Midlands Civil Engineering Training Group – AGM
Date:    Tuesday 15TH December 2009
Time:    10.45am – 12.30pm
Venue: The Quality Hotel, Hagley Road, Birmingham.

Attendees:

Adrian Pulham        HTM (Vice Chairman)

Alan Cox            Birch Brothers

Ann Drozdzik        Amey

Dawn Adams        Currall Lewis & Martin

Dawn Karakatsanis    MCETG

Dawn Lewis        Camps

Dick Cumming        Birch Brothers

Ian Yardley        R&C Williams

Jane McKenna        CECA

Jeanette Garrison        Maguires

John Compton        Stanford Flooring

Julia Perry        ATD

Kelvin Goode        Symphony Training

Kevin Bennett        BAM Nuttall

Laura Verta        Amey

Michael Clark        Amey

Michael Timmins            Stanford Flooring

Nigel Drew        R&C Williams

Peter Watson        Forkers (Chairman)

Ron Pinfield        CLM

Sam Woods        Maguires

Steve Chiles        A&H Construction

Steve Conroy        ATD

Speakers

David Hudson        Environmental Agency

Apologies

James Meredith        Sisk

Tim Ordidge        Tarmac

Andy Griffiths        Instarmac

Philip Green        Bates

Marie Aycliff        ICE

Paul Harper        ConstructionSkills

Ross Williams        ITS

Liz Jones            ConstructionSkills

Item    Content    Action

1    Peter Watson welcomed members and introduced speakers, he made mention that it was good to see Amey represented once more at the meeting. He gave the usual housekeeping notices and said that we would break earlier than usual for a festive lunch at 12 noon. Peter also explained that Brian Frost was unable to attend but that he had sent the finance sheets which were available on the front desk if anyone required one – the Group has a healthy surplus of £35,600 to date. He then the asked Dawn to give her report.

2    Dawn spoke of changes in the way in which CSkills would be funding the Group – the grant (as have all grants) has been reduced to £25,200 from £28,000 but said that even more importantly it would now be paid quarterly and would be released depending upon the Group’s business plan targets being met each quarter. This now meant it was essential the all levy paying members returned the quarterly template that she sends out every quarter.

She went on to say that the Group needed new members to make it more robust but that they needed to be levy payers as the Group had its quota of training providers and ‘associated’ members. She asked that members consider who might benefit from within their own supply chain – she just needs a contact name and number and she will do the rest.

Dawn said that she would be working on a bid for some funds from the CSkills M&SDP in order to run a resource efficiency project for MCETG. This depended however if the bid that was being submitted on behalf of the Shropshire Group was successful. She would keep everyone posted.

Dawn also told the Group that further staff cuts were being made at CSkills and that the Midlands would probably lose two Company Development Advisors and many more Apprenticeship Officers.

She closed to say that the membership invoice along with the end of year template would be sent before Christmas and asked again that the template be completed and returned to her. She added that if anyone had news items or good images for the new website could they send them to her.    AP1: Presentation on Group website.