Folks,

It's really helpful to have your feedback - thanks Megan, Deborah, Alan and Tony.  It would be even more helpful if a few more members could give their input to Elise as she plans our next meeting.

Don't be shy :-). As ever, all contributions are welcome, and here's looking forward to seeing you again in Luton.

Best regards

David



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From: Heritage Engineering Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of D. Walton
Sent: 06 January 2014 10:31
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I'm already committed to a concert on March 1st which has been booked 
for a long time and as I'm in most of the numbers can't get out of, 
might be able to come for the first bit.

Text and interpretation would be good things to include and collections 
policy would also be very useful.  The Historic Buildings Network want 
to look at the same thing so you might wannt to extend an invitiation to 
their members as well, although admittedly they are looking specifically 
at building interpretation, some of them will also need to be looking at 
difficult objects - how to interpret something which should be moving 
but which isn't such as dairy machinery or laundry equipment. If anyone 
has ever used a mangle they will know this does fall into the category 
of dangerous, even if you don't have to start a fire under it to get it 
going.

As you know the underlying theme still for the network for the next few 
meetings is health and safety in many different ways.  It would seem 
very sensible therefore to include how you did the risk 
assessments/planning etc for Stockton in terms of having heavy machinery 
around that people have a tendancy to climb on and how this has been 
managed since opening.  Also, even going as far as having a large site 
and managing that, and methods of protection for large machinery, as it 
something that so many of the HEN have in common.


On 2014-01-06 09:30, Dennis, Megan wrote:
> Seems fine to me. Megan
> 
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>  FROM: Heritage Engineering Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] ON
> BEHALF OF Naish, Elise
> SENT: 30 December 2013 15:40
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> SUBJECT: Happy New Year
> 
> A Happy New Year to you all.
> 
> We are going to be hosting the next HEN meeting at the Stockwood
> Discovery Centre in the next few weeks. In response to some of the
> members we are looking to hold this on a Saturday, which looks like it
> will be 1st March - settling down after all the activity of the
> February half term - If this is still what the members want?
> 
> My apologies, I have yet to get to a HEN meeting, so I thought I would
> run some ideas past the members in regard to the sorts of topics that
> we could cover at Stockwood and see if there were any burning issues
> that needed to be addressed.
> 
> As some of you know Stockwood reopened in 2008 after a big
> redevelopment. I was lucky enough to be part of the team that worked
> on the site and one of the things we all had to learn was how to write
> good text on panels and labels. I thought for one session, that we
> could look at how to write labels, giving some guidelines and tips how
> to do this, especially when dealing with complicated or technical
> information.
> 
> I also thought we could look round the site and we could tell you a
> bit about a project we are running looking at getting more people
> involved in our other museum - Wardown Park Museum. It might give you
> some ideas on how to get more people involved in what you do. I was
> also thinking about going over what we collect and why - with a view
> to looking at some of the problems we are facing and how we are trying
> to deal with them.
> 
> Aside from these, I am open to suggestions as to what else should be
> covered - if you have any ideas please let me know. I am working over
> the break, so will be looking at emails or should anyone want to call.
> 
> 
> If you can let me know if you would prefer a weekend visit and what
> topics you might like covered that would be wonderful.
> 
> Looking forward to seeing you all next year. Have a safe and happy
> holiday.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Elise
> 
> ELISE NAISH
> COLLECTIONS MANAGER
> Luton Culture
> Wardown Park Museum
> Old Bedford Road
> Luton LU2 7HA
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Department of Earth Sciences
University of Cambridge
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