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Form PM3 ( Interim
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FORMAT OF PROGRESS REPORT |
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(To
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no greater than 3 months)
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Form PM3(Part 2-Capital)
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Project Title: |
Scottish Archive
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Project Ref No: |
DG-95-05231 |
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Name of Grantee: |
Scottish Archive
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As stated in the
Monitoring Documents referred to in your Grant Contract, you are required to
submit to NHMF a Progress Report with each grant drawdown application, or at
maximum intervals of 3 months in the absence of an application, reporting on how the project is progressing
towards meeting the Approved Purposes. The headings and format
of the Report, addressing the principal monitoring criteria, are shown below.
These headings and format must be followed, but you may prepare your Report
using computer software incorporating spreadsheets as appropriate. All
sections (expanded in size as
necessary) are to be completed fully on each monthly report. (Use
supplementary sheets if necessary). PM forms should be returned in hardcopy and must be
completed fully. Failure to do so will delay processing your Grant |
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Report No: |
33 |
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Report Date: |
31 Jan 2001 |
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Covering Period: |
Dec 2001 |
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1.
General Progress/ Programme and Project Objectives
Enter summary report on general progress towards
achievement of the Approved Purposes identifying any problems or issues to
which NHMF’s attention should be drawn. Note any actions proposed in response
to problems or particular areas of risk.
The
project remains within budget and is scheduled to be completed on time. |
See
annex 1 for detailed progress. |
See
annex 2 for update on special conditions. |
The
minutes of the Project Board held in December are attached at Annex 3. |
The
Project Performance Information is now held on the accompanying spreadsheet. |
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2. Partnership Funding
Enter progress towards securing partnership funds
Source of Funding |
Amount expected (A) |
Amount received to date (B) |
Balance to come A-B) |
Date balance expected |
NAS |
£425,967 |
£113,618 |
£312,349 |
Dec
2002 |
GSU |
£703,785 |
£328,366 |
£375,419 |
Dec
2002 |
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£1,129,752 |
£441,984 |
£687,768 |
Dec
2002 |
Totals
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Explain any changes to sources
of Partnership Funding since the last Progress Report
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3. Change Control
Enter requests for any material change to the Approved
Purposes which have been approved by
NHMF since the last Report and advise of any potential requests for such change
in the future.
Description
of Change Item |
Date
of request to NHMF |
Date
of NHMF response |
Effect
on achievement of Approved Purposes |
Effect
on Programme |
Effect
on Costs |
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Note: NHMF Approval is required for any
material change to the Approved Purposes
Report on any effect to delivery of the Approved
Purposes of any cost transfer between the principal cost elements stated in
your “Notification of Grant”. (Note: no such transfer is to be made between
capital and revenue elements, or between VAT and any other cost element,
without NHMF prior consent ).
Amount
of cost transfer (£’000) |
Cost
transfer from (cost element): |
Cost
transfer to (cost element): |
Effect
on delivery of Approved Purposes |
N/A |
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4. Review of Design Drawings and
Documentation
Enter any design reviews or comments received from
NHMF or its Project Monitors since your last report
Work
element for which Design/Document review has been carried out |
Date
reviewed |
NHMF/Project
Monitor’s comments (if any) |
N/A |
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5. Timetable/Programme
Enter progress compared with the agreed
Timetable/Programme for key activities
Grant Expiry Date:
Key Activity or milestone |
Planned completion date |
Actual (or currently forecast) completion date |
Variance |
Comment |
See Annex 1 |
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Overall
Project Completion |
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6. Expenditure on Approved Costs
a) Cost Control
Enter expenditure to date against the key items
of Approved Cost (i.e. the costs on
which NHMF has agreed to pay the Payment Percentage) compared with that
detailed in the pre-commencement documentation. (VAT and Contingencies to be
separately identified).
Items of Approved Cost (Principal cost elements) |
Approved Costs to completion as agreed at award |
Out-turn Costs as currently
forecast (A) |
Planned costs to date - as submitted with Form PM1 (B) |
Actual costs to Date (C) |
Variance (C-B) |
Balance of costs (A- C) |
Staff
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£2,170,889 |
£1,786,052 |
£1,786,052 |
£1,242,825 |
£-543,227 |
£543,227 |
Internet
Server |
£449,700 |
£ 412,225 |
£ 412,225 |
£ 183,069 |
£-229,156 |
£229,156 |
Communication |
£51,222 |
£ 41,018 |
£ 41,018 |
£ 36,400 |
£ - 4,618 |
£ 4,618 |
Digitisation |
£349,191 |
£217,500 |
£217,500 |
£ 256,845 |
£ 39,345 |
£
-39,345 |
Other |
£543,500 |
£477,600 |
£477,600 |
£ 337,447 |
£-140,153 |
£140,153 |
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Contingency |
£2,631,805 |
£135,506 |
£135,506 |
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£-135,506 |
£135,506 |
VAT |
N/A |
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Totals
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£6,196,307 |
£3,069,901 |
£3,069,901 |
£2,056,586 |
£-1,013,315 |
£1,013,315 |
Note any significant changes to the apportionment of
costs between the principal cost elements prior to their commitment. Note the
effect of any such changes and confirm that they will not affect the Approved
Purposes including expected quality.
