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If you have been checking in vain for information on An Cridhe, please accept our apologies. A horrible server problem has kept the site down for several weeks. You will start to see information about the project again. Thank you for your patience. |
From the June Bulletin:
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A site investigation was carried out by Aitkin engineers in the last week of May. Although the full written report has not been received, initial verbal reports confirmed that all is as expected.
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Following interviews in early June, Fra was appointed as book keeper and Emma was appointed as Project Manager.
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The second Project Board Meeting was held on Thursday 16th June. Various management strategies were put in place.
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A User group has been formed to give the community a voice on the Project Board. Currently Nic Smith and Alison Fraser are representing island groups and island businesses respectively.
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Workshops are planned on the 6th July for the final round of detail design consultation before going to tender. Please look out for personal letters inviting you to participate and also inviting you to join the User group.
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The An Cridhe web site is currently unavailable. A revised web site showing progress on the capital build project is being devised.
From the April Newsletter:
Funding
It is taking longer than expected to tie up funding agreements and release money. Funders are, quite rightly, being cautious and seeking to ascertain that we have a full funding package in place; that we have appropriate measures in place to handle cash flow issues; and that the building will be sustainable in the long term future. The outcome of the last Lottery Committee meeting was extremely positive with the project receiving their full endorsement. We are now sorting out paperwork for our first receipt of funding!
Next Steps
While finalising the funding, we are also working hard to set up project management systems for the building project itself. We are being guided by a tried-and-tested project management strategy called 'Prince2' (see below). This work includes setting up a "Users Group" to help manage the project. The users group is intended to be representative of all potential users for An Cridhe. Part of the next step is to contact representatives of Coll groups to seek approval for the latest designs, which have been generated over 4 years' of community consultation. At this stage, the floor-plan can’t change, but we need to make sure that we have the smaller details correct, such as appropriate storage or access to the kitchen. A temporary users group has been formed in order to make progress. Invitations to join the user group will be issued at the same time as the designs are circulated. The temporary user group consists of:
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Nic Smith: representing Coll groups and committees
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Alison Fraser: representing Coll businesses and visitors to the island
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Colin MacFarlane of SNH: representing off island agencies
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Aileen Cook: representing the school
The An Cridhe working group, whose main aim was to fundraise for the project, has been disbanded. Many thanks to all those involved for the time, effort and energy which has got us to where we are today.