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Introduction

All Parish Councils (PC) must have meetings.  Minimum 6 meetings a year some, upwards of 16 a year.  Council and committee meetings require an agenda, papers and minutes.  All these need to be drafted, edited, approved, discussed, posted on ‘noticeboards’ and online.

We nearly all use software these days and we have all discovered ways to make it easier to do.  A small example is to keep the same headings each time on the agenda and morph that into the minutes at  the post meeting stage.  Using your smart phone to record the meeting also assists.

The process is a circular, repetitive and probably the most time consuming activity for a clerk.  The documents revolve around the meeting but we will put the meeting as an item in the loop because the meeting requires actions too.  The clerk should be focussing on the actions.

Using your preferred writing software you create an agenda template and a minutes template.  DC provides a template for you to start with.

All the documents are written to the file storage area and shared from there.

What needs to be done for a meeting?

  • Set a date
  • Book a venue
  • Pay for venue
  • Publish the date
  • Send invite
  • Send reminder
  • Change date
  • Change location
  • Inform attendees of changes

The process

 Action Days Agenda Papers Minutes
Prepare. Draft D-9 Draft
Circulate for approval D-8 Draft
Edit D-7 Draft
Approved D-6 A
Prepare papers Draft
Link papers to agenda A A
Post to website D-5 A A Draft
Post to information boards (physical) D-5 A Draft
Hold meeting D
Display/ project agenda and papers D A A
Take minutes D Draft
Read, approve and sign minutes of previous meeting D A
Take minutes D Draft
Draft minutes D+2 Draft
Circulate for approval D+4 Draft
Edit D+5 Draft
Final draft ready D+6 Draft
Process starts again
Prepare. Draft D-9 D

 

meetings, agendas, papers and minutes

Meetings

  • When. Normally monthly, on the second Mon of the month at 7.30pm.
  • Where. At GW Village Hall (GWVH), or the Bowls Club.  The location, if not GWVH, will be indicated on the list below.
  • Annual Parishioners Meeting (APM) is normally held on the third Mon of March.  This has changed to include the Meet and Greet.
  • Annual Parish Council Meeting (APCM) is normally held in May.

2025 2026

2024 2025

Mon 10 Mar 2025

Mon 14 Oct 2024

Mon 10 Jun 2024 (AGAR)

Mon 13 May 2024 APCM

2023

Mon 11 Dec 2023 (Budget and Precept)

Mon 13 Nov 2023

Mon 23 Oct EPCM GWPC agenda for meeting on 23.10.2023 v1.0

Mon 9 Oct 2023

Mon 11 Sep 2023 GWPC signed minutes of meeting on 11.9.23

Mon Aug 2023 (no meeting)

July 2023 draft

June 2023

15 May 2023

May 2023 (Annual Meeting) minutes of mtg 15 may 2023 signed 12 jun 2023

April 2023

March 2023

February 2023

January 2023

Biodiversity Working Group:-

March 2023

2022

December 2022

November 2022

October 2022

September 2022 (Extraordinary Meeting)

July 2022

June 2022

May 2022 (Annual Meeting)

April 2022

March 2022

February 2022

January 2022

2021

December 2021

November 2021

October 2021

September 2021

July 2021

June 2021

May 2021 (Annual Parish Meeting)

April 2021

March 2021

February 2021

January 2021

2020

December 2020

November 2020

October 2020

September 2020

August 2020

July 2020

June 2020

May 2020 (Annual Parish Meeting)

March 2020

Cancelled 6 April 2020 Meeting re COVID 19

February 2020

January 2020

2019

December 2019

November 2019

October 2019

September 2019

August 2019

July 2019

June 2019

May 2019

April 2019

April 2019 (Annual Parish Meeting)

March 2019

February 2019

January 2019

2018

December 2018

November 2018

October 2018

September 2018

July 2018 (30th – cancelled)

July 2018 (9th)

June 2018

May 2018

April 2018 (Annual Parish Meeting)

April 2018

March 2018

February 2018

January 2018

2017

December 2017

November 2017

October 2017

September 2017

August 2017

July 2017

June 2017

May 2017

April 2017 (Annual Parish Meeting)

April 2017

March 2017

February 2017

January 2017

2014 2015

minutes 2014 2015