Cost
transfer from : |
Cost
transfer to: |
Amount
(£) |
Effect
of Transfer |
N/A |
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b) Cash Flow
Enter the expected timing of expenditure of the total
Balance (A-C) calculated above and the funding sources to cover the expenditure
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To
date |
Next Qtr |
2nd
Qtr |
3rd
Qtr |
4th
Qtr |
5th
Qtr |
Later |
Total
to Completion |
Expenditure
of Approved Cost |
Enter Total
of C above |
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Enter Total of A above |
Funded
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NHMF |
£2,056,586 |
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£3,069,901 |
Other
source (1) |
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Other
source (2) |
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Other
source (3) |
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Total
Funding (to equal Expenditure of Approved Cost) |
£2,056,586 |
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£3,069,901 |
7. Procurement
Enter the current procurement status of any
significant goods, works, or services currently being procured for the project,
or awarded since the last Report.
Goods/Works/ Services : brief description |
Approx Value |
EU procurement Applies? Yes./No |
No of tenderers |
Date of tender return |
Date of award |
Selected
Contractor/supplier/ consultant |
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Identify any goods/works/services not awarded to the
lowest tenderer and provide reasons why the selected
supplier/consultant/contractor offered best value for money.
8. Property Ownership and Possession
Note any evidence provided at
the request of NHMF or the Project Monitor.
Property Description and
evidence provided |
Date evidence provided to
NHMF |
N/A |
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9. Insurance
Enter the insurances you have effected:
Cover |
Effective From Date |
Expiry Date |
Employer
Liability Insurance |
21/10/01 |
20/10/02 |
Computer
Insurance |
21/10/01 |
21/10/02 |
Office
Insurance: Including Goods In Transit & Officers Liability Insurance. |
21/10/01 |
21/10/02 |
10. Appointment of
Staff (Revenue Elements only, if
any)
List the salaried staff appointed (applicable to “Revenue” elements
of project only) since your last Report and the total number of volunteers
currently employed (if any).
a) Salaried Staff (Note: applicable
only to staff whose salaries are included as Eligible Costs in the Approved
project.
Position |
Date Appointed |
Job Description sent to NHMF
(Yes/No) |
Media in which advert placed |
Employment Contract to NHMF (Yes/No) |
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b) Volunteer Staff
The total number of Volunteer staff employed at present is …………11…… (Details are
provided with PM3 (Part1)
11. Statutory Consents
Enter the status of the principal statutory consents
required to complete the project
Consent Required |
Granting Authority |
Actual or expected date of
consent |
Planning |
N/A |
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Building |
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Monument |
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Others |
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12. Publicity and Grant Acknowledgement
Enter displayed acknowledgement, press releases, or
other publicity issued since the last report:
Description |
Date Issued |
Approved by NHMF (Yes/No) |
Displayed
acknowledgement |
N/A |
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Releases issued |
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Publicity
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13. Photographic Records
Y
Confirm that you are making photographic records of
the project Y
14. Special Conditions
Indicate progress towards satisfying the Special
Conditions (if any) noted in the Contract:
No |
Special Condition |
Target Date for compliance |
Current Status |
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Name
of Grantee: Scottish Archive Network
Address:
Thomas Thomson House, 99 Bankhead Crossway North, Edinburgh, EH11 4DX
Signed
for Grantee: …Rob Mildren……………………………………………………..
Date: 31/01/02………………………….
Work on collection description creation continued in the following archives:
Heriot-Watt was a new start; and the work, essentially migrating data created for the Archives Hub project, was completed. The initial draft of Stirling University’s data was completed.
Editing work took place on
Alan Borthwick visited the Archdiocese of Glasgow Archives to assess the possibility of their becoming a participating archive, 12 December. The Archdiocese Archives should be able to contribute collection level description data in a reasonable form for our purposes.
Alan Borthwick attended the first NANURG review meeting, London, 5 December; and one session of the Edinburgh equivalent, 13 December. Jenny Cutts also attended one session of the latter meeting. Alan also attended the Archives Hub bid evaluation meeting, London, 4 December, at which applications for funds from the Hub were reviewed. He spoke to two students and their supervisor from the HATII M.Phil course in Digital Preservation, University of Glasgow, on 10 December.
