Synopsis of branch meeting on 09/01/2010

Synopsis of branch meeting of the West Lothian SSP held on Monday 9/1/10.
We started the meeting with apologies from members unable to attend due to weather conditions and gave a warm welcome to a returning member.
A party representative then gave a report on an informal meeting held in Edinburgh Colin Fox. It was agreed at this meeting that Colin would be coming to West Lothian to do stalls at Bathgate market and Almondvale centre on the 29/01/2010 in preparation for our forthcoming public meeting arfor the 2nd February.
Regretably we have had to postpone the public meeting due to the adverse weather conditions.Because we require three weeks to prepare for the meeting and canvass areas in Livingston, we also delayed printing of the leaflet advertising the meeting until an alternative date has been decided.It is hoped that we will still be able to use James Young high school for the meeting.
It was decided that the best way forward to advertise the branch’s activity was online and the merits of establishing a branch web site was discussed .The meeting decided that three members would be responsible for online blogs, social networking profiles and these members will be solely responsible for online content.
There will be three fortnightly blog entries one for local news, one for national/international news and one for a synopsis of party meetings. All members are urged to contribute in the writing of these articles.
The date of the next meeting will be 25/01/10 in Whiburn community centre at 7pm