National Council of Rural Advisers minutes: November 2017

Attendees and apologies

Attendees:

NCRA:

• Lorne Crerar (28 Nov, 29 Nov am only)
• Alison Milne
• Willie Cameron
• Henry Graham
• Lynn Mann
• Sarah Allison (28 Nov, 29 Nov am only)
• Sarah Simpson
• David Sulman
• Jackie Brierton
• Marion MacCormick
• Jim McLaren
• Alan Laidlaw
• Archie Gibson (29 Nov only)

Scottish Government:

• Catriona Maclean
• Billy McKenzie
• Alistair Prior
• Amanda Fox
• Pamela Berry
• Lorraine Macrae

Apologies:

• John Kinnaird

Items and actions

Action Point Log

No	Topic	Action	Lead	Deadline / Update
1	Brexit report	Send Brexit doc out to rural stakeholders	NCRA secretariat
2	Strategic Board	Engage with SG officials about the clash of dates with the Strategic Board	NCRA secretariat
3	Engagement	Influencing matrix to be circulated	NCRA secretariat
4	Vision	Lynn and Sarah S to provide a summary on their discussion groups to contribute to the Rural Scotland in 10 Years’ Time Vision.	Lynn Mann/Sarah Simpson
5	Skills	Henry to send a brief summary of skills	Henry Graham
6	Comms and Engagement	Subgroup (consisting of Jackie, Alan, David, Archie & Marion) to convene	NCRA secretariat
7	Comms and Engagement	SG to circulate voicefile & P&J opinion piece to NCRA members. Voice file to be circulated to the general public via the Scottish Rural Network.	NCRA secretariat
8	Research	Harper Adams and others are keen to research rural economy on Scottish context	Jackie Brierton to provide contacts
9	Engagement	NCRA to engage with Cross Party Group (contact Jane Atterton)	NCRA secretariat