Comments for Humanist and Secular Liberal Democrats http://hsld.wordpress.com www.hsld.org.uk Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on One-day Conference: London, 8th December 2007 by Geoffrey Hillyard http://hsld.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/one-day-conference-london-8th-december-2007/#comment-28 Geoffrey Hillyard Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:08:41 +0000 http://hsld.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/one-day-conference-london-8th-december-2007/#comment-28 Dear Vera HEad - I phoned you some weeks ago and you confirmed that Saturdays conference is taking place - and gave me the impression that one would be welcome if one just turned up - so I made arrangements to travel to London and stay the night etc now I read that I should have registered by 24 Nov- - sorry - will post a cheque as soon as I get home from this library. I intend to bring a discussion paper on assisted suicide with me - please Email me as to how many photocopies I should bring with me - look forward to seeing you in 93 hours time! Dear Vera HEad - I phoned you some weeks ago and you confirmed that Saturdays conference is taking place - and gave me the impression that one would be welcome if one just turned up - so I made arrangements to travel to London and stay the night etc now I read that I should have registered by 24 Nov- - sorry - will post a cheque as soon as I get home from this library. I intend to bring a discussion paper on assisted suicide with me - please Email me as to how many photocopies I should bring with me - look forward to seeing you in 93 hours time!

]]> Comment on One-day Conference: London, 8th December 2007 by Marilyn Mason http://hsld.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/one-day-conference-london-8th-december-2007/#comment-17 Marilyn Mason Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:34:01 +0000 http://hsld.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/one-day-conference-london-8th-december-2007/#comment-17 Update on the conference. The programme will be as follows: “Setting the Agenda for 2008” Saturday, 8th December, London, 10.30 am - 4.00 pm Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1* Keynote speaker: Lord Taverne QC on assisted dying Chair: Arnie Gibbons (HSLD Chair) Liberal Democrats will have a new leader in 2008. Will we have some new policies too? Come along with your ideas about what the priorities should be for humanists and secularists within the party, and how we can make them happen. PROGRAMME 10.30 Registration, coffee/tea and biscuits. (Please hand in your ideas for discussion in the afternoon at registration.) 11.00 Welcome and introductions, followed by Dick Taverne QC on assisted dying, followed by Discussion and questions 12.30 Lunch 1.15 Reconvene for 3-minute (maximum) presentations from participants on “What matters most to humanists and secularists in the party?” Your chance to promote an issue that really matters to you. For example, should HSLDs be fighting to get assisted dying legalised? Should we prioritise reform of the House of Lords? Should we be vigorously upholding liberty of thought and discussion? 1.35 Group discussions on some of the above issues: How should liberals respond? How do we get the issues that matter to us onto the party agenda? 2.20 Feedback: reporting back to the conference, followed by Tea break 3.00 Plenary: “Spreading the word” – How do humanists and secularists make themselves heard within the party? Discussion led by Chair Arnie Gibbons and Dr Evan Harris MP 3.45 End of conference Refreshments available to 4.00 pm Cost: HSLD members £15, non-members £20, students £10, including all refreshments To book, please send booking form to Cllr Vera Head at 10 Cherry Orchard, Amersham HP6 6LE with your cheque. All bookings to be confirmed and paid for by 24th November, cheques made out to “Lib Dem Humanist & Secularist Group”. Queries to Cllr Vera Head at 01494 727254 or vera.head@tiscali.co.uk. * Nearest Underground station is Holborn ** Timings are approximate, but the conference will definitely start at the scheduled time and finish formally by 3.45 pm. Update on the conference. The programme will be as follows:

“Setting the Agenda for 2008”

Saturday, 8th December, London, 10.30 am - 4.00 pm
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1*

Keynote speaker: Lord Taverne QC on assisted dying

Chair: Arnie Gibbons (HSLD Chair)

Liberal Democrats will have a new leader in 2008. Will we have some new policies too? Come along with your ideas about what the priorities should be for humanists and secularists within the party, and how we can make them happen.

PROGRAMME

10.30 Registration, coffee/tea and biscuits. (Please hand in your ideas for discussion in the afternoon at registration.)

11.00 Welcome and introductions, followed by

Dick Taverne QC on assisted dying, followed by

Discussion and questions

12.30 Lunch

1.15 Reconvene for 3-minute (maximum) presentations from participants on
“What matters most to humanists and secularists in the party?”
Your chance to promote an issue that really matters to you. For example, should HSLDs be fighting to get assisted dying legalised? Should we prioritise reform of the House of Lords? Should we be vigorously upholding liberty of thought and discussion?

1.35 Group discussions on some of the above issues: How should liberals respond? How do we get the issues that matter to us onto the party agenda?

2.20 Feedback: reporting back to the conference, followed by
Tea break

3.00 Plenary: “Spreading the word” – How do humanists and secularists make themselves heard within the party? Discussion led by Chair Arnie Gibbons and Dr Evan Harris MP

3.45 End of conference
Refreshments available to 4.00 pm

Cost: HSLD members £15, non-members £20, students £10, including all refreshments

To book, please send booking form to Cllr Vera Head at 10 Cherry Orchard, Amersham HP6 6LE with your cheque. All bookings to be confirmed and paid for by 24th November, cheques made out to “Lib Dem Humanist & Secularist Group”.

Queries to Cllr Vera Head at 01494 727254 or vera.head@tiscali.co.uk.

* Nearest Underground station is Holborn

** Timings are approximate, but the conference will definitely start at the scheduled time and finish formally by 3.45 pm.

]]> Comment on About Us by Richard Carden http://hsld.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5 Richard Carden Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:19:56 +0000 #comment-5 Great to see that we have a web presence though find the address a bit confusing. However, as with all sites it is already out of date with details of events that took place last month. Unfortunate, particularly as I picked up the adress from the latest BHA newsletter. Great to see that we have a web presence though find the address a bit confusing.
However, as with all sites it is already out of date with details of events that took place last month. Unfortunate, particularly as I picked up the adress from the latest BHA newsletter.

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