Congratulations to Sharon Griffin from Central Bedfordshire Council for successfully completing her ADSO Certificate. Well done Sharon!
The early bird bookings for the conference in November are now open. If you are booking accommodation at the Doubletree hotel, please use the “group code” ADSO17 when making your reservation. Otherwise you may be told that there are no rooms available.
We had the ADSO Board on Friday and we met with Modern.Gov to review our sponsorship agreement and discuss ways in which it can be improved. More about that in a future bulletin.
We also had a very fruitful discussion about the role of the democratic services officer of the future and the skills and knowledge required. We will be issuing a discussion paper to seek your views in the near future.
Finally, a reminder for members in the East Midlands to put your name forward if you are interested in becoming the area’s representative on the ADSO Board following Matt Kane’s resignation. See the website or drop me an e mail (john.austin@adso.co.uk).
Hope you are enjoying the nice weather.
Best wishes
John