L.A.D.A.S COMMITTEE MEETING CLYDESDALE INN, LANARK. 31.07.02

PRESENT: Ian Borthwick, David Hill, Scott Main, Ann Clark

PAST EVENTS
The visit to the Stirling area attracted only a few members, but those who attended enjoyed the day.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Aberdeenshire weekend planned for the weekend of 7/8 September. Alan will be unable to attend but will let us know what he had planned for the outing.
The plan is to find accommodation in the Stonehaven area. Ann will makea list of what is available from the Tourist Board brochure.

A.G.M.
Ian to send out a letter to ask the membership to consider joining the committee.
Scott to propose that Section 7 of the Constitution be changed to allow a committee meeting to take place with 3 members to make up a quorum.
Scott hopes to show the membership the Society Library before Ed's talk.
Cheese and wine to be offered at the meeting this year.

S.A.M.
Ongoing. Ian will have the posters photocopied.

NOVEMBER SALE
Ann will check the date with Mr. Veitch.

REPORT
Ian has not received a report from Ed

WEB SITE
Fine, Ian hopes to update it soon.

FINDS
Ian to talk to Paul about the Friary finds

S.L.M.F.
Ian has not been informed of the dates for meetings for the forum

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT 
Scott stressed that the computer is accessible in the ALVO offices.
David intends investigating the slide scanner.

GRANT PROPOSAL 
No response yet.

EQUIPMENT
Sandy not present.

BRIDGES 
No change.

FINANCE 
£1158.67

Dr. MORRISON'S BOOK COLLECTION
A meeting with the joint committee required to establish the responsibilities for payment of expenses incurred in moving the collection to Lanark, and with regard to future payments for electricity and rent for the storage of the books.
Scott will invite Paul to join us at our next meeting.

PROGRAMME FOR 2002/2003 
09.09.02	Lanark AGM - Ed Archer
14.10.02	Biggar - Sally Foster, Place, Space and Odyssey: The Future of Early Mediaeval Sculpture
11.11.02	Lanark -  Dawn Kemp, Lanark Air Show
09.12.02	Biggar - Members Night
02.01.03	Trip
06.01.03    	Lanark (Dante Aligheri) - GUARD on Inveresk???
13.01.03	Lanark - Peter Aitchison The Eyemouth Disaster
10.02.03	Biggar - Dianne Bolger Women in Antiquity
10.03.03	Lanark - Kenneth Broffy, Crete and Tunisia
14.04.03	Biggar - David Caldwell, Sixteenth Century Fortification in Scotland
19.04.03	Churches Trip
12.05.03	Lanark 

URGENT finalisation needed to allow time for printing work to be done.

OUTSTANDING ACTIONS
	Plan from Malcolm
	Library. Covered in the section about the A.G.M.

A.O.C.B.
Need to look at the use of the caravan. Suggestion that if the Biggar group want to use it perhaps it could be parked in the Albion yard in Biggar.