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Minutes of the Operations Management Task Group Held on 14th June 2004, 2pm to 3.30pm Meeting Room R13, London School of Economics Present: Maureen Wade (Chair), Fiona Middleton, Abigail Edwards, Zoë Smith, Babs Viejo, Sue Somerset, Martin Carbonell & Caroline Holebrook (administrator) 1. Apologies Apologies had been received from Carole Pickaver, Rosarie Coughlan, Paul Scarsbrook & Susan Gilbert 2. Minutes of the last meeting – 27th February 2004 The minutes were accepted as an accurate record 3. Matters arising • Rating Speakers The group felt it would be useful to have a rating of speakers in the database in order to assess who would be worthwhile approaching for future events. Action: Caroline will take this forward to Steering Group • Speaker Packs Sue has prepared some material for discussion with Paul Scarsbrook. Action: Sue will take this further with Paul • Group Remit Maureen has taken this forward to Steering Group. All groups will be reviewing their remits to ensure they are still accurate and reflective. 4. Programme 2003/2004 Seminars • Project Management – Maureen This event took place on the 28th May 2004 at the London School of Economics. Evaluation was very positive and it was agreed to run this again in 2004/05. • Space Planning - Martin This event took place on the 8th June 2004 at University of Surrey, Guildford. Each of the four speakers tackled the subject from a slightly different perspective which gave the event useful depth. The feed back was extremely positive. The venue at Surrey was very pleasant and the support the convenor received was excellent. Action: Caroline to thank Jennifer Nordon and her team at Surrey. • Deploying Staff – Carole & Sue This event is due to take place on 16th July 2004 5. Programme 2004/2005 Seminars • Bidding for Project Funding – Abigail & Babs The focus of this event will be securing funding for projects rather than project management. Possible speakers include: EU, Heritage Lottery Fund & JISC. Case studies from those who have been involved in making bids would also be interesting. Date: Oct/Nov 2004 • Costing (x2 days) Sue S & Susan Gilbert Larraine Cooper is the preferred trainer for this event. Day one would cover the principles of costing. Day 2 would discuss workable methodologies for implementation. Examples would be drawn from delegates before the event. Date: Jan/Feb 2005 Action: Maureen to send Sue her brief for a costings seminar run by this trainer recently at LSE • Overhauling Efficiency & Effectiveness – Carole & Zoë Assessments, solutions, outsourcing. Agreed to focus mainly on solutions to improve effectiveness rather than auditing services. Date: TBC • Managing Self Service – Fiona There is scope for a joint event with Task Group 5. Date: TBC Action: Caroline will approach Task Group 5 • Project Management – Rosaire Date: TBC Action: Caroline to brief Rosaire • Space Management – Martin & Fiona A natural progression from Space Planning, this event will focus on managing and re-designing the space you have; seating plans, planning study areas, designing service points. Monitoring usage of computers, study spaces etc at different times of the year, to inform space planning. Date: March 2005 Breakfast Briefing • IIP & Charter mark - TBC Visits • Natural History Museum – Fiona (Oct 2004) • Royal Library Windsor – Sue S (Apr 2005) 6. Any other business Maureen is leaving CPD25 to become the new Secretary of M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries. The group thanked Maureen for being such a good Chair and keeping the group focused. Jean Yeoh, Chair of the CPD25 Steering group, will make arrangements for a new Task Force 3 chair before the next meeting. 7. Date of next meeting 12th October 2004 at University of Westminster, Chalk Suite, at 2pm Action: Caroline to book a room. CH 14th June 2004 |
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