Issue - meetings

To receive a verbal update on the progress made on the review of governance of Alexandra Palace .

Ms Kane provided a verbal update on the progress made on the review of governance of Alexandra Palace.  The Committee noted that the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Good Governance Code (presented to the Advisory Committee on 9^th February 2010) had been adopted by the Board.  The Palace master-plan is at embryonic stage and would be discussed with Trustees  in the near future.  A further report to trustees will ask them to reduce the number of proposed models for Governance from 6 to 2/3 maximum upon which further legal analysis can then be carried out.  Ms Kane emphasised that none of the options had been ruled-in or ruled-out at this point in time.

Research into the Eden Project in Cornwall (a visitor attraction including the world’s largest greenhouse) was being conducted with the intention of organising a visit to the project for Trustees - if the benefits (of such a visit) to the decision-making were clear and agreed.

The Committee noted that timescales for further milestones of the governance review will be provided in due course.

RESOLVED that the verbal update be noted.