Annual Meeting and beyond

Thanks to all 120 people who attended the ChALC Annual Meeting on 22nd October, this remains one of the highlights of the year for so many of our members. Your continued interest in debating the direction of ChALC on the policy front is excellent and would have made interesting viewing and listening for our very welcome guests from the Principal Councils.

Since then, the staff have been busy catching up with the routine work that is essential to ensure the smooth running of events (such as the Annual Meeting and others) and we have passed on all of your good wishes to Jackie.

With most of the time seemingly spent out of the office these days, please be patient if you do not get a reply straight away, however email remains the best way to get in touch with all staff, especially as the blackberry is a wonderful device - although don't expect a response at midnight even from that. We all have lives outside of ChALC, although it may sometimes appear otherwise.

Training is taking place this week with the County Training Partnership using our facilities and I look forward to meeting many of you again at the various events between now and Christmas.