Foreword
Date:
- Monday 16 August 2021
Time:
- 14:00 - 16:00
Location:
- Virtual Teams meeting
Organisers:
- Adam Hawksbee, Head of Policy and Programme Development, WMCA
- Salla Virman, Senior Policy Officer - Culture, WMCA
- Rachel Fearn, Support Officer, WMCA
Attendees:
- Nikki Bi (Civic Square)
- Raidene Carter (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games)
- Indi Deol (DESIblitz)
- Doreen Foster (Warwick Arts Centre)
- Adrian Jackson (Wolverhampton Grand Theatre)
- Jerrel Jackson (Creative Academies Network)
- Cheryl Jones (Grand Union)
- Ayub Khan (Cultural Services & Libraries Warwickshire County Council)
- Andrew Lovett (Black Country Living Museum)
- Timothy Maycock (Birmingham Hippodrome)
- Julia Negus (Theatre Absolute)
- Gina Patel (Young Combined Authority)
- Martin Sutherland, Chair of Cultural Leadership Board
Apologies:
- Val Birchall, WMCA Cultural Officers Group Chair
Simeon Shtebunaev (Birmingham Architectural Association) - Aftab Rahman (Legacy WM)
- Parminder Dosanjh (Creative Black Country)
- Pamela Cole-Hudson (Gazebo)
- Ammo Talwar (PUNCH Records)
- Karen Newman (Birmingham Open Media)
- Laura Nyahuye (Maokwo)
- Ian Francis (Flatpack Film Festival)
Guests of observers:
- David Furmage, Vice-Chair, Cultural Officers Group (observer & Item 5)
Welcome & apologies
Apologies were noted.
Declarations of interest
None.
Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved with the following outstanding action:
- Board members to email Salla their Self-Assessment forms.
WMCA is establishing a Race Equalities Taskforce and it has been confirmed it can have representation from CLB. Salla to share details once available.
Action:
- Board members to email Salla their Self- Assessment forms
- Salla to share nomination details with CLB