can we have a meeting then? cannot say I am surprised given the way the campaign has been hi-jacked /taken over by those whose private or corporate adgendas diverted and corrupted the campaign and made the business 'plan' weak. Lets have a meeting about this asap Marcus ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Manning <martin.manning@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <ncpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: [ncpm] Re: Update on NCPM > > I have just spoken to Trevor Shaw at Yorkshire Forward who told me that the > YF Board had decided to reject the Matrix proposal as it meant retaining an > interest in the building which is not in the normal course of their > business. They had therefore accepted the SHU proposal and are aiming to do > the deal by end Feb. A holding statement will be issued by SHU today and > their more detailed proposals are likely to emerge after they acquire. I am > sure many of you may already be aware of this. Bad news day!! > > Regards > > Martin Manning, > Director CIQAgency > National Centre for Popular Music > Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2QQ > 0114 249 0878 > > -----Original Message----- > From: ncpm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ncpm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > Of Bill Best > Sent: 31 January 2003 00:19 > To: ncpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ncpm] Update on NCPM > > > Below is an up-to-date report on what has been happening with the Matrix > Proposal from Mister Phil Proctor. > > On Thursday 9th January Bill Barker of Scedu, Gareth Roberts and Phil > Proctor met with Sue Johnson and Trevor Shaw of Yorkshire Forward, and > Alison Nimmo of Sheffield One to go through the Matrix Proposal. The > meeting lasted approximately 90 minutes. > > Trevor, the Director of Finance had already provided a sheet of finance > questions that they/he wanted answers to. Most of these were dealt with in > passing but Pride In Sheffield was told that Trevor would have another > meeting with us to pick up detailed questions about the finances. Most of > the meeting centred around the Matrix Proposal. It felt as if we were > wading through treacle. Nothing was given away on their perceptions of our > proposal at all. > > On Tuesday 14th January Ian Wilde of Sheffield Media and Exhibition Centres > and Phil Proctor met with Trevor Shaw, Yorkshire Forward's Director of > Finance. He asked a number of questions around Phase 1. We were able to > show that the operating costs of the 'old' NCPM were not the #400,000 that > everyone was quoting but much less. This was because cleaning costs, > security costs and other costs around the Club Nights and other such events > were included in the operating costs, rather than in other budgets around > variable costs. > > No-one though had ever been able to bottom out the real costs of running the > NCPM, as the building had never been fully commissioned and thus the true > costs were still unknown. Our figures would appear to be the closest as we > consulted a number of persons who had been involved in running the NCPM and > could explain the figures to us. No-one at Yorkshire Forward or elsewhere > had thought of asking these people before!!!! > > Subsequent to these meetings Bill Barker, from Scedu, then commissioned a > number of inputs from various parties, during the period 17th to 21st > January, to put together a follow-up paper to Yorkshire Forward giving > greater clarification on many of the points raised in the two meetings. > This short document was checked with various partners, before being sent to > Yorkshire Forward on 22nd January. > > The Yorkshire Forward Board meet on Thursday 30th January, somewhere in > Yorkshire. I have not asked, but each Board Meeting seems to take place in a > different city/town for each meeting. Maybe so the likes of our campaign > can't get to them!!!!! > > All the local media have been in contact already to find out when the result > will be announced so they can provide the media coverage. The Star have > indicated whatever the result it will be front page. > > There is little more we can do. > Phil Proctor > for > Pride in Sheffield. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat online in real time with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.co.uk > >