Minutes of the Board Meeting

Held at Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity office, Grant­own on Spey

Hybrid

09 June 2023 at 1.30pm

Present

• Xan­der McDade (Con­vener)
• Janet Hunter (Deputy Convener)
• Kenny Deans
• Paul Gibb
• Rus­sell Jones
• John Kirk
• Derek Ross
• Elean­or Mackintosh
• Doug McAdam
• Dr Fiona McLean
• Steve Mickle­wright
• Han­nah Grist
• Chris Beat­tie
• Lauren Mac­Cal­lum
• Dr Gaen­er Rodger
• Ann Ross
• Sandy Brem­ner

In Attend­ance

• Grant Moir, CEO
• Dav­id Camer­on, Dir­ect­or of Cor­por­ate Ser­vices & Deputy CEO
• Mur­ray Fer­guson, Dir­ect­or of Plan­ning & Place
• Mari­aan Pita, Exec­ut­ive Sup­port Manager
• Oliv­er Dav­ies, Head of Communications
• Kar­en Arch­er, Press and Com­mu­nic­a­tions Officer
• James Ade, Clerk to the Board

Apo­lo­gies

• Bill Lob­ban
• Geva Black­ett

Wel­come and introduction

1. Xan­der McDade, the Board Con­vener, wel­comed every­one to the meet­ing includ­ing new mem­bers Han­nah Grist, Steve Mickle­wright and Sandy Brem­ner. The Con­vener con­grat­u­lated the new Board Mem­bers on their appointment.

Declar­a­tions of interest

1. There were no declar­a­tions of interest.

Elec­tion of Con­vener, Deputy Con­vener and Com­mit­tee Chairs (Paper 1)

1. Dav­id Camer­on, Dir­ect­or of Cor­por­ate Ser­vices & Deputy CEO intro­duced the paper which fol­lows up the board’s dis­cus­sion of 24 March on the pro­cess for elect­ing the Con­vener, Deputy Con­vener and Com­mit­tee Chairs.

2. The Board con­sidered the detail in the Paper and dis­cus­sions took place around the following:

   a) A mem­ber raised con­cern about issues arising from pre­vi­ous Board elec­tions around the cur­rent Con­vener and Deputy act­ing as a pro­poser and / or a second­er. Dir­ect­or of Cor­por­ate Ser­vices respon­ded that the Con­vener and Deputy are part of the Board, so are able to nom­in­ate can­did­ates. Addi­tion­ally fol­low­ing the agree­ment who has nom­in­ated and seconded will be made pub­lic and put on record.

3. The Board approved the Elec­tion of Con­vener, Deputy Con­vener and Com­mit­tee Chairs paper.

AOCB

1. Grant Moir, CEO, informed the Board that the Nation­al Park has received £630,000 of fund­ing award from the Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment for a safe off road route between Grant­own on Spey and Dul­nain Bridge.

Date of Next Meeting

1. The date of the next meet­ing is Fri­day 23 June in person.

Meet­ing con­cluded 1.51pm.