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16 June 2008
Dear All Many thanks to those of you that attended the Sound of Mull working group meeting on the 27th May – we had some really very useful and productive discussion. Minutes Please find attached a copy of the final minutes and responses from the workshop activities on plan format and content. These will shortly be posted on the website. If there are still any members of the working group who were unable to attend the meeting and would like to contribute comments on the workshop questions posed or maps please let me know and I can arrange to get information to you. Next meeting Further to the date provisionally agreed at the working group meeting, I have shifted this back slightly to the 10th Sept at 7pm in the conference room at the Isle of Mull Hotel, Craignure, as due to some periods of annual leave during the next couple months this will give me a bit more time to present more substantial progress and the socio-economic study will also be complete for presentation. Draft Reports – Sectoral interactions, Development Opportunities and Management Agreements If anyone has any comments on these draft reports produced as part of the project could they please forward these to me as soon as possible so I can make the required changes once I am back from annual leave. Maps If anyone has any other comments, additions or changes to add to the maps of activities and interests in the Sound of Mull presented at the meeting please let me know. I am planning to get PDF versions of these up on the project’s website by the end of the week so you can have another look. Also hard copies have been sent to the community council representatives (Adrian Fitness – Mull Community Council, Davie Ferguson West Ardnamurchan Community Council and Mark Lawrence Morvern Community Council). Landscape Seascape Study – Aquaculture and Coastal Infrastructure The final report is now complete. I will be trying to get this on to the website this week but it is a rather large document so we are going to have to split it up. If you would like a copy on CD please let me know and I can arrange to get a copy to you. For those of you who had a draft copy on CD/hard copy could you please send this back to avoid the problem of people using the wrong version. Sectoral Subgroups When I return from leave, I will be looking into trying to set up separate workshops for the various interests in the Sound (Aquaculture, Fishing, Recreation & Tourism, Shipping & Transport, Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage) to discuss with each sector/interest in more detail what you would like to see from the plan itself and some options that it could include/deliver to assist sustainable development. The Clyde project is in the process of doing a similar exercise at the moment and has found it to be very beneficial. However they have acknowledge that it would have been far more beneficial to do this earlier on given they are planning to launch their draft plan this Sept. So I am trying to learn from their mistakes! I’ll be in touch with more information when I get back. Change of name & Annual Leave As some of you are aware I am getting married this weekend and will be on annual leave from 20th June until the 9th July. If you have anything urgent during this period please contact Mark Steward (01631 567972, mark.steward@argyll-bute.gov.uk). Also I will be changing my name and will be returning to work as Sarah Cunningham – I will let you know my change of e-mail when I return. If you have any queries on the above please get in touch Best wishes Sarah Email: Sarah.Benfield@argyll-bute.gov.uk Sarah Benfield SSMEI Sound of Mull Officer Argyll & Bute Council, Lorn House, Albany Street, Oban PA34 4AR Tel: 01631 567978 ¦ Fax: 01631 570379 ¦ Mobile: 07717 513330 WEBSITE: http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/content/planning/developmentprojects/marineandcoastaldevunit/ssmeihp/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Argyll and Bute Council shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. All communications sent to or from Argyll and Bute Council may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. This email has been scanned for viruses, vandals and malicious content. |