Summaries of recent Board meetings

Board summaries

The following are summaries of the Board’s recent discussions, actions, and decisions. They are not necessarily presented in the precise order in which items were discussed and they exclude confidential and commercially sensitive matters.

If you have any questions about these summaries, please contact the Chair at chair@brlsi.org.

• Meeting held on 30 June 2022, adjourned to 15 July 2022
• Meeting held on 8 September 2022, adjourned to 21 September 2022
• Meeting held on 10 November 2022
• Meeting held on 12 January 2023, adjourned to 19 January 2023
• Meeting held on 9 March 2023
• Meeting held on 4 May 2023

Raising a matter for the Board’s attention or attending the Board as an observer

At its November 2022 meeting, the Board agreed to the following guidelines should a member wish to raise a matter for the Board’s attention or wish to attend the Board as an observer.

If a member has a matter that he or she wishes to bring to the Board’s attention:

• The member should contact the Chair and/or Secretary at least one month before the next scheduled Board meeting;
• The Chair will consider the request and the Chair or a delegated Director will discuss it further with the member;
• If the Chair (or their delegate) feels that this is an item worthy of consideration by the Board, the member will be asked to draft a short paper using the Board’s usual template; the Chair (or their
  delegate) may assist in the drafting of this paper;
• The paper will be shared with the Board in advance of the meeting;
• The member would be invited to attend the Board while their item is being discussed;
• If the Chair (or their delegate) does not feel the item proposed should be presented to the Board they will explain their reasoning in writing to the member, and report this to the Board at the next
  meeting.

If a member wishes to observe a Board meeting:

• The member should contact the Chair and/or Secretary at least one month before the next scheduled Board meeting;
• The member should explain their interest in attending a meeting;
• The Chair will structure the agenda to disaggregate any sensitive or confidential matter;
• A redacted agenda will be shared with the member in advance;
• The member will only be able to attend the meeting for the non-confidential/non-sensitive agenda items which will be confirmed, with indicative times, in writing in advance by the Chair; the member will need to leave the meeting once the agenda moves to confidential and sensitive items;
• As an observer, the member would not be expected to contribute to discussion; if they wish to speak to any item they should indicate this to the Chair in advance who, at their discretion, may invite them to speak;
• A Chair may, in exceptional circumstances, refuse a member’s request; they must explain their refusal in writing and this should be reported at the next Board meeting.