UK Gift Card & Voucher Association
Executive MeetingMinutes
Tuesday 25thSeptember 2012,
Present: Kevin Lake, Tony Rich, Tim Ward, Steve Bradbery, Arun Glendinning, Siobhan Moore, Joanne Peake, Stuart Lawrence.
Guest; David Walsh for first part of meeting
Apologies: Wayne Harrington
1. / Welcome new exec member, Joanne PeakeConfirmed Joanne will take PR and websites as her cabinet role
2. / Introduction David Walsh, one4all re: Irish Gift Card & Voucher Association
- The Irish Association – plans to date
- Moving forward
The exec discussed the suggestion from GVS. The UK retailers present on the exec who also have Irish divisions did feel there would be merit in setting up an association which was a sister association of the UK. This would encompass the objectives offered to members in the UK such as legislative support, PR, data and research. The association should not be confined to retailers and should incorporate processors, agents etc.
Suggested that the UKGCVA investigates the setup of an association by contacting Retail Excellence Ireland and also asking Rostrum for contacts in PR agencies in Ireland. AJ to feedback to David to invite Irish retailers to the UKGCVA meeting on the 13th November. Irishassociation to be added to the agenda for 13th November.
3. / Minutes from last meeting
- B2B Research – feedback from presentation of data
All other items covered on main agenda
3. / Budget & Finance Review
- End of Year report for July 11 to June 12
- July/August data
- Member payments to date
Discussed the member payments to date, agreed that at the accounts presentation in November a request for members to pay to be included. AJ to follow up with a couple of members causing concern.
4. / Membership
- Status to date
5. / PR Strategy
- Rostrum updates – nothing additional to report, full details on Rostrum monthly reports
- Gift Card and Gift Voucher Week –a National Newspaper is confirmed as the main media partner and Promotional Marketing are confirmed as the B2B media partner. Web site for the week should be live by first week of October.
- Mother’s Day PR Campaign – agreed that the revised Christmas campaign can go ahead for Mother’s Day. This includes additional PR clinics and PR packs from Rostrum. AG and JP to present on 13th November.
6. / Payments Services & Emoney Directive
- Feedback from member meeting
7. / VAT
- Feedback from meeting with Treasury & PWC
8. / EY Data – Tendering Process
- Feedback from member meeting
9. / November Member Meeting
- Agenda – AGM (including Constitution updates and finance), presentations from AmEx, Visa & MC, format and agendas for future meetings
10. / Conference 2013
- Update
11. / Secretariat Contract – please contact either chair for notes on this part of the meeting
12. / Any Other Business
- No other business
Future Meeting Dates: (all 2pm to 5pm)–2012,27 Nov