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14/09/2008 07:34:08
ALDC's fringe programme at the Party's Autumn Federal Conference kicked off with a packed meeting on proportional representation for local government.
The meeting, jointly organised with the Electoral Reform Society, looked at the success of STV for local elections in Scotland, and the case for rolling this out across Britain.
Speakers were Willie Rennie MP, Peter Black AM, Katy Wright from the ERS with ALDC's Vice-Chair Cllr Paul Sample in the chair.
More photos at our Flickr photo site here. A podcast of this Fringe will be available for members shortly.
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11/09/2008 07:27:56
ALDC's office will be closed on Friday 12 September, and Monday - Wednesday 15-17 September 2008 as staff will be at the Party Federal Conference in Bournemouth.
We hope to see many members in Bournemouth. Our full programme of training, fringe events, advice and information is contained in the Local Government Directory here.
Don't miss our Annual General Meeting on Sunday evening 20.00-21.15 in the Mayrick Suite of the BIC. Julia Goldsworthy is our guest speaker, and we're launching the new publciation the Theory and Practice of Community Economics.
Members are also urged to join us at the Members Reception on Monday 15 September 1.00-200pm in the Hermitage Hotel. Nick Clegg MP is our guest and the event is kindly sponsored by the Co-operative as our Fair Trade reception.
If you're not able to come to conference, don't worry! We will be giving a full report back with a large number of resources available for members online.
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04/09/2008 13:32:42
The Local Government Directory is now available. This gives details of the events, training and information available for Lib Dem Councillors and local campaigners in Bournemouth from ALDC, the LGA Liberal Democrats, the Leadership Centre for Local Government and the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA).
Fringe Programme
Bournemouth sees a busy fringe programme for the local government family.
Fringe meetings from ALDC include: PR for Local Government, How Green is Your Council?, Renewables and Community Transport.
LGA Group fringe events include: a Local Government Question Time, Tackling Violent Crime and Taking Flood Prevention Seriously.
The Leadership Centre launches its 2008 Next Generation Programme, with fringes on The Local Parliament and Empowerment.
Receptions
Highlights of the week include the Leadership Centre 2008 Next Generation Programme launch and reception (Sunday evening); ALDC’s Members Reception (Monday lunchtime) and the Local Government Reception (late Monday evening).
Training
ALDC and the IDeA are working together to provide a programme of Councillor Training. This includes two half day workshops on Being an Effective Local Councillor (Saturday)and Making Scrutiny Work (Sunday). Other sessions look at councillor’s websites, town and parish councillors, casework, group away days, political support officers and group cohesion.
ALDC is also providing a full programme of campaigner training. This includes a full day Page Plus Workshop (Saturday) and a half day session on Voter ID and Canvassing (Saturday). Other sessions cover essential campaign skills such as Focus, manifestos, pool, delivery networks, finding candidates, the postal vote and taking photos.
Advice
ALDC and IDeA are sharing a stand again this year and staff from both organisations are on hand throughout to give advice and information. Find out more about ALDC’s publications, our members’ websites and membership. The LGA Group and the Leadership Centre are also available nearby with information and advice.
Look forward to seeing many of you in Bournemouth.
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15/08/2008 11:24:34
Delegates for the Bournemouth Federal Conference should recently have been sent the Party’s training programme, but just to highlight some of the opportunities for Councillors in Bournemouth.
Once again we are working with our colleagues in the IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) to bring you some very high quality training.
We have two special half day sessions (3.5 hours) to enable us to give a more detailed level of training:
- Saturday 13 September 2008 (am)
“Being an Effective Ward Councillor”
- Sunday 14 September 2008 (am)
“Successful Scrutiny – making scrutiny work for you”
Other training for Councillors in Bournemouth includes:
- Town and Parish Councils
- Effective Small Groups
- Beyond Surgeries
- Group Cohesion and Management
- Casework
- Running an Effective Away Day
- Councillors Online (websites)
- Political Support Officers.
Full details of the training programme will be circulated in September, and will be available online at the ALDC website.
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15/08/2008 11:23:24
Dates for your diaries - we have a packed campaigner training programme set for Bournemouth with 16 sessions focussing on “Essential Campaign Skills” and “Winning in 2009 and 2010". If you are available in Bournemouth on the Saturday (13th September) you might be interested in our full day workshop on using Page Plus (the Party's recommended DTP software). This will be an interactive session – so bring your laptops!
On Saturday afternoon there is a special half day session on “Voter ID and Knocking on Doors”. Again this will be an interactive session aimed at improving how we contact voters.
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