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Charlotte Gilbert was acting Chair until the election of a new Chair of the Forum had been completed.

Mike Rhodes welcomed the Forum Members and noted that there were a number of apologies.  These were: Joe Dalton, Clare Griffin, Alastair Harvey, Geoff Nickolds, Ben Seal, Cllr Susan Hobson and Cllr Ian Huddlestone. Gill Millward was also unable to attend due to illness.

Steve Martin has resigned from the Forum.

Despite the fact that we have four new Members joining us today, Mike also noted that there were still several vacancies on the Forum which it was hoped would soon be filled.