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Item 4 Attachment D4.1 – Chief Executive’s Board ReportJuly Board MeetingRecommendation: THAT the Board receives the Chief Executives Board report for May to June 2019. Chief Executive OverviewGood progress has been made over the past two months with both business as usual (BAU) and business plan (BP) initiatives. We have completed a report against the business plan (RABP) given that we are now at the end of the FY19 financial year. The report shows that out of the 13 BP initiatives 9 were achieved, 3 partially achieved and 1 was not yet achieved. The initiative that was not yet achieved was “Test new commercial models for service delivery”. Some preparatory work was completed and this will now take place in early FY20. The financial results show we are on track to meet/exceed budget for the FY19 year prior to any year end adjustments occurring. The Board is receiving the RABP, Organisational Accountabilites, Briefing memos on the low vision trial update, library roadmap, PDSM training, volunteer strategy, brand update, property update, complaints and compliments, KPI Board commentary and BLENNZ report. Additionally, three Decision memos being presented to the Board are the Homai lease, the proposed sale of Braille House and the FPL Director’s appointments.The handover of the duties of the Chief Executive to the Acting Chief Executive was complteted, with full support provided to ensure a seamless transition during this period of interim management.The content of this report to the Board is succinct, reflecting this period of transition and the provision of updates in the RABP to inform the Board.Specific Highlights in the past 2 months:A full national roll out of salesforce occurred in June as was the PSP model being extended nationally. In addition salesforce has now been adopted by fundraising which accounts for most of our digital transactions. A new cloud based accounting system is ready for launch in July.Fundraising received a large donation ($500k) in late June which means they will now achieve budget. The financial results are on track to be slightly ahead of budget. Good progress has been made with our branding work. Issues/Alerts Access Advisors – we have recently received a resignation of a critical resource in this team and efforts to find replacements have not been successful. As a result our web accessibility consulting business is under serious threat. We are currently looking at whether we have any internal resources with the required skill set as well as looking for outsourcing options.Retirement Village – we have started to receive media and other enquiries about what we intend to do with the corner site of Parnell and Maunsell Roads. A communications plan has been developed tailored to the various stakeholders. This plan will be activated over the coming months .UpdatesAccess AllianceThe Access Alliance worked with the Ministry of Social Development to provide an “Accelerating Accessibility Policy Work Programme” Interim Update. The Access Alliance ran stakeholder sessions with business, carers and seniors to get their input for Minister Sepuloni’s interim update to the Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee on 26 June. Stakeholders provided perspectives on:How to define “full accessibility”Challenges and opportunities of different approachesWhether legislation is neededWhat domains any standards for accessibility might coverThe stakeholder sessions revealed that there was clear support for legislation, coupled with awareness raising and education. Stakeholders thought without legislation, there would be no substantive progress.The Ministry of Social Development and the Access Alliance will clarify feasible options for a policy approach that combines legislative change with education, and awareness raising, and support for organisations and businesses.“ Hon. Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Disability Issues spoke at the United Nations on 11 June about New Zealand and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Minister Sepuloni showed her commitment to accelerating accessibility and stated “I have a Cabinet mandate to design an approach to achieve a fully accessible New Zealand, in consultation with stakeholders. This will include exploring the feasibility of using legislation that provides for standards and codes for accessibility.”Vision Rehabilitation CampaignWe continue to press for a meeting with the Minister for Health before the 30 June to present our case for increased levels of government funding for vision rehabilitation across the existing infrastructure such as District Health Boards.Sandra Budd met with Dr Shane Reti MP, National Party Spokesperson for Health on 23 May. He invited us to provide some policy ideas on support and services for people with vision impairment, and was interested in a follow up meeting to learn more about the Blind Foundation later in the year.Eye Health Coalition / Vision2020 NZ TrustThe Blind Foundation is leading the Advocacy work stream for the Eye Health Coalition / Vision2020 NZ Trust.We have worked on our advocacy approach in the lead up to the 2020 General Election. We have found three common goals across the Advocacy Work stream – It’s a focus on protection, prevention, early detection (support and education (including low vision clinics and vision rehabilitation), and a focus on underserved and high priority groups and ensuring fair and reasonable access.The three advocacy issues are free eye health checks, awareness and education, and services and support.Our next step is to set out our three policy priorities as part of a call to action to the Parliamentary Parties.Employment Services ReviewThe external review of the Employment Service has been completed by the Direct Impact Group.? We have recently received the report and are working through the implications and recommendations.? A summary report will be made available to the board prior to the July board meeting.Transformation Programme Delivery Manager ExtensionThe current Transformation Programme Delivery Manager has decided not to extend their position past 1 July, following the agreement to offer extension at the May Board meeting. At the time of the extension request there was a genuine perceived risk regarding the premature loss of this role. Recruitment for replacement in this role has been considered and decided not to be feasible or sensible for a 6 month period. It is not expected that a new individual would be able to add significant value during this period due to factors such as the limited knowledge on the transformation programme to date, reduced ability to support handover to new CE, and additional burden required from the team to maintain momentum whilst onboarding.Since the extension proposal the FY20 scope of change has been reduced, as no longer includes any regional model implementation. Other FY20 programme plans have been revised to ensure the approach and timing of key milestones is realistic within FY20 delivery without the support of this role. Throughout June the current Transformation Programme Delivery Manager? has increased the momentum and capability of key members of staff to support embedding activities. Operational practices and frameworks have been established for some key areas? of work. This has been possible by the over-achievment and implementation approach with PDSM and digital programmes. The current Transformation Programme Delivery Manager has agreed to provide consulting services on an ad-hoc basis.Recreation facilities ParnellA delegation of users of the Parnell recreation facilities met with management to discuss their concerns regarding the potential loss of the Awhina House facilities. A good exchange of information took place and a way forward was shared with this group together with a high level estimate of timings. Over the next few months a staff working group and a users’ working group will be set up with a terms of reference. The meeting appeared to be beneficial to both parties.This completes the report for May to July 2019 ................
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