Agenda item

The Forum had before it a report by the Clerk to the Forum setting out the current issues relating to Forum membership and suggesting ways in which these could be addressed.

The report (a) set out the requirements of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 and the constitution as regards membership (between 5 and 21) and a quorum (half of actual members); (b) listed the current representatives against requirements; (c) summarised responses from Forum members based on a short questionnaire issued after the meeting in April; (d) noted that some members had missed three consecutive meetings and so decisions were required on whether they should continue as members of the Forum; and (e) asked the Forum to consider whether it wanted to reduce its membership and, if so, how to tackle this.

The Forum resolved:-

(i)            that the Forum consist of 12 core members and a number of additional co-optees who would not be counted in the total membership and not therefore included for the purposes of conducting a vote or calculating a quorum at meetings, and that the constitution of the Forum be amended accordingly and submitted for approval to the September meeting;

(ii)          that Forum meetings remain at 2.00pm; and

(iii)         to discuss the provision of further training for Forum members at a future meeting.