In fact, the discussions which we said last week were scheduled to take place in Lochgilphead on Thursday actually took the form of a straightforward briefing session at Argyll and Bute Council's HQ for anyone not yet aware of the situation - one per
son present, already well informed about the state of affairs, described the session as "a waste of time".
It was also decided that there was no point in pursuing the discussion further while Alastair MacGregor, chief executive of Argyll Community Housing Association, was on annual leave, as was the case throughout last week.
An ACHA statement this week did, however, confirm that the association still wanted to organise a meeting between key councillors and board members.
A spokesperson for the association said: "We understand a council meeting last week was very positive in that it built further on the stated willingness to work together to find solutions between ACHA and the council regarding the warden service.
"We understand that there was a re-affirmation of a need for continuing dialogue following the meetings to work up the detail of any proposals, which the association will be taking forward with their counterparts in the council."
The future of the warden service at the 12 sheltered housing complexes run by ACHA was placed into doubt because of severe cuts in the Supporting People fund from central government in Edinburgh, which had been used to help pay for the wardens in the past.
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