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Dear Diversity List members, As said in the message on this list on the 11th Jan, the Diversity Council will be holding a two-day meeting on March 14th and March 15th. The first day's meeting will be to agree the final constitution of the DC and to hold elections for the officers of the DC. The second day will be a seminar to celebrate the first birthday of the Diversity Council, and our establishment as a bona fide group which will then be able to apply for full group status of the LA/CILIP. If we fulfil the LA's criteria for this status, we are hopeful that we may be able to be accepted as a group at the first meeting of the new CILIP in April. This is an important moment, therefore, in the founding of the DC and we hope as many people as possible will be able to attend. Speakers on the 15th will include Professor Ismail Abdullahi of Clark Atlanta University, Georgia, and Mark Mason of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. This will be a high profile event and we would encourage all who can attend this event to do so. Details of the venue are still to be finalised but it will be held in London, and full publicity will be disseminated widely as soon as possible. In the meantime, if you would like a letter from the Library Association asking your management for your release for the 15th March meeting (and/or the 14th too), please write to: [log in to unmask] Best wishes, Philip *************************************************************** Dr Philip Pothen DNER/RDN Communications Manager, JISC DNER Office, King's College London, Strand Bridge House, 3rd Floor, 138-142 The Strand, London WC2R 1HH Tel: 020 7848 2935 Mobile: 07887 564 006 Fax: 020 7848 2939 [log in to unmask]