Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
(TAKE IN REPORT BY THE HEAD OF CITY DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL SERVICES)
Councillor Symes advised that one written deputation had been received for this item which had been made available to herself and to the Opposition Spokespersons before the meeting.
The report was introduced by Dr Jane Mee, Museums & Visitor Services Manager. She introduced Kelly Dubock, Market Research Officer, who had assisted Dr Mee in analysing the results of the consultation and was present to answer any questions.
Dr Mee advised that there were two minor corrections to the report. Within the recommendation reference to paragraph 4.5 should be removed as there were no amendments within this paragraph. Also the consultation began on 6 February, not 15 February as stated in paragraph 3.2 of the report.
Dr Mee summarised the changes to the strategy following the consultation. Kelly Dubock had prepared a document containing results of the consultation which had been circulated to members before the meeting. She drew members' attention to pages 6 & 7, challenges and opportunities, where she had created a word cloud with the largest words being the most frequent answers. This was a quick way of identifying key themes.
Dr Mee said that following the points raised in the written deputation, an additional appendix had been provided on the cost of service over three financial years. It was proposed to append this to the strategy and copies of this were circulated to members at the meeting.
Councillor Symes felt this was
an outstanding document. She said that
there was more that could be done with regard to marketing and
advertising. Members felt that
the city's museum volunteers are a credit to the city. It was felt a central point for potential
volunteers was required to make this more accessible for people
wishing to volunteer and to create a record of potential
volunteers. It was suggested that
a link on the Portsmouth Museums and Records website to an online
form for volunteers to complete be created, and officers said this
could be considered.
Councillor Hunt felt this
strategy was a great achievement which was down to the skills and
expertise of the council's officers. He
felt that more partnership working was needed between the cultural
venues in the city. It was felt that if
all venues promote and support each other, more visitors will visit
and the council would be more likely to obtain funding.
Councillor Swan suggested that QR codes with a website link
underneath could be included on all leaflets to link all cultural
venues in the city. This could perhaps
be a project undertaken by a university student in conjunction with
the Council's IS Team
Members thanked Dr Mee and other officers involved for their work on the strategy.
DECISION
That the amended Portsmouth Museums Strategy is approved, incorporating the amendments described in paragraphs 4.4, 4.6 and 4.7 of the report and the additional appendix 3 cost of service for three financial years.
Report author: Jane Mee
Publication date: 14/04/2015
Date of decision: 20/03/2015
Decided at meeting: 20/03/2015 - Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport
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