Caroline Brown and Helen Kemp attended an in-house seminar on the development appraisal part of the new Scottish Executive performance management system, 13 December.
Joanna Baird and Robin Urquhart compiled a list of NAS docs requiring to be digitised for the SCAN website. This was submitted to NAS conservation department on Friday 21st December for consideration.
Addition of the early NAS Parliamentary Volumes (PA5/1 and PA5/2) to the Stair Society website was completed on 18th December. NAS staff were informed of the work. It is planned to publicise the new material when the required domain name has been transferred to the SCAN server in January 2002. Work continued on selection of emigration material for the website in preparation for addition to the live site.
Joanna drafted a list of criteria for digitisation which might be used to invite material from participating archives for Local History Week 2002.
John Malden begun work on the editing of burgh entries in preparation for loading them on the Knowledge Base in 2002.
Preparation for the NANURG meetings continued at the beginning of December. Some time was spent by Robin and Joanna preparing the required paperwork in time for the HLF Annual Review on 14th January.
Joanna posted a document outlining progress
on the Knowledge Base, created by Robin, into html pages and added a link to
them from the Users Group and Participating Archives discussion inviting
comment and feedback.
Joanna attended both sessions of the NANURG evaluation day in Manchester on 11 December. Robin attended one NANURG evaluation session in Edinburgh on 13th December.
There were two meetings ( 12 and 18 December) with Chris Elvery of Lothian e-Enabling Enterprise to discuss the setting up of a website for marketing the testaments images.
Robin Urquhart visited General Register House and West Register House for research.
Progress:
Digitising of the following series with the Atmel cameras continues:
Digitising of the following series with the Kodak cameras continues:
Registers in the following commissariot have also been captured this month:
On 12 December the controller box of one of the Atmel cameras broke down. It was sent to IKM in Germany for repair and is due for return early in the New Year. As a result, the camera has been out of production. In view of the disruption caused by this breakdown it was decided to order an extra controller box for use in emergencies. Extra server capacity was successfully installed on 21 December.
Dagmar and Ann continued with preparation of the registers of
NAS conservators completed work on the Edinburgh registers, in accordance with the plan agreed in October. GSU volunteers are now paginating these registers.
Work on index/image linking by the GSU volunteers of the Edinburgh Inventories (SC70/1/1-176) was complete up to volume 111 by the end of the month
Jane and Margaret continued the linking of images and index entries (and recording variants of surname and forename spellings) for the St Andrews Testaments registers (CC20/4).
Hazel began quality control of index/image linking of the Edinburgh Inventories.
Nicola Mills compiled lists of occupations (with variant spellings) from the pre-1800 indexes.
The following visits took place during the month:
Hazel attended an inaugural meeting for the proposed British Surnames Thesaurus Project at the Public Record Office on 4 December. She also attended the morning session of the NANURG evaluation day in Edinburgh on 13 December.
There were two meetings ( 12 and 18 December) with Chris Elvery of Lothian e-Enabling Enterprise to discuss the setting up of a website for marketing the testaments images.
1.1 |
Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
will sign and complete all contracts required to enable the Grantee to
fulfill the Approved Purposes including all contracts with contractors and
professional advisers before the work to which such contracts relate is due
to commence. Each such contract shall
provide for the provision of the work or services contracted for on terms
which do not differ to a material extent (save as provided by this Contract)
from the terms (including appropriate provisions for a retention on practical
completion) that would be entered into by a reasonably experienced relevant
employer engaging parties to provide similar work or services for projects of
the size, value, complexity and prominence of the Approved Purposes. Any material divergence from such terms
requires the Approval of NHMF. |
Fulfilled. The Scottish Archive Network
follows all Scottish Executive procurement rules. This has been verified by Mr J Grady, Chief Procurement Officer NAS. |
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Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
will sign and complete all contracts required to enable the Grantee to
fulfill the Approved Purposes including all contracts with contractors and
professional advisers before the work to which such contracts relate is due
to commence. Each such contract shall
provide for the provision of the work or services contracted for on terms
which do not differ to a material extent (save as provided by this Contract)
from the terms (including appropriate provisions for a retention on practical
completion) that would be entered into by a reasonably experienced relevant
employer engaging parties to provide similar work or services for projects of
the size, value, complexity and prominence of the Approved Purposes. Any material divergence from such terms
requires the Approval of NHMF. |
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NHMF may reduce the Grant by such amount
as it thinks fit up to an amount which bears the same proportion to the
difference between the lowest tender price and the price of the tender
accepted by the Grantee as the Grant bore to the original cost of the
Approved Purposes if NHMF, in its absolute discretion, disagrees with the
reason given by the Grantee for not accepting the lowest tender. |
