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WMCA Cultural Leadership Board Meeting 7 - Minutes

Foreword

Date:
  • Tuesday 25 May 2021
Time:
  • 14:00 - 16:00
Location:
  • Virtual Teams meeting
Attendees:
  • Martin Sutherland, Chair of Cultural Leadership Board
  • Nikki Bi (Civic Square)
  • Pamela Cole-Hudson (Gazebo)
  • Indi Deol (DESIblitz)
  • Doreen Foster (Warwick Arts Centre)
  • 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)
  • Karen Newman (Birmingham Open Media)
  • Laura Nyahuye (Maokwo)
  • Gina Patel (Young Combined Authority)
  • Aftab Rahman (Legacy WM)
  • Simeon Shtebunaev (Birmingham Architectural Association)
  • Ammo Talwar (PUNCH Records)
  • Adam Hawksbee, Head of Programme & Policy Development, WMCA Salla Virman, Senior Policy Officer, Culture, WMCA
  • Rachel Fearn, Support Officer
Apologies:
  • Val Birchall, WMCA Cultural Officers Group Chair
  • Catherine Mallyon, (Royal Shakespeare Company), CLB Vice-Chair
  • Ian Francis (Flatpack Film Festival)
  • Raidene Carter (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games)
  • Parminder Dosanjh (Creative Black Country)
  • Adrian Jackson (Wolverhampton Grand Theatre)
Guests of observers:
  • David Furmage, Vice-Chair, Cultural Officers Group (observer & Item 5)
  • Tim Fanning, Director, Hatch (Item 6)
  • Katy Raines, Co-founder, Indigo (Item 6)
  • Tonia Davison, Analyst, Commonwealth Games Delivery Unit, DCMS – (observer item 6)
  • Nicola Jones, Communications Executive, WMCA (observer item 6)
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 no outstanding actions.