| Diary Update |
| 09/01/2007 |
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A Happy New Year to you! All the best for 2007.
Whilst I have written more recently, the last time I blogged about what I’ve been doing with my days was in September. So, here’s the low-down on my movements from September 2006 to the end of the calendar year. I’m afraid this is going to be one of those “copy-and-paste-my-diary-into-my-blog” entries – not the best read but the most effective way to find out what I’ve been doing at a glance… In between events, I’ve been mostly involved in Finance Committee’s work to overhaul the affiliation fee system and how this interlinks with wider, wholesale NUS reform; the roll-out of NUS Extra; responding to the ongoing coverage that students’ unions (including my own) are being threaten with legal action by evangelical Christian groups; and, of course, pre-October 29th, building for the National Demo. On top of that, I’m a full-time President based in Edinburgh – meaning I’ve never been busier and never gotten so close to the rail network of this country! :) Wed 6 Sept – Birmingham NUS Campaigns Launch 2006 at the NEC Thurs 7 Sept – London NUS Campaigns Reception – at which we (through a brilliant speech from Gemma) launched our priority campaign to our external partners and friends Fri 8 Sept – London NEC meeting, prior to which we had a ‘Block of 12’ meeting Fri 13 Oct – London Finance Committee Tues 17 Oct – Manchester Gave presentation/Q&A on the “Admission: Impossible” priority campaign at Manchester University Student Union’s Council meeting. Wed 18 and Thurs 19 – Bristol Campaigning with TEAM YES TO NUS at the UWE referendum Sat 21 and Sun 22 – London Labour Students Political Weekend – including meeting with Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills Wed 25 Oct – Edinburgh Launch of NUS Scotland’s Education Manifesto Sun 29 Oct – London You guessed it… The National Demo! Sat 4 Nov – London Stop Climate Change demo Mon 6 Nov – Manchester North West Regional Conference at Man Met Tues 7 Nov – Birmingham West Midlands Regional Conference at UCE Wed 8 Nov – Bristol South West Regional Conference at UWE Thurs 9 Nov – Canterbury South East Regional Conference at University of Kent Sat 11 Nov – Dundee NUS Scotland Council – although mainly there as delegation leader from my own association, I helped Stephen Brown deliver the NUS UK Report. Tues 14 Nov – Loughborough National Council Fri 17 Nov – London Finance Committee Sat 18 and Sun 19 Nov – Glasgow Scottish Labour Youth and Students Conference - including Q&A with the First Minister of Scotland. Mon 20 Nov – Glasgow NUSSL Regional Meeting at the University of Strathclyde Tues 23 Nov – London NEC meeting and NEC Annual Conference delegation meeting Sat 25 Nov – Glasgow STUC’s March Against Racism march and rally Tues 5 Dec – London Finance Committee’s Affiliation Fee Review Event Thurs 7 Dec – Edinburgh NUS Scotland’s Higher Education Network Day Fri 8 Nov – Edinburgh NUS Scotland’s Housing Manifesto Launch Sat 9 and Sun 10 – London Labour Students National Council Tues 12 Dec – Edinburgh NUS Scotland’s ‘Focus for Change’ focus group Mon 18 Dec – London NEC meeting And there you have it – 2007 is now upon us! Cheers, fin e: steven.findlay@nus.org.uk m: 07764 756513 The Blogs on this site represent the individual views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or practices of the National Union of Students. All links in blogs will open in a new browser window. The permanent URL for this specific blog entry is: http://www.officeronline.co.uk/blogs/stevenfindlay/273672.aspx |
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