Falklands : Falkland Islands Tourist Board Meeting (21/09/07)
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 28.09.2007 (Article Archived on 12.10.2007)
Find out what happened during the public session of this important committee meeting.
FALKLAND ISLANDS TOURIST BOARD MEETING: FRIDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2007
By J. Brock (FINN)
A meeting of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board took place at 0900hrs on Friday, 21 September 2007 in the FI Chamber of Commerce Function Room. Present were Councillor Dr. Andrea Clausen, Mr. Mark. Brunet (FIDC), Mr. Graham France, Mr. Eric Goss, Mr. Phil Middleton, Ms. Liz Dimmlich, Mr. Roger Spink and Mrs. Marilyn Grimmer.
Apologies were received from Mrs. Hattie Kilmartin, Cllr Richard Stevens and Cllr Ian Hansen.
One member raised an objection to having a Councillor as Chair was not in the best interests of the Tourist Board. He suggested a regular member be appointed as Chair. Seeing that he was in the minority the suggestion was turned down and Cllr Clausen, who had come as a representative of FIG, took over as Chair.
Suggestions at the meeting on 20 August 2007 that, minutes could be made more user friendly met with strong objections from one member, who pointed out several areas in the draft minutes that lacked appropriate detail. This would be changed and more written reports would be submitted.
In matters arising from the last meeting, the promotional DVDs have not yet arrived. They would be free to members but on sale to the general public. All of the FITB Badges have been accounted for, including those that are being sent to Tourism from SeaLed PR.
Cllr Clausen said it looked as if some work had been done to the Stanley to Airport Road but this will be checked out by Cllr Hansen upon his return from the UK.
The policy of building roads to non-agricultural destinations will not be considered until FIG receive a strategy plan. Mr. Brunet suggested that FIDC will present it to Councillors’ Office in due course.
Elephant Beach Farm is now a member of the FITB
A board member mentioned that the Directors Financial Report lacked a review of the business over the past year. Financial reports from other boards had such a review. It was agreed that a brief summary of the business would accompany the figures.
A discussion ensued about who is responsible for collating the minutes after the draft is produced. It was thought that though each member gets a copy, it is up to the Chair to make sure the draft minutes are complete and correct as possible so there won’t be so much discussion about them when it comes to meeting time. Substantive remarks or corrections brought up at meetings need names put to them.
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