At our AGM at the end of last month, we made the following exciting decision –
New style Association Meetings
Apart from the AGM, Association meetings, which take place three or four times a year, are supposed to be meetings of the governing Council and are supposed to be quite formal – Apologies for Absence, Minutes of the last meeting to be approved, Reports from the Chairman, Hon. Treasurer, Secretary … the usual sort of committee business.
But in fact what happens is that we gather in the Royal Asiatic Society’s boardroom, help ourselves to coffee and start talking. News, views, ideas, suggestions, gossip – it is quite difficult for the Chairman and Secretary to keep the meeting on track, and writing the Minutes afterwards can be quite creative.
Meetings for all
We therefore propose to meet as a Council at 10.30a.m. and get the formal business done. Then at 11.00 o’clock the meeting will be thrown open to all. We hope that our Members, Associate Members, aspiring new Members and friends will come along and join us. We might have representatives from the student body, tutors from the Colleges, people from accreditation bodies or other organisations who are interested in distance learning or in education generally. We might focus on a particular subject – publicity, A.I., the use of social media, recruitment, auditing, exam centres, whatever is required.
The proposal was universally approved. We look forward to seeing all our Members, Associates, Signatories, Life Members, tutors and teams from our Colleges, representatives from potential new Members or Associates – in fact anyone who is interested in Distance Learning – at our next meetings, which will be on 22nd June, 21st September and 15th February 2024. Put the dates in your calendar now!