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20240913-AG01 20240913-MI01	Paul Mills (Chair)	20240913-AG01 Welcome by Paul. Meeting called to order of business. Minutes of last meeting agreement - 20240809A-WBMT-REFO-NSEA-01-pub 20240913-MI01 - Paul, deferred to Dai Richards.
20240913-AG02 20240913-MI02	Dai Richards Adam Hill	20240913-AG02 Setting up the new Senedd based constituency of Brecon & Radnor, Cwm Tawe, Neath & Swansea East Interim (Senedd) constituency. Notes The group agreed to change its definition from Neath & Swansea to the new Brecon & Radnor, Cwm Tawe, Neath & Swansea East Interim (Senedd) constituency. The group agreed to shorten this when speaking internally to Brancsea, 20240913-AG02a - introduction of himself and a summary of the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency by Adam Hill 20240913-MI02a - Adam Hill had broken down and was unable to attend The group agreed to the proposed change from NSE to the Brancsea group. Proposed: Paul Mills Seconded: Jen Herbert
20240913-AG03 20240913-MI03	Dai Richards	20240913-AG03 - Brecon & Radnor, Neath & Swansea East Constituency Interim Branch set up. 20240913-MI03 - election of officers Interim Chair: Dai Richards Interim Deputy chair: Adam Hill - Proposed: Paul Mills - Seconded: Jen Herbert Interim Treasurer Dai Berry - Proposed: Don Williams Seconded: Graeme Kerrison Interim Secretary Paul Mills - Proposed: Jen Herbert Seconded: Glenda Davies Interim Campaign co-ordinator Jen Herbert - Proposed: Julie Bevan Seconded: Shirley Mills Media officer Glenda Davies - Proposed: Julie Bevan Seconded: Don Williams Notes roles info supplied by party - CLICK HERE
20240913-AG04 20240913-MI04	Jennifer Herbert	20240913-AG04a Jennifer Herbert gave a talk on her journey of becoming a local community Councillor. 20240913-AG04b Graeme Kerrison gave a view of his role as a community councillor.
20240913-AG05 20240913-MI05	Gareth Turner	20240913-AG05 Update on the vacancy in the Glais ward. 20240913-MI05 Gareth informed the meeting that he had successfully been elected as a councillor for the Glais ward in the Clydach Community Council unopposed. Members offered their conratulations to Gareth.
20240913-AG06 20240913-MI06	Dai Richards	20240913-AG06 Councillor interest & ward contact structure. Pre-selection commitment. It is suggested that anyone who wishes to stand as a councillor first become the ward contact for that particular ward and./or a neighbouring ward/s as sign of their commitment to work for the benefit of others. That all officials and members of the branch adhere to the Nolan Principles governing public officials unless there are positive moral reasons for not doing so. It was suggested by Dai Richards that we look up the Nolan principles. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION - That all elected officials receiving a salary within the NSE branch area make a voluntary 20% donation of their gross salary towards the running of the branch and election campaign costs etc. 20240913-MI06 - The following members declared an interest in becoming councillors. Paul Mills, Jamie Ranford, Wayne Dufty, Jen Herbert, Dai Berry
20240913-AG07 20240913-MI07	Glenda Davies	20240913-AG07 Media Officer update 20240913-MI07 - a world overview given by Glenda Davies and information on the winter fuel allowance cut by the Labour controlled government.
20240913-AG08 20240913-MI08	Dai Berry	20240913-AG08 Finance Officer update 20240913-MI08 - Following on from item 9 Dai Berry collected £125 from a whip round towards the new website address and an opening balance for the new bank account. GoFundMe contributions were also made to the tune of £35.00 for those that lacked cash.
20240913-AG09 20240913-MI09	Dai Richards	20240913-AG09 potential funding sources and financial status of the group. elected officials in a salaried position voluntary contributions There is also a Go Fund Me page set up to cater for donations. https://gofund.me/455dba1c WEBSITE SPONSORSHIP - looking for a donation of £60 to set up a dedicated website home page for the branch or a whip round. 20240913-MI09 see item 8
20240913-AG10 20240913-MI10	Paul Mills	20240913-AG10 - 20240913-MI10 Paul gave an overview of the aims of group - grass roots politics. Of how the membership can get involved in local politics. Be it Councillor. Joining residents associations, community groups, bedding in to steer those groups, influence and recruit. Campaign leaders, Residents Associations, Networking.
20240913-AG12 20240913-MI12	Paul Mills	20240913-AG12 - 20240913-MI12 Communications update . What's app groups.
20240913-AG13 20240913-MI13	Dai Richards	20240913-AG13 - 20240913-MI13 - Dai informed the group of the party conference next weekend. Ticket sales close on Sunday CLICK HERE
ANY OTHER BUSINESS	all	none - we run out of time
	Dai Richards	Thanked everyone and closed the meeting

Role of the interim Chair as defined by Reform UK:
The party has begun identifying trusted individuals with a proven track-record in the party to take the lead in forming pilot Branches. These people will be recognised as the interim Branch Chair in their constituency.
This is a provisional position. The interim Chair has the ultimate responsibility for running the branch. They are the first point of
contact for HQ in the constituency. They are responsible for ensuring the interim officers carry out their duties – including the administration
of any funds raised, creating the Campaign Plan, and involving local members and supporters in the activities of the pilot branch.
The interim Chair has the authority to convene a meeting of members and supporters to establish a pilot branch.

Since the last meeting Reform UK have appointed me as Interim Chairman (see notes - CLICK HERE) of the new Brecon & Radnor, Cwm Tawe, Neath & Swansea East Senedd constituency with a directive to set up a pilot branch for the new constituency. The directive includes a list of tasks such as emailing every member and supporters in both branches with a follow up phone call. The expected workload is in my opinion impossible for me to carry out and so I have decided to ignore party guidelines and continue to develop this group in line with our original vision. With this in mind, I'm going to suggest that we rename this group the Brecon & Radnor, Cwm Tawe Neath & Swansea East Constituency Interim Branch (Brancsea for short) and take on board the party guidelines once the branch constitution has been supplied by the party. At this point we can drop the Interim and the branch set up will be complete.