Agenda: Forest Services board meeting 25 May 2023
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Forest Services (FS) Board 21st Meeting: Thursday 25 May 2023聽between 10am to 12.30pm via MS Teams.
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To review key management and financial information and risks. Focus on technology challenges, and tree planting targets.聽聽聽
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Invitees: Sir William Worsley, Hilary Allison, Edward Barker, Anna Brown, John Lockhart, Ross Murray, Steph Rhodes, Richard Stanford and Sandy Storrie.聽聽
Boardroom Apprentice: Alex Stewart聽
Presenters:聽 Andy Crane (item 3.3), Samantha Malpass (item 4.1)聽
Apologies: Derrick Osgood聽
Minutes: Gemma Thomas
1. Welcome and Introductions 鈥� Sir William Worsley聽
10:00 (10 mins)
Chair welcomes members to this 21st meeting of the Board.聽
2. Minutes of the last meeting and declarations of interest 鈥� Sir William Worsley聽
10:10 (5 mins)
Agree minutes, update any recent declarations of interest, and discuss matters arising.聽
2.1 (paper) Minutes of the last meeting (14 March 2023)聽
2.2 FS Register of Interest聽
3. Key Management and Financial Information聽
3.1 Directors鈥� Update 鈥� Anna Brown聽聽
10:15 (15 mins)
Consider key issues arising from the Directors鈥� Update.
3.2 Risk Register and Dashboard 鈥� Anna Brown聽聽
10:30 (20 mins)
Consider key issues arising from the Risks, Issues and Opportunities Register, and from the Dashboards, noting the focus for this meeting on the 鈥楽upport the Green Economy鈥� agenda.聽
3.2A (Paper) FS Risks and Issues Dashboard聽聽聽
3.2B Risks, Issues and Opportunities Register聽聽
3.2C Dashboards
3.3 Finance Report 鈥� Andy Crane聽聽
10:50 (20 mins)
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3.3A (Papers) Board Finance Report聽
3.3B FS Finance Summary AP12聽聽聽
4. Items for Discussion聽
4.1 IT Development Challenges 鈥� Sam Malpass聽聽聽
11:10 (20 mins)
A look at issues currently being faced on two major IT development projects 鈥� FLOv2 and the GMS 鈥� what has been done to de-risk the projects and what more can be done.聽聽聽
4.1 (Paper) IT Development Challenges聽聽聽
11:30 (10 mins) Comfort Break
4.2 What Needs to be Right for Tree Planting Targets to be Met - Steph Rhodes
11:40 (30 mins)
A look at work underway to address major barriers to tree planting, the suggestions put to the Secretary of State, and a discussion of any additional actions needed.聽
4.2 (Paper) 鈥榃hat Needs to be Right for Tree Planting Targets to be Met鈥櫬犅犅�
5. Any Other Business 鈥� Sir William Worsley聽
12:10 (10 mins)
12:20 Close聽
Papers By Correspondence聽
NTSG update 鈥� Hilary Allison聽
Anna Brown, Director, Forest Services: 聽17 May 2023.