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  • Agenda and decisions

    Language Committee
    Thursday, 12th November, 2020 10.00 am

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet pdf icon PDF 278 KB
    • Agenda reports pack pdf icon PDF 2 MB
    • Printed decisions pdf icon PDF 104 KB

    Venue: Cyfarfod Rhithiol / Virtual Meeting. View directions

    Contact: Lowri Haf Evans  Email: lowrihafevans@gwynedd.llyw.cymru 01286 679 878

    Items
    No. Item

    1.

    ELECT CHAIR

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    To elect a Chair for this committee for 2020/2021

    Decision:

    Councillor Elin Walker Jones was elected as Chair of this Committee for the 2020/21 period

     

    2.

    ELECT VICE CHAIR

    To elect a Vice chair for this committee for 2020/2021

    Decision:

    Councillor Cai Larsen was elected as Vice-chair of this Committee for the 2020/21 period

     

    3.

    APOLOGIES

    To receive apologies for absence.

    4.

    DECLARATION OF PERSONAL INTEREST

    To receive any declaration of personal interest

    5.

    URGENT BUSINESS

    To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration

    6.

    MINUTES pdf icon PDF 241 KB

    The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting of this committee held on the 16th of January 2020 be signed as a true record

    7.

    AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES HELD THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF WELSH pdf icon PDF 474 KB

    To consider the report

    Additional documents:

    • Hunaniaith Projects April –September 2020 , item 7. pdf icon PDF 445 KB

    Decision:

    -       To accept the report with thanks to the Welsh Language Officers for their work during this time

    -       To write a letter to the Welsh Language Commissioner expressing concern that it is not always possible for Gwynedd Council staff to contribute in Welsh in virtual meetings arranged by outside organisations as they do not provide simultaneous translation service provision for virtual meetings.

    -       To write a letter to Microsoft encouraging them to provide simultaneous translation via Teams

    -       To receive an update on the work of the National Sub-group which discusses information technology issues at the next meeting.

     

    8.

    WELSH LANGUAGE STANDARDS AND THE COUNCIL'S WELSH LANGUAGE POLICY pdf icon PDF 325 KB

    To consider the report

    Decision:

    To accept the report