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Barrhead Housing Association Limited Minute of Governing Board Meeting Thursday 24th November 2016 at 6.00pm 60/70 Main Street, Barrhead Present: C Boyd, Chairperson L Hendry R McGuire, BEM, Vice Chair M Mukhtar B Connelly, MBE, Secretary D McKinney C Baird Cllr T Reilly In Attendance: S Robison, Chief Executive L Dallas, Director of Customer Services H Sutherland, Director of Corporate Services J Ward, Director of Asset Management B Welsh, Development Officer, Pioneer Mutual (Agenda Item 5.1) Agenda – BHA Governing Board meeting 1 Apologies Sederunt Check R McGuire agreed to chair the meeting until C Boyd arrived as she has indicated that she would be slightly late. Apologies were received from J Hamilton. D McCready on leave of absence. Sederunt was signed by all those present. 2 Declaration of Interest for noting There were no declarations for noting. 3 Approval of Minute Board meeting 27th October 2016 – the Minute was accepted as a true record, approved by B Connelly and seconded by C Baird. Board meeting 27th October 2016 confidential minute – C Baird requested that the Minute be amended and the issue would be changed to refer to ‘particular needs’ for housing. This amendment was approved along with the minute – proposed by D McKinney and seconded by L Hendry. Minutes for Noting Audit Sub-Group meeting 10.11.16 LPS Board meeting 27.10.16 4 Matters Arising from Above Minutes Governing Board meeting of 27th October 2016 – Chief Executive asked for feedback on the FLAIR annual meeting – those who had attended acknowledged that it was short but informative in terms of the presentation on Renfrewshire Council’s poverty strategy. Energy Fund Project – Director of Asset Management indicated that BHA had not been successful in receiving funds, despite an overall short-fall in spend against the budget allocation to East Renfrewshire Council. However, we now had a project that was good to go for possible funding next year. C Boyd