The first one is at least. But the response was very positive, so I have decided to go ahead and book the first real SMS sessions.
10 Councillors turned up on Monday evening (plus 3 SMBC staff with an interest in Democratic Services, and communications), and another 10 have expressed an interest (some of these will be coming to the intro session on Friday the 11th) so I think that’s quite an achievement. I told myself I would be happy to get 15-20 members involved, so I have managed to do this, and there’s always potential for more to join in down the line.
We had hoped to hold the full SMS sessions in Gloria Jeans in Solihull, however they close at 6pm, so that won’t be of much use. For now we’ll carry on with the original plan of holding them in the Civic Suite, at least the coffee is free, and we will have WiFi.
Session 1 will be on Friday the 18th of September, 6pm to 7:30pm
Session 2 will be on Tuesday the 6th of October, 6pm to 7:30pm
If you would like to volunteer to help out as a surgeon, or to offer your experiences of how blogging and social media have helped you, please leave a comment so I can get in touch, alternatively email me at alanjc@chimerax.net
Hope to see you soon!
Glad the first introduction went well. It sounds like there’s plenty of interest. Count me in as a surgeon.
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