Management
Until now, the work of the Scottish Islands Network has been overseen by a voluntary group of representatives from Argyll & Bute Council, Highland Council, North Ayrshire Council, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Mull & Iona Chamber of Commerce and Habitat Scotland.
One of the Network's key aims is to involve all sectors of island communities in its work. In order to achieve this objective, we recently invited nominations from or for interested parties who wanted to join the new Scottish Islands Network Management Committee - which will be responsible for the adoption of a new Constitution for the Network, its formalisation and future development plan.
Nine excellent nominations were received for the new Management Committee and the Network's founding Steering Group agreed that all nine should be invited to join the committee, along with one representative from each of the founding partners in the Network – creating a committee of 15 members.
The new Management Committee members are:
Andrew Blackadder – Managing Director of AB Associates from
Shetland
Sandy Brunton – Businessman and Chairman of Mull & Iona Chamber of Commerce
Frank Corcoran – Isle of Cumbrae Initiative Group
Camille Dressler – Secretary of the Small Isles Community Council from Eigg
Graham Dunbar – Managing Director of Iletec Computer Solutions from Islay
Cllr. Ian Gillies - Elected Member of Argyll & Bute Council for Tiree & Coll
Cllr. Alan Hill – Elected Member of North Ayrshire Council for Cumbrae
Cllr. Iain Macdonald – Elected Member of Highland Council for North-East Skye
Dr. Steve McCabe – General Practitioner from Skye
Alan Parker – Representative for the Federation of Small Businesses from Mull
Alison Prince – Secretary of Arran Community Council
Fiona Reid – European Affairs Officer at Highlands and IslandsEnterprise
Graeme Robertson – Director of the Global Islands Network, based in Newtonmore
Eleanor Shaw – Project Officer with the Nadair Trust from Seil
Vic Thomas – Manager of Shetland Scrap Store & Furniture Recycling Workshop
Minutes from all of the Scottish Island Network's Steering Group meetings to date are now available to download here:
