Mr Course asked for a concise document to be made available, which pulls all the threads together, enabling Governors to see at a glance all the developments being made. Mr Cox said he would provide this to all Governors at Standards and then disseminate. ACTION: PC (CONFIDENTIAL) Strategic Proposal (see confidential addendum) (END OF CONFIDENTIAL ITEM) MEETING B.10.18 GOVERNORS’ MEETING TIME WITHOUT SMT No matters discussed. B.11.18 MEMBERSHIP & BOARD MATTERS i Apologies Apologies were received from Angela Cross-Durrant, Chay Eldridge, Jasmine Bullwinkle and Councillor Judith Grajewski. ii Declarations of Interests There were no declarations of interest made by those present, financial or otherwise. iii Minutes of the Meeting held on the 21 March 2018 The minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2018 were agreed and signed as a true and accurate record. iv Matters Arising B.29.17, ix Chair update on Governors’ one-to-one The Chair asked the Clerk to – provide the Board with an update on the use of e-papers for meetings. The Clerk reported that the use of e-papers was still an aspiration and that three proposals had been drawn up and would be discussed in further detail by the Working Group. It was hoped that a version of e-papers would be introduced for trial at one of the September 2018 Committee meetings, with a view to introducing a calibrated version at the full Board in December 2018 B.02.18, iv - update on potential relationship with Fareham College The Chair explained that he had received a letter from the Chair of Governors of Fareham College, asking if Eastleigh College was interested in exploring opportunities of working together in a mutual beneficiary partnership. An exploratory meeting had taken place on 29th March 2018 between the Principals and Chairs of both governing bodies, which he said had been open and productive. Due to the scale of work and timetable involved in the possible merger with City College Southampton (CCS), a further letter had been sent to Fareham College explaining that, at this time, Eastleigh College’s priority was focused on developing the relationship with CSS. B.02.18, vii Ofsted readiness update Mr Cox reported that 10 Governors had now – attended the Ofsted readiness briefing and the feedback from briefings had been very positive. He said that the offer to provide this briefing to those Governors
Mr Course asked for a concise document to be made available, which pulls all the threads together, enabling Governors to see at a glance all the developments being made. Mr Cox said he would provide this to all Governors at Standards and then disseminate. ACTION: PC (CONFIDENTIAL) Strategic Proposal (see confidential addendum) (END OF CONFIDENTIAL ITEM) MEETING B.10.18 GOVERNORS’ MEETING TIME WITHOUT SMT No matters discussed. B.11.18 MEMBERSHIP & BOARD MATTERS i Apologies Apologies were received from Angela Cross-Durrant, Chay Eldridge, Jasmine Bullwinkle and Councillor Judith Grajewski. ii Declarations of Interests There were no declarations of interest made by those present, financial or otherwise. iii Minutes of the Meeting held on the 21 March 2018 The minutes of the meeting held on 21 March 2018 were agreed and signed as a true and accurate record. iv Matters Arising B.29.17, ix Chair – update on Governors’ one-to-one The Chair asked the Clerk to provide the Board with an update on the use of e-papers for meetings. The Clerk reported that the use of e-papers was still an aspiration and that three proposals had been drawn up and would be discussed in further detail by the Working Group. It was hoped that a version of e-papers would be introduced for trial at one of the September 2018 Committee meetings, with a view to introducing a calibrated version at the full Board in December 2018 B.02.18, iv - update on potential relationship with Fareham College The Chair explained that he had received a letter from the Chair of Governors of Fareham College, asking if Eastleigh College was interested in exploring opportunities of working together in a mutual beneficiary partnership. An exploratory meeting had taken place on 29th March 2018 between the Principals and Chairs of both governing bodies, which he said had been open and productive. Due to the scale of work and timetable involved in the possible merger with City College Southampton (CCS), a further letter had been sent to Fareham College explaining that, at this time, Eastleigh College’s priority was focused on developing the relationship with CSS. B.02.18, vii – Ofsted readiness update Mr Cox reported that 10 Governors had now attended the Ofsted readiness briefing and the feedback from briefings had been very positive. He said that the offer to provide this briefing to those Governors
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