This year the MoD Group Conference was held in the Holiday Inn which was a long trek from the Group hotel. Business started at 9 in the morning and finished at 5.30 in the evening with an hour for lunch. Once again I was on the Standing Orders Committee which ensures the conference [...]
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Time to Relax
The journey by rail to Brighton wasn’t too bad despite the engineering works. We managed to avoid having to change to a bus half way through the last leg of the journey, although we were rather alarmed when the train stopped and then appeared to be heading back in the direction it had just [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2010
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Conference Plans
First thing tomorrow I am setting off for the PCS Conference, it doesn’t seem a year ago since I was at last year’s Conference. The things that have been going on in my life in the past few weeks have meant I haven’t been able to get myself organised properly this year. The paperwork and [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2010
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Brighton Seafront
I have nearly come to the end of my conference postings, so you can all breath a sigh of relief
I have shown you the conference hall, covered some of the debates, fringe meetings and guest speakers (one more to come). Today I am going to share with you the seafront at Brighton. How [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2009
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MoD Group Conference
I spent most of last week in the Brighton Centre. They were long days lasting from 9 in the morning until 5.30 in the evening, with only an hour for lunch. At the main conference you don’t even get a few minutes break for a cup of tea in the morning. Most conference sessions [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2009
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Sunshine or Showers?
When I posted this I wasn’t sure what the weather forecast for the week was going to be. Hopefully the weather has been more like the second photo because it is a long trek from the hotel to the conference centre.
Comments Off CherryPie on May 21st 2009
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Conference Plans
Attending conferences is never a restful experience and I usually end up coming back tired out. The conference day starts at 9 and doesn’t finish until 5.30 with around an hour for lunch. During the lunch times and straight after the conference sessions each day are a number of fringe meetings. It doesn’t leave much [...]
Comments Off CherryPie on May 18th 2009
