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The last major event for us was the Scottish ABC conference held in Aviemore in November. Judging by the feedback from those of you who were there - it was a fantastic event! Thank you to everyone who came and helped make it a success.
The market continues to change rapidly and we continue our efforts to 'make a difference'. Several times a week, it seems, we get 'stuff' (can't call it spam I suppose as we subscribe to the Ofcom update service!) from Ofcom about the latest consultation. And that's ok - at least we're being consulted - but it's all a bit much. So many consultations . . . so little resource.
While we welcome Ofcom's stance in trying to involve us - we have no
resource to respond to the massive amounts of consultation and
consequent work involved. Of course, this is an issue not faced
by the commercial companies (especially our friends from Big
Telephant!) they have people employed to 'consult'. But we can
make a difference - have a look at this:
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 09 December 2004 2:36 PM
To: Consult
Subject: Consultations and calendar
To whom it may concern
Would it be possible to include on the Ofcom calendar on the website the known dates for final submissions in consultations? As the number of consultations increases, particularly in our area of interest, it is becoming ever harder to keep tabs on when we need to submit our views.
It would be extremely useful to see at a glance when deadlines are approaching for submissions, particularly as we are a largely unfunded body relying on volunteer support to address issues of concern on behalf of our supporters.
Many thanks
Lindsey Annison
Access to Broadband Campaign
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And this was the response:
Dear Lindsey
Thanks for your comments, and we'd be grateful for any other suggestions you have on our website design that would help the consultation process.
Regards
Nic Green
Policy Adviser
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OK - now I accept that's not such a big deal. But the important point is that they listened and, at Lins' suggestion, responded and did something pretty sensible. Is it too much to hope that Ofcom might do something pretty sensible over bigger issues? We'll see.
And we need to pick our targets - in this newsletter we have a couple of things happening in realtime on Ofcom's consultation process - please let us have your views - e-mail me at brian@abcampaign.org with anything you'd like us to include in the further meetings with Ofcom.
Cheers,
Brian CondonCEO
Access to Broadband Campaign
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