ISSUE: 2 Contact: DATE: 14 Apr 2015 [email protected] IHBC SCOTLAND EVENTS CPD event & members’ networking evening: call for speakers Thursday 28 May 2015 (2pm to 7.30pm) Linlithgow (Burgh Halls, Kirkgate, Linlithgow, EH49 7AL) We need you! IHBC members (Full, Associate or Affiliate) to propose a presentation title/topic of their own choice. This opportunity to share members’ experience and knowledge celebrates the diversity within the IHBC membership. Presentations shall relate to one or more of the IHBC Areas of Competence and will be approximately 10 minutes, depending on numbers, with a brief Q&A session thereafter. Members interested in presenting must submit the following details by email to the event organiser, IHBC Scotland Branch committee member Craig Frew at [email protected] by Friday 24 April with: Name; Job title; Employer; Presentation title; and a Brief description (less than 50 words!). The final programme and booking form will be issued to all IHBC Scotland members in the following week. Those presenting will be exempt from the delegate fee. Branch Connection event for both IHBC Scotland and IHBC North Late September 2015 (times/programme to be confirmed) Scottish Borders (venues tbc) The branch Committee is arranging a meeting with IHBC North as a follow up to a memorable outing in Berwick-upon-Tweed some years ago. The Annual School in Edinburgh had rekindled the idea for a rematch and there the North branch had summoned us to organise a like social event based around suitable CPD themes. Watch this space for an opportunity to mingle with our Cumbrian and North East England conservation colleagues (IHBC North)! IHBC SCOTLAND NEWS Membership A successful event was run last month at the Stirling’s Albert Halls for affiliates wishing to 'upgrade' to full members. There were around 20 affiliate members from all disciplines. Electronic copies of the four presentations will be forwarded to the Registered Office: 3 Stafford Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4QZ Business Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Registered as a Charity in England: No. 1061593 Registered as a Charity in Scotland: No. SC041945 Company Limited by Guarantee; registered in England: No.3333780 delegates in due course. Please contact our convener Jane at [email protected] if anyone else wishes to express interest. The Branch is happy to organise further affiliate seminar events to help establish this initiative in Scotland. Further details... Consultations IHBC has noted and will respond to the following live consultations: Scotland's Archaeology Strategy Consultation for Historic Scotland (Further details....); and Public Procurement: A Consultation on Changes to the Public Procurement Rules in Scotland for Scottish Government (Further details....) Branch Committee list at present (new branch secretary & publicity officer’s email addresses to follow in due course) Jane Jackson (Convenor); Paul Zochowski (Vice Convenor); Gemma Wild (Treasurer and Secretary); Sarah Kettles (Membership Secretary); Roz Artis (Education, Training and Standards Secretary); Charles Strang (Consultations Secretary); Kevin Toner (Publicity Officer); Ranald Dods (Student Liaison/Committee Member); Torsten Haak (BEFS Board member/Committee Member); Dave Sutton, Craig Frew, Stuart Eydmann, and Mark Watson (all Committee Members). OTHER EVENTS Rescuing Rennie Mackintosh : Responding to Fire at Glasgow School of Art Tuesday 14 April 2015 (3.30am to 5.00pm) Edinburgh (30 George Square, 5th Floor Seminar Room, Edinburgh University Main Library, EH8 9LJ) Afternoon presentation. Further details.... Sustainability and resilience of buildings, settlements & natural environment Thursday 23 April 2015 (9.00am to 4.45pm) Glasgow (James Weir Building, Room 6.04, University of Strathclyde, 75 Montrose Street, G1 1XJ) One-day conference. Further details.... Glasgow’s Gilded Age 1864-1914 : Glamour & Grit Friday 8 May 2015 (9.00am to 5.00pm) Glasgow (Cottier Theatre, 93 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU) One-day conference. Further details.... Website at glasgowsgildedage.org.uk/ Building Traditional Skills Friday 15 May 2015 (9.00am to 4.30pm) Inverness (Smithton Church, Murray Road, Smithton, IV2 7YU) One-day seminar. Further details.... Can Scotland play a leading role in redefining Heritage? Wednesday 27 May 2015 (6.00pm-8pm) Edinburgh (Postgraduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS) Evening seminar. Further details.... Registered Office: 3 Stafford Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4QZ Business Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Registered as a Charity in England: No. 1061593 Registered as a Charity in Scotland: No. SC041945 Company Limited by Guarantee; registered in England: No.3333780