Minutes 10th July 2021

Present

Aster Belay, Siobhan Crawley, Feyisa Demie, Bekana Edossa, Muluneh Oli

Apologies

Girma Gebresenbet, Teferi Degeneh, Brian Foster,

Minutes of last meeting

Agreed

• CAF bank account application amended as per Girma’s suggestions
• Getting a list of charities already working in Ethiopia
• Brian to put up a “Shop” on the website with prices
• Risk Assessment to be taken as an agenda item

• See item below
• Feyisa & Brian to bring to next meeting
• Brian to do for next meeting
• See below

• Muluneh & Siobhan need to work out which crowdfunding sites to use.
• Contributions The target is £10K to make this a reality – if we have 100 people contributing then everyone will need to contribute £100. If 50 people contribute £200 per month etc. We have 30 firm supported who can be approached. Rough estimate would be 30 people giving £300 then we will reach the target. Feyisa suggested pledges by Trustees and supporter with a recommended minimum contributions that are transferred each month for a given number of months, so that we know how much can be raised using this strand.
• Go Funding £20K through sponsored activities. Plan to be shared once it has been drawn up

• Muluneh and Siobhan to meet up and discuss on Zoom
• Email all Trustees with a recommended minimum contribution of £50 per month for the next 8 months. No maximum limit so obviously give as much as you can subject to bank account being opened!
• Agree to backdate all contribution to July 2021 depending on bank account being openedBrian to update at next meeting
• Review March 2020

• CAF Bank account application form is being prepared and should be completed by next meeting. Many thanks to Girma for his support revising the application form.
• Barclays Bank – all Trustees bar one, have returned the Personal details form. Many thanks for the prompt responses.

• Brian to update at next meeting 
• Aster to deliver the forms to Lydia at Barclays Bank on Monday 12^th July

• A Risk Assessment has been prepared with mitigations for risks identified by all Trustees. This needs to be read by all Trustees and they need to amend if necessary. To be agreed at the next meeting

• Siobhan to email Risk assessment to all Trustees and their responses/agreement sought and reported at next meeting.

• If anyone knows of any charities (big or small) in any country the please let Feyisa and Brian know, as these charities are already based in Africa so it would be very helpful to collate this information

• All Trustees to email Feyisa/Brian