October 18 Nat Minutes

Date Monday 18th October 1999
Location Victorian Innovation Centre, Hawthorn.
Time 7pm
Agenda Discuss business plan and grant application requirements
Minutes
Present: David Totterdell, Kylie Davies, Patricia Fraser, Peter Eckersley, Bill McPherson Apologies: None submitted
CBV requires a business plan to support funding applications; the ATO letter draft from Clayton Utz can be used as a base. We also require processes - administrative requirements for technical issues are to be contained in a form Daniel is putting together.

Bill moved that we do no networks or single user systems until the technical subcommittee approves. Seconded Peter, carried.

We discussed our need to concentrate on sourcing premises and hardware needs. PF to continue chasing hardware.

Funds are required for:
- premises
- expenses - transport, utilities, postage/printing/stationery
- insurance - property, workcover
- salary - person or persons to work at premises (PE knows of a person who may suit once funding is arranged.)
- hardware - parts to make up shortfalls.

For a submission, we need:
- a strategic plan
- history of CBV to date
- CVs of key people - requirements to be posted to the list
- a statement of what we want
- costings/budget
- a statement of the deliverables in exchange for the funds
benefits to the community/funding organisation

We discussed the potential for a focus change in the pilot program - bump people who can't cope and have difficulty learning and bring on tertiary people; their needs are as great and we could develop training better before the less able recipients come on stream.

We need to complete forms and documents. Peter will do a poster for Uni (Comp Sci/Eng) asking for new applicants.

PF to email the existing brochure file to PE.