Good Afternoon, I am the chair of a North West Group that meets every couple of months to discuss issues of interest relating to Data Protection and Freedom of Information. Our membership - free of charge - is predominately Local Government although we do boast Police Forces; Independent Consultants; Central Government and some Universities as members also. We welcome Private Industry as well as the Public Sector. We share best practice and good ideas, we share documents and a few laughs and act as a sort of self-help group for the challenges that Information Management lays at our often solitary door. Our region covers Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire - so if you're feeling all alone in the world of DP or FOI, please feel free to come along to a group meeting and see if it suits you! If you are interested please drop me an email and I will let you know more details. Kind Regards Jane Corrin Information Manager Wirral MBC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^