Saturday, 26 May 2012

BOSF AGM

Beautiful sunny day and another excellent BOSF AGM.  You'll find more on their site and twitters on the day #BhamOSF (or see below).  Also twitter will be archived at: , so no real need to see the stuff I cut and paste below.  (I'll get better at this techno stuff soon).

Cllr Bedsley made a surprise visit at last minute and gave a quick outline of BCC commitment to parks.  Karen from Be Active also gave update, and in morning Chris Neville and Emma Wolf gave sound advice on how to arrange an event in a park - from licenses, risk assessments to toilets.

Here's a couple of photos from the day:






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 try look on  if recent tweet, or is it my blog:
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 great stuff Karen Jerwood  Be Active. and cllr Bedser for defending spending on most needy
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 Now you're asking, "What is a quantile?":
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8 volunteer parks groups did 3291 hours of work in city parks last year. Adding/creating value. 
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 We're haring from Karen Jerwood, Head of Sport & Physical Activity at  about Be Active scheme.
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 RT  getting head round intricacies of licensing regs & processes.  
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 That would be great. Thank you. 
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Going to be following the   and Bham Open Spaces Forum  hashtags.
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 We've seen funding offers conditional on holding public events.
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RT :  Incredible amount of volunteer enthusiasm and energy in this room & 
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 Incredible amount of volunteer enthusiasm and energy in this room
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 Starting with a series of 1-min lightning talks, like
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 mac Wi-Fi failing miserably :-(
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I will be tweeting from Birmingham Open Spaces Forum conference today, using 
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 Draws to a close.
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 Now a longer lightning talk, from the local wildlife trust - at last biodiversity gets mentioned!
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 I just did a one-minute lightning talk on !
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 Now BCC constituency park manger for Sutton and Erdington, urges people to record their events. Amen.
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 Friends of Ward End Park on their "forest school" site.
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 Friends of Hazelwell Park on "the edible park".
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 Now  on Hall Green Arts
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 Friends of Kings Norton Park started because council removing flower beds. Have made play area accessibile to kids w disability
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 More one-minute lightening talks.
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 AGM - conducted at a cracking pace - ends.
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 New chair of BOSF is Maggie Sweet - congratulations.
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 Now the BOSF AGM.
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   - even biodegradable - harms wildlife:  Please don't.
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 We seem to be somewhat astray from our schedule...
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 great stuff Karen Jerwood  Be Active. and cllr Bedser for defending spending on most needy
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 Karen suggests Be Active might fund groups' insurance costs in return for data on what activities people are undertaking in parks.
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 Now you're asking, "What is a quantile?":
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 Not often you hear the word "quantile" at an event like this.
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 sidetracked by question "what is a wassail". As always, Wikipedia has the answer: 
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 "We're haring from Karen Jerwood" - hearing (sorry)
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 We're haring from Karen Jerwood, Head of Sport & Physical Activity at  about Be Active scheme.
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Hope I don't wilt before we get a chance to discuss 'digital technology in the conservation and enjoyment of nature' 
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  Very interested, but busy - I'll try to catchup online later. 
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 And the Cllr Bedser session draws to a close.
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 Cllr Bedser refers to a colleague who "thinks laterally for a hobby".
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 I missed a few things while off-line, but there's a free and frank discussion going on; fair play to Cllr Bedser for fielding Qs
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 Q. to Cllr Bedser about distinction between cabinet decisions and localism. Ans: start locally then escalate if necessary.
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 It's the modern disease. Sorry I'm to busy to join you online, today, BTW.
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 Wi-Fi woes...
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  Cllr Bedser has a dog and uses public open space to walk it every day. He also has an allotment.
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 Cllr Bedser earlier referred to "Socialist Republic of Harborne".
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 Cllr Bedser: "Cllr officers are now allowed to refer to 'cuts'". Says these are going to get worse, imposed by central govt.
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 [2/2] Cllr Bedser: "social cohesion" and deputy leader, who has strategic responsibility for assets.
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 Cllr Bedser: "Each org will want relationship with 4 cabinet members: health & wellbeing, "smart, green & safe", [1/2]
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 Cllr Bedser: DCs will be chaired by paid members of the executive.
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 Cllr Bedser: "Localisation and devolution central" "Constituency committees now known as District committees"
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 Cllr Bedser: "radical ideas about reorganising the city" - have already "fundamentally changed the constitution of the council"
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 Next, Cllr Steve Bedser is talking - impromptu - about the change of political leadership in Bham & how it affects parks.
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 Further SocialMediaSurgery help is available free, regularly, to vol orgs in Birmingham & beyond:
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 And we're back, with more one-minute lightening talks.
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 Chris adds a codicil - he and his licensing colleagues will help amateur groups as much as possible.
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 Stopping for lunch now, during which I'll be running a Social Media Surgery. Back at 1.30pm
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 Maximum £20,000 fine for breaching Licensing Act! But informal warnings or caution can be given for minor issues.
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 Presentation slides will be circulated to those interested; I'll ask that they go online.
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 Response: accessibility issues not /licensing/ criteria, but disability discrimination legislation still applies.
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 Suggestion from floor that accessibility should be taken into account when granting a licence.
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 Relevant document for event licencing is "Section 182 Guidance": 
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 Events licensed for 499 people must be stopped if more people turn up, insists Chris Neville.
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 Problems when events are licensed for up to 499 people, but anyone can wonder into a park or other open space.
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 That would be great. Thank you. 
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 Licences needed as BCC has a duty to prevent crime, maintain public safety, prevent nuisance and protect children from harm
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MT : What's BOSF? Umbrella org for open space groups. Parks, allots, rec's, greens, cemeteries & public open spaces. 
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URLs I tweet for  today will be archived at
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 Info from  on licensing:
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RT : anyone want to start a friends of cofton park group? < 
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RT : Subscribe to the BOSF Info Sheet: events; training, funding & more! info@bosf.org.uk , 
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 Breadhead.
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 Now Chris Neville,  head of licencing, on that subject.
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 Never mind a logo - what about a QRpedia code?!
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 The forum are on Twitter: 
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 Inexplicable laughter at suggestion that some people don't want jubilee events because they're not royalists
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 *waves*
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 Will ask if I get a chance
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RT :   require the months notice for events < "three months"
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 Licences are needed for events with any kind of performance, markets, raffles (not tombola, etc) or alcohol.
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 The forum run training courses on how to do risk assessments, etc.
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  require the months notice for events (allowed by bylaw), but their insurance covers events if their staff involved
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 Queston asked "What is an event?" When does an informal activity grow into one needing proper organisation?
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 Incredible amount of volunteer enthusiasm and energy in this room
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