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Ian Hodgetts
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Report Author: Robert Skinner
Date of report: 16th February 2008
Current Membership of your group:
Full: 99 (-0)
Associate: 24 (-0)

Summary of recent Events
ASLI LSE Pre-AGM discussion group Thursday 27th of March. Discussion held on various motions being presented at the AGM. 20 members (aprox).

Summary of recent significant contacts
LSE Survey Monkey:
The region has conducted a survey monkey consultation to assist with developing a new 2008/09 regional programme. A good turn out of response was received (70members). Questions were on types of speakers, preferred months for hosting events, language preference for running events, and suggestions for speaker topics.

Quality Assurance:
The Quality Assurance project has been a little quiet as of late. However, we are still an active team working towards improving standards in ASLI. Ian has been in touch with the National Secretary and awaits instructions on the next documents that will be processed through the next phase.

GLDA:
The AGM took place on 10th May but unfortunately there was insufficient people in attendance to make full quorum. Tomato Lichy has stepped down as the Steering Committee Chair and Andrew Jordan has now taken on this role. There has also been other changes on the committee, thus giving it new enthusiasm and inputus and the last 2 weeks have seen a plethora of emails planning things for London.

Current developments are the creation of GLDA website. The next meeting will be Wednesday 28th May, after attendance at this meeting it is hoped to have a list of members to share with the region and what their roles are. Also, future GLDA dates will be added to the ASLI Calendar when they are confirmed.

Meetings planned in the next 3 months:
The LSE committee meet regularly (roughly every 4weeks) to discuss regular standing matters; Regional budget, Action plans for Regional events, reviewing achievements & goals. Robert Skinner (Chair) is absent till August.
Events planned in the next 3 months:
Next formal regional event is to be held in Kent. Date TBA. Karen Green is leading with arranging a venue. Daniel Roberts & Robert Skinner are arranging guest speakers.

Dates for the ASLI Calendar: To be announced.

Region : London & South East
Report Author: Robert Skinner
Date of report: 16th February 2008

1. Current Membership of your group:
Full: 99 (+8)
Associate: 24 (-2)

2. Your Contact email:
robert@sliinterpreter.com

3. Summary of recent Events including attendance:
10th December 2007
LSE Christmas Drinks. Friendly Society, Soho. Attendance: 5
19th of January 2008
Seeing the interpreter - Television interpreting workshop. Invited speakers: Clara Allardyce (Red Bee Media), Dr Christopher Stone (UCL) &
Robert Skinner (LSE Chair). Attendance: 6 (Full members).
Comments: The day focused on interpreting considerations/ strategies when interpreting a live News broadcast. Each participant was given the opportunity to be filmed interpreting the News followed by a feedback session.
8th of February 2008
Regional full day event: Invited speakers: Pamela Permis (DCAL), David Wolfenden (ASLI Secretary) & David Phippard (MASLI). Attendance: 25
Comments: The day consisted of two workshops, ‘The use of space a cross-Sign-Linguistics study’ & ‘Voice-over techniques’, and a regional meeting.
Items for discussion at the Regional meeting were: National training programme & Regional needs. QA Project. AGM Motions & Proposals. NEC feedback Ben Steiner nominations. FASLI.

Summary of recent significant contacts, networking, meetings:
Quality Assurance (Ian Hodgetts): We now have 3 members from the LSE region who have agreed to work with Ian Hodgetts in carrying our the QA project. The 'QA Team' are Jennifer Smith, Frances Coates and Adele Ash. Many thanks to them for their contribution and valued input into this project. The team have had an initial meeting to go through the QA system and expectations and the team will now start to process requested item(s) in active liaison with the National Secretary.

Greater London Deaf Association (GLDA) (Ian Hodgetts): The GLDA is still in the initial development stages but progress is being made with the exact format and structure that this group will take. ASLI continues to be represented at the meetings by Ian Hodgetts and, once all is finalised, then some proactive work shall begin. The group has agreed to 'proof-read' ASLI documents, along with other members of the Deaf community to ensure that they are accessible. We will also work together on local issues for the London Deaf community to bring closer formal liaison.

