The next meeting of the Local Government Group will take place on Wednesday January 14th 2004 at the Westminster Archives Centre. For directions to the Westminster Archives Centre please see www.westminster.gov.uk libraries and archives section. The agenda is as follows: 10am - Coffee and welcome 10:30am - Demonstration by Valid. For more information see www.valinf.com 11:30am - Comfort and coffee break 11:45am - David Aspinall will speak on selling Freedom of Information to management. 12:45 (approx) - Lunch - a sandwich lunch will be provided 13:30 - Break out session to air issues around the implementation of freedom of information and to share solutions 14:30 - LGG meeting to include retention guidelines review process, the creation of a web site for records management documents, update on classification schemes and school records retention 15:45 - Date of next meeting If you would like to attend this meeting please contact me on [log in to unmask] Preference will be given to RMS members so please state whether or not you're a member as you contact me. Details about joining the RMS can be found at www.rms-gb.org. I look forward to hearing from people.