MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING OF

THE DERBYSHIRE PAIN SUPPORT STEERING GROUP

The second meeting of the Derbyshire Pain Support Steering Group was held on Tuesday 4 December 2001, at the Derby Community Voluntary Services Offices.

Attendees:   Mark Charity, (Chairperson) Steve Wilson, Pauline Eales (Treasurer) Janet Braithwaite, Wendy Lloyd (Derby CVS), Janet Owen (Secretary)

Apologies:    Sandra Cunningham

Mark Charity (Chairperson) opened the meeting by welcoming, introducing and thanking everyone who attended.

Minutes were read and agreed from the first meeting - 12 November 2001.  

1.  Letter to be sent out in the near year to people who are interested in becoming       members of the group.

2. Name of Group

Discuss name and logo for group; Mark Charity and Steve Wilson presented a    presentation of several logos to the committee.   The logo chosen was COPING (ChrOnic PaIN Group) with handshaking with the name of the group underneath. (Attached to these minutes is a copy of the logo).  

Sandra Cunningham who was unable to attend the meeting asked Mark Charity to put her comments to the committee that she thought the name COPING was too complicated.

3.   Constitution –Aims and Objectives

Clearly define objectives to be discussed at next meeting.  

Wendy Lloyd offered to draw up a Constitution for the group as there are set guidelines to follow for this.

4.    Communication - Website

Steve Wilson proposed and Mark Charity seconded that we now purchase a Domain to be called www.coping.org.uk at a purchase price of £5 - £9 for 2 years.  

We considered if we started advertising the name of the group before purchasing a website the group name would be taken up before we were able to obtain the name.

It was also suggested that we enquire about a (0845) telephone number rather than have a personal telephone number of one of the committee.

Wendy Lloyd proposed to the committee that we could use the DCVS Office address for forwarding our mail to us.

5.    Appointment of Officers

Mark Charity proposed and was seconded by Steve Wilson, that Pauline Eales be the Treasurer of the group, Pauline was happy to accept the position of Treasurer.

Janet Braithwaite proposed and was seconded by Mark charity that Janet Owen be Secretary of the group, Janet was happy to accept the position of Secretary.

6.  General

Minutes to be sent to Pain Management to keep them informed as to the progress of the group.

It was considered that a maximum of 10-12 people should be on the committee of the group. To have more could weaken the control of the committee.

The group discussed membership criteria.    It was proposed by Janet Braithwaite that members who wish to join the group should come from the NHS Pain Management the committee agreed this proposal.

Mark Charity the Chairperson proposed to open a bank account for the group and the committee accepted this.   Wendy Lloyd also proposed securing funding from the CVS who have a self-help fund from which the group can obtain funds of a maximum of £200 to get the group started.  

Date of the next meeting - Tuesday 15 January 2002, 1.30 pm, at the Derby CVS Charnwood Street.