Professional Development Programme (Ian Hodgetts): Ian Hodgetts has recently been appointed the PDP liaison officer. Some initial consultations have gone out to the region with regard to preference for the timing of training days. This will be fed back to the PDP Chair and group. Next phase will be asserting from the region what courses they would like and any preference for dates. There was a suggestion at last regional meeting to have a 'pilot' of the "Voice Over" 2 day training course (facilitated by David Wolfenden and Dave Phippard) to take place in London following the very successful session on 8th February.

5. Meetings planned in the next 3 months:
The LSE committee meet regularly (roughly every 4weeks) to discuss regular standing matters; Regional budget, Action plans for Regional events, reviewing achievements & goals. Next meeting is planned for March 18th

6. Events planned in the next 3 months:
AGM Motions: Discussion group to be held in March (TBA). Motion will be discuss and feedback to be distributed via the regional e-group.

7. Dates for the ASLI Calendar:
TBA

Quarterly Report : November 07

Summary of recent Events including attendance:
Social event on the 27th September 2007. Informal gathering at a pub in central London. The aim was to encourage integration and networking between LSE members. Attendance: 8 people.
Our first full day regional event was held on the 20th October 2007 at the RAD centre in Colchester. Speakers included Adam Schembri from the Deafness, Cognition and Language research centre (UCL) and Byron Campbell (Full member of ASLI). A regional meeting was held to collate feedback on Membership category review & the ASLI Mission statement. A report of the meeting was distributed to the regional e-group. 18 people were in attendance for this day’s event

Meetings planned in the next 3 months:
The LSE committee meet regularly (roughly every 4weeks) to discuss regular standing matters; Regional budget, Action plans for Regional events, reviewing achievements & goals. Meeting are arranged informally and tend to be held at DCAL Library.
GLDA (Greater London Deaf Association) has recently reformed its committee and has formally invited one of the regional reps to be one the committee.  This is with the aim of having increased contact between the Deaf and interpreting communities, which is a very positive step.

Events planned in the next 3 months:
Christmas drinks for LSE members on the 10th of December 2007. Location TBC
Saturday 19th of January 2008. Television interpreting workshop with Clara Alladyce & Dr Christopher Stone. Location DCAL UCL.
The next full day regional event is planned for Friday February 8th 2008. Speakers include Robert Adam from the Deafness, Cognition and Language research centre (UCL) and David Wolfenden & Susan Booth. Location is West Ham Deaf centre.

New Regional programme 07/08: Click here to download the programme

The London & South-East committee have been working hard during the summer to develop a new 07/08 programme. Please see below for the latest outline:

Location

Date

Venue

Speaker

Masterclass

 Further details

Colchester

12/10/07

RAD Centre. 18 Westside Centre,
London Road, Stanway
Colchester, Essex CO3 8PH

Adam Schembri “Sociolinguistic variation in Auslan and BSL: Past and future projects"

Byron Campbell “Professionalism & Ethics”

 Click here to download details

London

8/2/07

London.

West Ham Deaf Community Centre

East Road, Off Portway

West Ham

London

E15 3QR

Robert Adam “Segmentation of BSL”

David Wolfenden & Susan Booth “Voice-Over techniques”

  

The regional programme has shifted from being evening events to full day events. This is a 1 year trial programme to assess if we get a higher number of attendance and value for money from our budget. The intention is to run events around the South-East corner of the UK.

Two of these events can be held on a Saturday and one can be on a working week where staff interpreters can request to their employers that they attend a training event.

Regional Meetings

The London & South-East region have run the following sessions since the last NEC meeting in May:

Fund raising:

In order to generate further funds to support the LSE 07/08 programme additional event/s will be held in 2008. Clara Radcliffe will be holding a day session on interpreting for “Television and the News at the BBC”.