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1.4 |
The Grantee agrees that it shall only
accept tenders that it believes in good faith will result in the Approved
Purposes being carried out to the standard prescribed by Special Conditions 2
and 9 of this Contract. |
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2. |
The Grantee shall carry out the Works or
shall procure that the Works are carried out in a professional manner in
accordance with currently accepted best practice in the Information
Technology industry. The Grantee will
ensure that best practice or proven and widely adopted standards are applied
especially in the areas of project management, requirements analysis, system
or application, design, testing, documentation, installation and maintenance
and in the area of the preservation of digital materials. |
SCAN believes that it is carrying out the
Works and procuring the Works in a professional manner in accordance with
currently accepted best practice in the Information Technology industry |
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3. |
Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
shall secure to NHMF’s satisfaction all necessary
planning permissions building consents and statutory approvals. |
Fulfilled |
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4. |
Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
shall prepare a detailed cost plan for carrying out the Approved Purposes in
a format which has been agreed in advance by NHMF and shall submit the same
to NHMF for Approval. Thereafter the
Grantee shall spend the Grant and other funds provided for the Approved
Purposes only in accordance with the Approved cost plan (“the Cost Plan”). The Grantee must obtain prior written
Approval for any changes in expenditure which are not in accordance with the
details of the Cost Plan and in particular for movement of funds between the
various elements of the Cost Plan. |
Detailed cost plan submitted and agreed with the HLF. No changes in expenditure have been made without
prior written approval. The budget has been updated following the PID review
and a report detailing the variations form the original budget estimates has
also been submitted for discussion with the HLF at our next quarterly meeting |
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Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
shall prepare a draft monthly project report form and a draft monthly cash
flow report form and shall submit the same to NHME for Approval. Thereafter the Grantee shall submit signed
monthly reports in the Approved forms to NHMF until the Approved Purposes
have been fulfilled. |
Signed monthly project reports and
monthly cash flows are submitted to the HLF |
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Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
shall submit to NHMF for Approval a revised and updated programme
for the Project. For the avoidance of
doubt the Programme shall contain details of the
works to be carried out at the development stage. The Grantee shall only carry out the Works
in accordance with the Approved programme (“the Programme”) or any modification thereof Approved by NHMF. |
The Project Initiation Document (PID) was
submitted to the HLF as requested. The revised PID has also been submitted
and discussed with the HLF |
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The Grantee will effect and maintain (or
will procure the effecting and maintenance of) during the Works construction
and project insurance of the project on terms which note the interest of and
are Approved by NHMF. |
Insurance has been obtained and full
details given to the HLF. Any renewal notices will automatically be dealt
with by SCAN |
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8. |
Prior to issuing invitations to tender
the grantee shall prepare a report on the information and communication
technology to be installed at the Property pursuant to the Approved Purposes
and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the report shall
include:- |
An ICT report was prepared and the
tendering process undertaken as agreed. The ICT infrastructure is now in
place and has been paid in full. The next requirement will be to increase the
data storage capacity as the digital imaging workflow increases |
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8.1 |
a feasibility report |
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8.2 |
the specification for the Digital
Deliverables |
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8.3 |
the design of the system which shall in
particular include details of all interactives |
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8.4 |
the proposals for the purchase of network
infrastructure. |
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On receipt of Approval for the report
(“the ICT Report”) the Grantee shall prepare invitations to tender and tender
evaluation criteria for such works and shall submit the same to NHMF for
Approval. Thereafter the Grantee shall
issue invitations to tender in accordance with the Approved tender
invitations and evaluation criteria. |
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The Grantee shall carry out the
information and communication technology works in accordance with currently
accepted best practice in the Information Technology industry. The Grantee will ensure that best practice
or proven and widely adopted standards are applied especially in the areas of
project management, requirements analysis, system or application
specification, design testing, user and system documentation, installation
and maintenance and in the areas of the preservation of digital materials. |
SCAN believes it has fulfilled and is
fulfilling this condition |
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The Grantee shall submit to NHMF for
Approval details of the standards that the Grantee intends to implement. |
SCAN has submitted to the HLF its draft
cataloguing standards |
