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Apr 5 2008 1:20PM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #7 (Working parties)

11:25am OK. Working Party time. For the uninitiated, this is when we break into four groups to have some initial debate and give some initial scrutiny to the various resolutions (seventeen or eighteen by my count) which have been...

Apr 5 2008 11:54AM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #6 (International Council Meeting feedback)

10:36am Tim Hancock, Campaigns Director and Colum McAndrew, Board member gave us the inside track on what went on at last year's International Council Meeting, our biennial global congress, which decides big policy, elects our...

Apr 5 2008 11:32AM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #5 (Treasurer's report)

10:10am We're solvent. Phew! (only joking – our financial position has remained strong for years). The Treasurer's report has the potential to rival the standing orders committee report in its mind-numbing tedium for the average...

Apr 5 2008 10:51AM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #4 (Kate's speech)

9:22am I'm not being a crawler here, but Kate Allen has grown in stature and oratorical powers over the years since she became AIUK Director in 2000. I'm looking forward to hearing her speech. She opens up her annual address to the...

Apr 5 2008 10:20AM
Blogging the AGM 2008 #3 (Setting the scene)

9:06 Alex Siddall is taking us through the welcomes and processes and sets a nice tone for the weekend ahead – good humoured, authoritative and respectful. AIUK Chair of the Board, Tom Hedley sets the scene. So will I. We're sitting in...