Resource Board Minutes - Meeting 3 (14 September 2000)
1. At the third meeting of the Resource Board in September 2000,
the Board considered the results of the Comprehensive Spending
Review. Additional funds will be available for Resource from
2002/3 onwards, and Matthew Evans will write to Chris Smith
providing advice on how Resource would like to allocate these.
2. The report of the Acceptance-in-Lieu (AIL) Review was
presented to the Board, which suggested some improvements to the
running of the scheme. The Board agreed that, after some further
editing, the report of the review should be published, that the
recommendations should be implemented and that an options
appraisal be carried out in consultation with Jonathan Scott,
the Chair of the AIL Panel.
3. The Board then discussed a draft of the Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) Strategy which identified
priorities and actions for developing ICT across the sector. A
full strategy would be developed by April 2001 following
consultation with the sector. The Board supported the proposed
framework, making a number of constructive comments and suggestions.
4. The Board also discussed Resource's draft International
Strategy, which reflected the many helpful comments received
during the consultation prior to the establishment of Resource.
The Board made a number of comments, and agreed that once the
Strategy was revised it should be sent to a small number of
Board members for final approval before publication in early
2001. The Strategy should be reviewed and updated annually.
5. A draft of the Research Strategy was then discussed. The
proposals contained in it reflected the findings of Professor
Shepherd's recent report on research in the museum, library and
archives sector. The Board accepted the principles outlined for
the proposed strategy, which will be developed along the lines
suggested by Board members and presented to the Board in
January, prior to publication.
6. In the Chief Executive's report, Neville Mackay spoke about
the rôle of Resource in encouraging the relationship between the
national and non-national institutions, and the forthcoming
Royal Academy seminar on regional museums.
7. The dates for Board meetings in 2001 were
agreed. They are:
- Tuesday 30 January 2001
- Wednesday 28 March 2001
- Thursday 31 May 2001
- Tuesday 31 July 2001
- Wednesday 19 September 2001
- Thursday 22 November 2001
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