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11.1 |
Prior to commencing the Works relating to
the information communication and technology the Grantee shall submit to NHMF
for Approval a report for the safeguarding and enhancement of, and public
access to, the Property including without limitation its proposals for: |
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a) such
testing as may be necessary to demonstrate that the Digital Deliverables and
capable of fulfilling the Approved Purposes |
Schedule of Requirements for the Supply
of Digital Cameras |
October 1999 |
Information and Communications Technology
Requirements |
March 1999 |
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Information and Communications Technology
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February 2000 |
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Test plan submitted for installation of
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October 2000 |
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Data Capture Specification for Indexes |
November 1999 |
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Website design specification |
November 1999 |
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b) such
evaluation as may be necessary to demonstrate that the Digital Deliverables
are capable of fulfilling the Approved Purposes |
Evaluation and
selection criteria for ICT equipment submitted in evaluation report “SCAN ICT
Requirements Tender Report” |
April 2000 |
Book Cradle
Evaluation |
July 2000 |
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Web Site Tender
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January 2000 |
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Camera
Evaluation for HLF |
May 2000 |
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Resolution
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May 2000 |
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Data Capture
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December 2000 |
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c) the
preservation and security of all data and other material collected or
created in the course of carrying out
the Approved Purposes by the keeping of back-up copies of the Digital Deliverables and
otherwise; |
Weekly backups
and daily incremental backups take place for all SCAN information (excluding
images) |
April 2001 |
Uncompressed TIFF images are written to
DLT and stored locally |
November 2000 (and ongoing) |
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Compressed JPEG images are written to the
Internet Server where a backup is taken weekly |
November 2000 (and ongoing) |
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d) the
form of licence(s) to be used by the Grantee
permitting third party exploitation of the Intellectual Property; |
This was included as part of the contract
negotiations with the Genealogical Society of Utah. The HLF have a copy of
this document July 1999 |
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e) the
form(s) of assignment(s) consent(s) waiver(s) licence(s)
or permission(s) to be used by the Grantee for the securing of third party
rights in the Intellectual Property; |
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f) error
correction, maintenance and updating of the Digital Deliverables |
Data flow diagram of the digitisation process available May 2001 Proposed data flow for the maintenance of
distributed data for the online catalogues available from May 2001 |
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g) user
manuals or instructions and interfaces for the Digital Deliverables and its
use. |
All manuals
received for ICT equipment and standard operation of digital cameras Additional operator manual developed with
GSU for the use of the digital camera. ser manual produced in association
with the GSU for the installation, maintenance and delivery of digital
imaging in June 2000 Guidelines for capture of fonds level descriptions produced by SCAN in September
2000 |
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Thereafter the Grantee shall submit
signed monthly written reports in the form agreed with NHMF and show the
progress made in relation to the above matters. The Grantee must obtain prior written
Approval for any changes in the proposals which are not in accordance with
the Approved reports |
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11.2 |
On receipt of Approval of such proposals
or monthly reports the Grantee shall implement such proposals in carrying out
the Approved Purposes. |
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12.1 |
Prior to commencing the Works relating to
the information communication and technology the Grantee shall submit to NHMF
for Approval a report on the hardware technology to be used with the Digital
Deliverables (“the Hardware”) including without limitation its proposals for: (a) such
testing as may be necessary to demonstrate that the Hardware is capable of fulfilling the Approved Purposes; (b) such
evaluation as may be necessary to demonstrate that the Hardware is capable of fulfilling the Approved
Purposes; (c) error
correction, maintenance and updating of the Hardware; and (d) user
manuals and instructions for the Hardware and its use. Thereafter the Grantee shall submit
signed monthly written reports in the form agreed with NHMF and show the
progress made in relation to the above matters. On receipt of Approval of the said monthly
reports the Grantee shall implement the reports in carrying out the Approved
Purposes. The Grantee must obtain
prior written Approval for any changes in the proposals which are not in
accordance with the Approved reports. |
A presentation
and report covering the entire ICT requirements for the project was given |
May 2000 |
Information and
Communications Technology Requirements |
March 1999 |
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Information and
Communications Technology Tender Document |
