Well done, Phil

Hoopla ! A new dump of BBC Board Minutes. 

October 2020:  We learn of a new Senior Executive Group, and money flooding in... 

The Director-General introduced the new executive report to the Board, which provided a revised reporting framework that measured performance against audience value, operational and financial metrics....Directors noted that a new Senior Executive Group had been established to support the Executive in delivering against the BBC’s strategic and audience priorities. 

Licence fee income was currently ahead of Budget.

November 2020: First, a special meeting to set up Lord Dyson's investigation into the Panorama/Martin Bhasir interview with Princess Diana, and then a full meeting. 

The Board noted an update on the implementation programme for the over 75’s licence fee policy. The programme continued to perform ahead of target and customer satisfaction rates were good.

The Board also endorsed the 'do more with less' approach to content: Reducing the volume of lower-performing titles in order to invest in high impact content

There was a redacted section on "BBUK", which I'm guessing means BritBox, and not something ruder.

December 2020: Tim Davie sets up yet another Leadership group, and helps with the Board's gender balance.

Plans for the governance and delivery of BBC digital and technology products, through a new Digital Leadership Group, and the strategic technology review were being finalised and would come to the

Board early next year. 

The East Bank Studios - mainly the new Stratford home for the BBC Symphony Orchestra - make a Board Minutes appearance. "Shell and Core" construction costs are apparently capped, so there's no extra dosh needed there. A Covid-related delay (delays are never 'free'), however, is implicit in the minutes and the Board wants figures on the latest BBC fitout proposals. 

The Board approved the proposal that Executive member, Ken MacQuarrie, Director, Nations and Regions, would stand down from the Board on his departure from the Executive Committee and that he be replaced by the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, Leigh Tavaziva.