Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 20 March 2017.

The public minutes of the meeting held on 20 March 2017 were considered and approved as a correct record.

MATTERS ARISING

Vacancies on the Committee (page 2) – The Chairman reported that there were currently seven vacancies on this Committee which would now be advertised at the May Court of Common Council meeting. The Chairman went on to propose that it would also be timely to consider another trip to the School this Summer with an invitation issued to the full Court to attend and better Members’ understanding of the work and history of Christ’s Hospital. It was suggested that train travel should be organised for all Members wanting to attend on this occasion.

A Member suggested that any newly appointed Members of this Committee should also be invited to the School separately for a short induction. He questioned whether the forthcoming Speech Day might be an appropriate time for this. The School’s Director of Development reported that this year’s Speech Day was due to take place on 27^th May and undertook to look into the possibility of inviting any new Members of the Committee along to this at relatively short notice.

The Chairman, on behalf of the Committee, also wished to publicly record her thanks to Deputy John Barker, Dennis Cotgrove, Lucy Frew and Ann Pembroke all of whom had not returned to the Committee. She went on to state that Dennis Cotgrove, in particular, had had a huge involvement with the School having served as both a Donation Governor and as a past Chairman of this Committee.