February 2000 |
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Test plan
submitted for installation of ICT equipment |
October 2000 |
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Data Capture
Specification for Indexes |
November 1999 |
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12.2 |
On receipt of Approval of such proposals
or monthly reports the Grantee shall implement such proposals in carrying out
the Approved Purposes. |
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13. |
The Grantee shall enter into a deposit
agreement with a third party Approved by NHMF for all Digital Deliverables
and any associated or necessary software and applications and shall
thereafter deposit escrow copies of the said Digital Deliverables on a basis
to be agreed with NHMF. |
Escrow discussed
for deposit of digital images. SCAN has a contract clause with GSU to provide
mutual restore and backup of digital images |
Early
discussions held with NCC Follow Up
Required |
14. |
The Grantee shall ensure that all
applications and software necessary to access use or present the digital
deliverables are transferable to a third party. |
Escrow discussed
for deposit of any software packages |
Early
discussions held with NCC Follow Up
Required |
15 |
The Grantee agrees that it shall take all
reasonable steps to mitigate to NHMF’s satisfaction
the amount of VAT payable upon, or to recover the VAT payable upon, or to
recover the VAT attributable to, the cost of fulfilling the Approved
Purposes. The Grant shall be reduced
by an amount which bears the same proportion to the VAT not payable or
recovered as the Grant, prior to such decrease, bore to the original costs of
the Approved Purposes. |
SCAN has fulfilled this condition: VAT is fully recovered. |
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16 |
At the end of Year 1 the Grantee is to produce a policy statement to support the extensibility of membership of Scottish Archive Network Limited with no financial implications. |
SCAN supports the extensibility of
membership of the Scottish Archive Network with no financial implications. Currently
there is an interest shown by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow
Archives for inclusion |
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17 |
The Grantee will effect and maintain (or
will procure the effecting and maintenance of) during the Works construction
and project insurance for the Project on terms which note the interest of and
are Approved by NHMF. |
SCAN has fulfilled this condition |
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18 |
The documents required to be submitted or
provided to NHMF under these special conditions, are required to be submitted
or provided by the Grantee only for NHMF’s own
purposes in connection with the Grant and NHMF’s
approval or acceptance of such documents cannot be taken as approval or
acceptance for any other purpose. |
This is accepted by SCAN |
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19. [Clause
to go in here annexing contracts between a Scottish Archive Network Ltd and
others] |
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20 |
The Grantee shall take account of any
representations which NHMF may make with regard to the carrying out of the
Approved Purposes in accordance with the Programme,
Design, specification, Cost Plan, ICT Report and the contracts referred to in
special conditions 1.1. In particular
the Grantee shall take account of any representations which NHMF may make
prior to the issue of a certificate of practical completion of the Works and
shall pass such representations on to the person authorised
to sign a certificate of practical completion. |
This is accepted by SCAN |
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21 |
Without prejudice to the generality of
Clause 13.2 of this Contract NHMF may at any time appoint by notice in
writing to the Grantee a third party (“the Lead Monitor”) to monitor the
progress of the Approved Purposes and additional monitors to advise on
specialist matters arising from the implementations regarding the Approved
Purposes the Grantee shall take such reasonable steps as may be necessary to
comply with the recommendations. |
This is accepted by SCAN |
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22 |
Prior to commencing the Works the Grantee
shall secure to the satisfaction of NHMF all the additional funding required
to complete the Approved Purposes. |
The additional funding required by the
HLF was secured. Budget projections supplied to HLF in March 2001 indicate
that the project will complete within budget and with the agreed percentage
of partnership funding |
Project Board – Thomas Thomson House, 20/12/01 @ 14.30
Present: R Mildren (Chair), G Mackenzie, P Anderson, S Low (Minute Taker)
Agenda Item |
Outcome |
Action Officer |
By |
Completed |
Progress Review |
1.0 HLF Annual Review |
It was noted that the date for the HLF Annual Review had been fixed for Mon 14/01/02 at 09.45 and would last the whole day. |
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2.0 Review of Work Plans 2.1 On-Line Catalogues 2.1.1 Review of AP’s AP 2.5 |
It was noted that the issue of SCAN licensing would be discussed at the HLF Annual Review. Stuart to add to Agenda (under the e-Commerce agenda item) |
SL/RM |
07/01/02 |
28/12/01 |
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AP 2.7 |
It was noted that the issue of assigning Relationship Managers to groups of Participating Archives would be discussed more fully at the next team meeting on 08/01/02. Stuart to add to agenda. |
SL |
04/01/02 |
04/01/02 |
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AP 2.8 |
It was agreed that the proposal for Participating Archives to identify local resources to assist with the process of catalogue conversion would be discussed at the next joint meeting of the PAWG & User Group on 02/02/02. Stuart to add to agenda. |
SL |
07/01/02 |
16/01/02 |
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AP 2.9 |
