tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1697916385910461336..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Nottingham Liberal Democrats' Winter Mini-ConferenceJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-66282397749900082482012-01-30T23:42:08.120+00:002012-01-30T23:42:08.120+00:00Hi again.
One thing I forgot to say is that we do...Hi again.<br /><br />One thing I forgot to say is that we don't expressly limit our events to Lib Dem members, although these are the main attendees.<br /><br />On this occasion we had a protester from the Nottingham part of UKUncut and Occupy movement and on another occasion we had a protestor about the tuition fees.<br /><br />Both times we invited them in to debate with us and were astounded by our hospitality and general friendliness of the Lib Dems.<br /><br />CheersFamHistManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934358150868107407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-10319058940588999022012-01-30T23:32:00.707+00:002012-01-30T23:32:00.707+00:00Hi Tom
I am the Secretary of the City of Nottingh...Hi Tom<br /><br />I am the Secretary of the City of Nottingham Lib Dems. We are a joining of the 3 City counstituencies.<br /><br />At our mini conferences we have started to trying to discuss issues that take our interest and what we believe will be of interest to people attending. As Jonathan said, it is normally not related to making policy but has to be relevent for interest purposes.<br /><br />This January's conference was the biggest one we have organised and we are thankful Bill came along. It also happens that we have a well informed Public Health Consultant that joined our membership a few months ago from another area. Both Europe and the NHS of course having a high profile at the moment.<br /><br />Because of Bill attending we advertised the event as wide as possible in the East Midlands and it was great to see new people like Jonathan there.<br /><br />It was also a bit of a fundraiser with the raffle but not a massive income earner, it was just a good mixer.<br /><br />All the best<br />MichaelFamHistManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934358150868107407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-24727398582929082242012-01-27T20:34:03.729+00:002012-01-27T20:34:03.729+00:00You wrote, "Oh, and this being a Lib Dem even...You wrote, "Oh, and this being a Lib Dem event, there was someone who wanted to solve the problems of interpretation at the European Parliament by forcing everyone to learn Esperanto." I wasn't there, but I'm confident that this individual did not want to force anyone to learn Esperanto. For 125 years now Esperanto has had a voluntary speech community, and I've never heard any suggestion of compulsory Esperanto.Bill Chapmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-35931930931028489472012-01-25T23:46:10.781+00:002012-01-25T23:46:10.781+00:00Nottingham seems to have, or at least act as, a si...Nottingham seems to have, or at least act as, a single, citywide party. The event was advertised on various regional lists too.<br /><br />It has no formal connection with the regional conference, but then I often think we could do with more debate within the party that is not tied to making policy.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-23916714190101597012012-01-24T22:37:15.146+00:002012-01-24T22:37:15.146+00:00This does indeed sound like a format that other ar...This does indeed sound like a format that other areas could use, so I would like to know more. This was a city wide event? When I lived in Leeds we had the extra-constitutional Leeds Metropolitan Liberal Federation. Was this conference similarly organised, that is by several constituency parties? How would it relate to your regional conference? Was it expressly an occasion to discuss "policy or the party's wider philosophy" and so a complement to the motion-oriented regional and indeed federal conferences? How far beyond Nottingham did invitations extend? I have a gleam in my eye at the thought of having one in Lancashire.Tom Barneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318269661959002397noreply@blogger.com