noted that Ministers will decide on boundaries. The Board remained open to other potential changes. GW will submit the paperwork on the geography issues by 28th September. 6. 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 BetaDen progress LSm gave an update of the progress of the BetaDen project. An active recruitment campaign was carried out through the summer, including soft launch, recruitment of mentors and coaches and developing a network. This had resulted in 5 acceptances for the first cohort. NB and CW noted 5G has been very helpful in leveraging interest and attracting people from Birmingham and Gloucester, not
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