It was noted that the proposed, work traffic manager role might also be undertaken by the Relationship Manager, as referred to at 2.7. |
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AP 2.10 |
It was agreed that Peter would arrange a joint meeting between Alan Borthwick and John Shaw to draw up a plan for completing the NAS TFLA’s. |
PA |
07/01/02 |
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AP 2.12 |
It was confirmed that there appears to be a high degree of transferability of data between Arkis and CALM 2000 |
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2.1.2 |
It was noted that Nicola Mills will be working for the Testaments Team from Jan 2002. |
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2.2 Testaments 2.2.1 Review of AP’s |
No AP’s for review |
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2.2.2
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It was noted that over 100,000 images equaling over 180,000 pages had been digitized during Nov 01. |
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2.2.3 |
It was noted that the Server had failed during Nov, but that the data had been recovered from backup tapes. It was also noted that Morse would be visiting the project to implement a solution to prevent a reoccurrence of this event. Rob to follow up. |
RM |
21/12/01 |
21/12/01 |
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2.3 Internet Resources 2.3.1 Review of AP’s AP 2.14 |
It was noted that Rob would copy George the extract from the HLF correspondence of 22/11/01, which referred to the educational issues raised. It was also agreed that Stuart would contact Margaret McBryde to discuss the possibility of Joanna attending the quarterly meeting of Institutional Education Officers. |
RM SL |
21/12/01 07/01/02 |
21/12/01 04/01/02 |
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2.3.2 Stair Society |
It was noted that Rob should now register the Stair Society as a domain name and Stuart should raise an invoice for the work now completed on this project. |
RM SL |
20/12/01 21/01/02 |
20/12/01 |
CF |
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3.0 Procurement 3.1 Review of AP’s 3.1.1 AP 4.1 (Data Storage) |
It was noted that Morse would be implementing the extra storage capacity on the server this week. Rob to follow up. |
RM |
21/12/01 |
21/12/01 |
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AP2.11 (Cat Software) |
It was agreed that negotiations would go ahead for the procurement of CALM 2000 on the basis of securing a package deal for Participating Archives. It was proposed that this would consist of 1 day’s conversion costs, 1 day of training and the licensing agreement. Rob to progress with Niall and George. It was also proposed that this might have to be funded from the 5% contingency within the project budget. |
RM/GM |
31/01/01 |
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4.0 Staffing 4.1 Review of AP’s 4.1.1 AP 5.1 (Conservation)
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It was agreed that George would ask Linda Ramsay to estimate the cost of providing conservation services to the project. It was also agreed that Stuart would reassess the HLF budget for conservation staffing. |
GM SL |
07/02/01 07/02/01 |
07/02/01 |
CF |
AP 5.2 (Twilight Shift) |
It was agreed that Rob would discuss with Bob Phillips the possibility of keeping TTH open to 19.30 to facilitate the employment of a casual twilight shift to help meet the demands of the project. |
RM |
10/01/02 |
10/01/02 |
No longer Required. |
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5.0 Admin & Finance 5.1 Review of AP’s 5.1.1 AP 2.6 |
It was proposed that the Grant Expiry Date should be moved to 31/03/03 as a contingency exercise. It was agreed that a revised timetable would be drafted for discussion at the HLF Annual Review on 14/01/02. It was also agreed that this would include confirmation that the project would remain within its agreed budget. Stuart to add to Agenda. |
SL/RM |
07/01/02 |
28/12/01 |
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AP 2.15 |
It was noted that Stuart and Bill were working together to produce a semi-public area on the website for both the HLF and the Participating Archives. It was proposed that relevant project documentation would be published here as requested by the HLF. It was also noted that Stuart was in the process of stylizing the format for all minutes etc to introduce corporate consistency across all project documents. It was noted that a prototype site would be available by 14/01/02 for HLF comment. |
SL |
14/01/02 |
11/01/02 |
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AP 2.16 |
It was noted that the depreciation periods for writing off capital assets were: Equipment – 5 Years Website - 3 Years Furn/Fixings- 5 Years |
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AP 2.17 |
It was agreed that the depreciation periods for project assets and the implications for this beyond the Grant Expiry Date would be discussed at the HLF Annual Review. Rob and George to consider. |
RM/GM |
10/01/02 |
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AP 2.18 |
It was noted that George and Rob were still to consider the strategy for integrating the financial and administrative processes of both SCAN and the NAS. Agreed to produce a strategy paper by June 2002 but a position paper for the Annual Review will be required. |
RM/GM/SL |
June 02 |
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AP 6.1 (D/Down) |
It was noted that Drawdown 30 had been submitted on 26/11/01 and that Drawdown 31 would be submitted by 31/12/01. |
SL |
31/12/01 |
28/12/01 |
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AP 6.2 (Rev of D/D %) |
It was noted that the HLF had responded to the Advance Drawdown review. Stuart to assess and agree. |
SL |
31/12/01 |
28/12/01 |
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AP 6.3 (Accounts) |
