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Edinburgh Leisure Board Sub CommitteeCoaching / Dry ActivitiesNotes of Meeting of Monday 18 th January 2010PRESENT:Neil Brown, Perrotine Orr, Graham Moodie, Douglas Adamson,Sandy Sutherland.NOTEACTION1. MATTERS ARISING FROM MEETING OF 29 TH OCTOBER 20091.1 Dry Coaching Info by specific sportPO had circulated this information immediately after the previous sub committeeMeeting. DA/AS had found this information useful and very comprehensive. POdistributed the latest reports.1.2 Coaching Sessions for those whose first language was not EnglishPO advised that sessions were already being delivered in some sportsspecifically to a black and minority ethnic group as part of the ‘First Steps’ projectat Leith Waterworld. PO, in consultation with EL’s Community Inclusion Officerwould liaise with this group to ascertain if further opportunities existed.1.3 Meggetland and Dept of C & F Pitches & PavilionsNB referred to EL’s takeover of Meggetland from 1 st January as planned butadvised of CEC’s continuing operation of the Dept of C & F Sports Pavilions giventheir specific issue which had come to light. NB would provide further and moredetailed information at the forthcoming Board meeting on the 1 st February.InfoPONB2. PERFORMANCE INFORMATION2.1 PO presented information to the end of December on dry coaching income byvenue however NB referred to inconsistencies in the collation of information andreporting which required to be resolved and actions were being undertaken toresolve this. However it was clear that the dry coaching performance was continuingits downward trend in recent months in the region of about -8% against target and-1% against last year’s performance.Discussion ensued with the following key points being raised as follows:-• following a question from DA about the specific nature of the downward trend, itwas reported that dry coaching mainly involved junior coaching activitieshowever there was an overall reduction in all areas of the dry coachingprogramme.• PO referred to graphs shown in the performance reports which suggested thatthe increased pricing had perhaps been the point at which performance startedto dip. EL’s Business Development Manager was currently compiling a report1NB/POInfoInfo