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July 11, 2006
Seminar
Susan Hill has responded to my suggestion of a seminar with
"When you say ' a seminar ' - where and for how many and lasting how long ?"
I suggest it should be a gathering of 4 councils, at a hotel or suitable venue so that we can start sharply at 8.30 in the morning and go on until 4.30 in the afternoon. Each council can bring say 4 or 5 staff including finance and senior officers and the councillor responsible for libraries. They will have been asked to prepare specific presentations about the the organisation of their library service and use of resources. There will be a tight agenda throughout the day which will end with some commitment to future action from each council.
I would bring 3 or 4 speakers/ session chairs and there may be another 10 lookers on/ members of the public etc. Say 35-40 people altogether, of whom say 8 will have stayed the night before.
So if the councils were Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, the venue was somewhere that most could get to and return from in the day. Each council should contribute £1,500 for the day in a good quality venue. That should cover it.
Posted by Tim Coates at July 11, 2006 5:35 PM
Comments
Now I wonder if any of them will bite ...
Posted by: SUSAN HILL at July 11, 2006 8:27 PM