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THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE In order to carry out the Aims and Objectives of the Saltire Society members are elected to Council at the Annual General Meeting. The Society also has a number of Committees which deal with specific areas of interest. For information regarding a specific committee, please click on the relevant link above.The Council Council reports to the members at their AGM on the various activities of the Society throughout the year. The meetings are normally hosted by the Branches. Council's role is to agree on the overall strategy of the running of the Society and to approve reports and recommendations received from its Committees and Panels. Council Members
The International Committee The International Committee forms links with other countries where there has been a history of Scottish cultural exchange, and regenerates interest in past links, thereby encouraging friendship between nations. Members Robin Greig Ian MacDonald Lorimer MacKenzie May McKerrell of Hillhouse Paul Scott Ian Scott Top of page The Planning & Environment Committee The Planning & Environment Committee is concerned with developments in Scotland and the effect they have on the rural and urban environment. Like the Education Committee, it acts as a pressure group and liaises with other bodies with the same range of interests such as the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Civic Trust. It advises the Branches on developments within their area. Environment and Planning comment form is now available. You can comment on items you think should be brought to the attention of the committee. Committee Members George Pease Paul Morsey Stuart Nichol Roger Kelly (Convener) Top of page SALTIRE DIALOGUES Second Thursday of the month at the Society's Headquarters at 10am The committee traditionally meet monthly on the second Thursday at 10am at the Society's headquarters. From December 2007 they are going to begin regular Saltire dialogues at this time and place to explore some pressing practical problems and solutions in Scotland’s planning and environment. A few interested people will join them and talk informally around the table, with a deliberate focus on what they see as the key practical issues. The Committe hope to make these dialogues available to a wider audience through the internet. 13 December 2007 : Getting people involved in planning Petra Biberbach the Director of Planning Aid Scotland, Clare Symonds of Friends of the Earth and Alec Orr of Indigo Public Relations joined the Saltire P&E committee around the table. George Pease is a former county planner of Ross & Cromarty and retired Planning Inquiry Reporter, Stuart Nichol is Fife Council’s Director of Environment and Development Services, Paul Morsley is a landscape architect, urban designer, and lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, and Roger Kelly is visiting teaching fellow in town & regional planning at Dundee, formerly at the Scottish Executive and responsible for the 2002 consultation Getting Involved in Planning. 10 January 2008 : Making good development happen Will Reid of EDI joined Paul Morsley and Roger Kelly of the Saltire P&E committee around the table. Will has long experience of planning and development in Scotland, and is a former land and planning officer of the Scottish Housebuilders’ Association. Paul Morsley is a landscape architect, urban designer, and lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, and Roger Kelly is convener of the Royal Town Planning Institute’s Scottish Executive. extra Thursday:17 January 2008 : Firm Foundations -the future of housing in Scotland Karen Anderson of the Saltire Society’s Housing Award panel joined Paul Morsley and Roger Kelly of the Saltire P&E committee around the table. Karen is an architect and designer with A+DS, Paul is a landscape architect, urban designer, and lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, and Roger is convener of the Royal Town Planning Institute’s Scottish Executive 14 February 2008 : Adapting our built heritage Roger Curtis from Historic Scotland discussed how we might best use and modify our existing built heritage for thermal performance and adaptability to climate change. What steps do we need to get much better performance of our building stock? Do we need rigorous regulation, enforcement and penalty regime to achieve results, or another approach entirely? Should all buildings, new or existing, contain some devices that generate energy for their own use from renewable sources? He joined Cunison Rankin, Lorimer Mackie, and members of the Saltire P&E committee to talk around the table. There was no dialogue on 13 March 2008; the RTPI Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning were presented on that day. On 10 April 2008, Roger Kelly and Will Reid met to discuss a followup event to the meeting of 10 January 8 May 2008: Exploring environmental awareness Alastair Guild joined George Pease, Paul Morsely, Stuart Nicoll and Roger Kelly around the table to talk about ways to engage children’s involvement and enthusiasm and ownership of places, drawing on his earlier work with the Cockburn Association and developing thoughts on how we might combine practical efforts with others in this field across Scotland. Future dialogues will deal with sustainable transport and business development, people and wildlife, local energy generation and distribution, waste, making our towns fit for health, local empowerment 12 June 2008 10 July 2008 The 2008 Patrick Geddes Lecture (jointly promoted by the Saltire Society and the Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland) was given on the early evening of Wednesday 4 June at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street by Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer, Harry Burns. Previous Geddes Lectures: Jonathon Porritt, Raymond Young, Greg Lloyd, Richard Wakeford The Publications Committee The Publications Committee is aware of the Scottish scene and identifies areas where Scottish literature is not adequately represented and it then endeavours to fill the gap. A catalogue of current publications from The Saltire Society can be viewed here Committee Members Hugh Andrew Thorbjorn Campbell Colin Donati Cunison Rankin Jan Rutherford Ian Scott Paul Scott (Convener) Gavin MacDougall Top of page The Chairman's Committee The Chairman's Committee: considers all finances relating to the running of the Society. It ensures that the fabric of the Society's office is maintained. Committee Members Chairman & Vice Conveners Top of page |