It was noted that Jim Grady had supplied amended figures to be included in SCAN’s draft accounts to better reflect the NAS contribution to the SCAN project. It was noted that this information had been passed onto McCabe’s and that they had requested a letter from the NAS to confirm that the figures supplied were correct. Stuart to follow up with Jim Grady. |
SL |
07/01/02 |
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AP 6.4 Budget Review |
It was confirmed that an amended budget would be tabled at the HLF Annual Review to reflect the developing project requirements. It was noted that Rob and Stuart would construct a forecast model for presentation. |
SL/RM |
07/01/02 |
07/01/02 |
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AP6.5 (Insurance) |
It was noted that Rob still had to complete the computer insurance proposal form. |
RM |
31/01/02 |
11/01/02 |
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6.0 Part Archives Meeting 6.1 Review of AP’s 6.1.1 AP 7.2 (IT Equip) |
It was noted that 10 applications had now been approved to place IT equipment into participating archives under phase 2 of this exercise. Stuart to liaise with participating archives regarding procurement. It was suggested that details of the SCAN funded IT donations and Training provision be disseminated through both UK List Serve and ScotArc List Serve. Stuart to speak to Alan about this. |
SL |
Ongoing |
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AP 7.3 (Narrative Report) |
It was confirmed that the HLF Narrative report would be included on an extension to website as part of the overall review of project documentation. |
SL |
14/01/02 |
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6.2 SCAN Training |
It was proposed that a training course should be run for the participating archives to cover the use of CALM 2000 as a cataloguing tool and also to demonstrate how the project would intend to implement the software across the participating archives. It was suggested that this could be run at Technical Training Ltd in May/June 2001. It was emphasized that any material used should be rigorously prepared and tested. Rob to progress with Alan and Niall. |
RM/AB |
16/01/02 |
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6.3 Date of Next Meeting |
It was noted that the next joint meeting of the PAWG and SCAN User Group would take place at TTH on 02/02/02. |
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7.0 User Group Meeting 7.1 Review of AP’s |
No Previous AP’s. |
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7.2 Date of Next Meeting |
As per point 6.3 |
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8.0 NANURG Meeting 8.1 Review of AP’s 8.1.1 AP 2.13 |
It was noted that should the draft NANURG report not be available in time for the HLF Annual Review, the feedback notes could be used to present a summary of the event findings. Stuart to prepare a summary. |
SL |
07/01/02 |
07/01/02 |
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AP 8.4 |
It was confirmed that the information packs had been prepared and dispatched in time for both the London and Manchester events. |
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8.2 Scottish Evaluation Report |
It was reported that the Scottish Event had attracted 17 participants and that the majority of opinions expressed had been both positive and informative. It was also noted that the entire costs of running this event would be borne by Re:source. Stuart to prepare invoice for cost recovery. |
SL |
10/01/02 |
16/01/02 |
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9.0 Marketing & Publicity 9.1 Review of AP’s 9.1.1 AP 2.3 |
It was agreed that Peter would set up a meeting with Rob to discuss the revised charging structure for copies of NAS documents. |
PA |
07/01/02 |
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AP 2.4 |
It was noted that the SCAN Marketing Plan, would be tabled at the HLF Annual Review as a source of answering many of the HLF’s marketing queries. Stuart to add to Agenda. |
SL/RM |
07/01/02 |
07/01/02 |
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AP 9.2 (Marketing Plan) AP 9.3 (Launch Events) |
It was agreed that the Marketing Plan should be revived and that the preparations for the launch of both the Testaments and the On-Line Catalogues should act as the focus for the next phase of the marketing strategy. Stuart to produce framework. |
SL |
23/01/02 |
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9.2 Testaments Launch Event |
It was agreed that SCAN should have a presence in New York on 06/04/02 for the Tartan Day Festival. It was also agreed that the event should be publicized in the UK by issuing a press release, holding a photo-opportunity and using both the Scottish Executive & the HLF media agencies. Stuart to formulate into the marketing plan. |
SL |
23/01/02 |
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9.2.1 E-enabling |
It was also agreed that Rob would try to re-establish contact with Alan Bain, President of the American Scottish Foundation. It was further agreed that George should be kept informed of progress, as there might be the opportunity to involve John Carlin (NARA) in this process. |
RM |
09/01/02 |
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9.3 OnLine Cats Launch |
It was noted that a meeting had been held between SCAN and Chris Elvery (Scottish Enterprise) to discuss E-enabling for export activity. It was noted that Scottish Enterprise could contribute 50% or up to £5000 of the costs of implementing e-business solutions to capitalize on e-commerce export markets. It was confirmed that Chris would contacting Rob for more information to assist him with the drafting of SCAN’s company profile and assessment. As per AP 9.3 discussed under 9.1.1 |
RM |
10/01/02 |
10/01/02 |
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10.0 AOCB |
No Other Business |
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11.0 Date of Next Proj
Board |
Wed 16th January 2002 @ 14.00 - TTH |
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