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Working
Groups
Following
our first official meeting on December 6, 2006 we have
now established several working groups to coordinate
and develop the activities of the network. Below are
details of the groups including their membership, contact
information and anticipated tasks:
PNUK
STEERING GROUP
Members: Tim Marshall, Libby Porter, Andy Inch, Eeva
Berglund, Francesca
Sartorio (Andy will convene)
Contact
details: ainch@brookes.ac.uk
Tasks:
•Organise
six monthly pnuk meetings (June and December) and during
every
second one of those events (ie every 12 months) include
an ‘action’ (eg
visit a particular area, assist in a campaign etc)
•Write the alternative story for planning and prepare
statement of
principles
•Continue to coordinate the email list
•Build links with external bodies, practitioners
and so on
•Coordinate any additional overarching PNUK issues
EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION SUBGROUP
Andy Inch, Nigel Taylor, Yas Beebeejaun, Francesca Sartorio,
Navshad
Tahsildar, Kurian (Yas will convene)
Contact
details: Yasminah.Beebeejaun@uwe.ac.uk
Tasks:
•Set up a speakers panel, and advertise it, plus
an expert witness panel?
•Get a speaker at the Planning Summer School
•Coordinate, update etc the website
•Set up a wiki open blog for pnuk members via the
website
•Look at student membership and representation
from Universities
•Prepare FAQ sheet for professionals
•Run a student competition to generate debate and
critical ideas (prize
to get published in Planning)
•Prepare resources for students about critical
planning
•Get a profile for pnuk – schools, media,
Planning magazine?
•Think about research agendas for pnuk
•Think about teaching issues for pnuk
CAMPAIGN
AND ADVOCACY SUBGROUP
Members: Libby Porter, Katie McClymont, Massimo Andreis-Allamandola
(Libby to convene)
Contact
details: e.j.porter@sheffield.ac.uk
Tasks:
•Help Barker response group with getting press
releases prepared and
distributed, and help coordinate the Parliamentary briefing
in February
and pnuk’s representation to this
•Prepare an advocacy strategy
•Coordinate getting Progressive Planning magazine
in library
•Find allies and high profile friends
•Seek a meeting with DCLG and Treasury regarding
our concerns
•Investigate the publication of pnuk related stuff
soon in Planning
Theory and Practice (eg Interface?), or possibly Planning
Practice and
Research?
•General publicity stuff
BARKER
RESPONSE GROUP
Members: Michael Edwards, Susie Nelson, Bob Colenutt,
Hugh Ellis, John
Glasson, Juliet Carpenter
Contact
details:
Tasks:
•Coordinate
and organise pnuk attendance at the Parliamentary briefing
in February to present responses and alternatives to
Barker
•write an immediate response through a press
release and submit to
Planning, and then do a further, more detailed response
for the February
briefing
•all pnuk members will need to provide material
to assist in this process
•also seek to submit a longer article to Planning
on response to Barker
For
more general information on how to get in touch, or
get involved please contact
us .
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