MULL & IONA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Minutes of the meeting held on 7th March 2005 in Craignure Hall
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PRESENT: |
Sandy Brunton, Tom Bettley, Derek Crook, John Cable, Georgia O’Neill
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APOLOGIES: |
Alan Parker, Michael Ackerley, Olive Brown,
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MINUTES: |
Minutes from meeting 7th February proposed by John, seconded by Sandy.
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MATTERS ARISING: |
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Windsave |
The Windsave meeting was well attended by approx 45 people from all over the island. <Derek> will write an article for newspaper.
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HGV weight restrictions |
Still ongoing, John hasn’t heard back from councillor or Glasgow Chamber.
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Tourism |
VisitScotland still in disarray. Topic will be raised with MSP at annual dinner.
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Chip & PIN |
It is not known if changes to credit card tariffs will be made for businesses that have Tourist Board Member rates.
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ANNUAL DINNER & AGM: |
Venue (Druimnacroish Hotel) booked for Sat 19th March. Speaker (Eleanor Scott, Green Party MSP) booking confirmed. Bookings for the dinner must be made with John by this coming Friday. Derek, Pat & Georgia are due to stand down from the board.
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TRAVEL SHOW |
John will represent the Chamber at the 2005 Travel Expo. He has written a piece for the Travel Expo website.
There has been no response from members about providing leaflets for distribution at the event, <Georgia> will email members again.
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WEBSITE: |
Georgia received a disk of photos from a now regular contributor to the site.
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TREASURER: |
Tom couldn’t give a report due to his books still being with the auditor.
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SECRETARY: |
Georgia received a letter from the Mull & Iona Ranger service. |
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AOB: |
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING: 4th April 2005
