Meeting 1: Tuesday 5th October 2021 Attendance: 6 MSPs, 70 Non-MSPs Topic Discussed: Re-registering the Group, electing office bearers and Scotland’s Climate Assembly Report and its implications for Rural Scotland Guest speakers: • Susie Townend, Head of Secretariat for Scotland’s Climate Assembly: An introduction to Scotland’s Climate Assembly • Artemis Pana, National Coordinator, Scottish Rural Action: 20- minute neighbourhoods and other rural issues • Calum MacLeod, Policy Director, Community Land Scotland: Land ownership reform and community right to buy • Sam Foster, Project Development Officer, Rural Housing Scotland: Decarbonising the housing stock Meeting 2: Tuesday 7th December 2021 Attendance: 4 MSPs, 56 Non-MSPs Topic Discussed: Achieving sustainable rural tourism after the Covid- 19 pandemic Guest Speakers: • Chris Taylor, Regional Leadership Director Highlands and Islands, VisitScotland: A national perspective on sustainable tourism in rural Scotland • Rona Gibb, Manager, Paths for All: Paths, Visitors...