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[…] professional musician? Denis Forman: No. At every point in my academic career - it wasn't really that, it was in […]

[…]it was a man called Dr Noble Frankland, who had been in RAF Bomber Command as a navigator during the war and had then gone back. He’d interrupted his academic career to fight. He went back to Oxford, and became one of the two official historians for the strategic bombing offensive, and the book that[…]

[…]lot On The Landscape? Was that funny? [Side 4, 11 mins]NS: So-so.AL: Again it's not everybody's cup of tea as a book even really.DMW: But it was academically-NS: That's true.DMW: And it was miscast. An actor shouldn’t have to act comedy. The moment you're acting comedy it's phoney. You are come[…]

[…]l kinds. And they had a programme for films on ecology. Now, ecology was a word that the layman never knew in those days, it was a very, very sort of academic word really. And by an extraordinary coincidence, my thesis had been on an ecological subject that had been the ecology of a little freshwate[…]

[…] of elementary plumbing, welding, draughtmanship et cetera, mm, bits and pieces of that sort of thing. I mean it wasn’t really an academic school in any way, mm, and then I left. I left, I left when I was fifteen actually, I was only fifteen when I left and I, my aunt was a bookb[…]

[…]nt business?DM: No, my father was the Principal of a training college and my mother before her marriage had been headmistress of a big girls’ school. Academics.SC: Ah, academic background. So what got you into ... finally … after your schooling? Did you go to university?DM: No I went to a very good […]

[…] a viewing s ystem mainly for students. Sort of an academic viewing service, which = did. = created, or described […]

[…] been headmistress of a big girls’ school. Academics. SC: Ah, academic background. So what got you into ... finally … […]

!!!!!!Page!1!of!4!!!ONLINE&MEETING:&BEHP&MEMBERSHIP&AND&WEBSITE&PERMISSIONS&&&!Discussions&week&commencing&5&June&2017&By!phone!on!5!June:!Sue!Malden!(SM),!Ian!Noah!(IN)!and!Alison!Bancroft!(AB)!By!phone!on!6!June:!Mike!Dick!(MD),!Ian!Noah!(IN)!and!Alison!Bancroft!(AB)!Via!Skype!Conference!0n!7!June:!David!Sharp!(DS),!Martin!Spence!(MS),!Ian!Noah!(IN)!and!Alison!Bancroft!(AB)!!1.&DISCUSSION&FRAMEWORK&!Discussions!referenced!questions!raised!in!the!draft!Online!Systems!Operations!Manual!(copied!below):!!MEMBERSHIP&AND&PERMISSIONS&Criteria!for!BEHP!mebership!and!joining!procedures!need!to!be!reviewed!and!agreed!by!the!Management!Committee!for!two!main!reasons:!•!Now!the!BEHP!is!formally!constituted,!all!members!have!voting!rights!and!the!BEHP!is!now!more!accountable!to!official!members,!and!open!to!legal!challenge!on!governance!and!administrative!matters.!What!conditions!need!to!be!met!for!someone!to!become!a!member?!•!BEHP!members!have!rights!of!acces!to!additional!information!and!actions!on!the!website,!and!this!right!needs!to!be!accompanied!by!appropriate!terms!and!conditions.!At!the!moment!only!BEHP!members!should!have!access!to!the!members!pages.!Is!there!a!need!for!a!category!of!users!who!are!not!BEHP!members,!but!who!are!given!access!to!the!database!on!specific!terms.!!Website&User!accounts!are!created!for!official!History!Project!members,!following!a!request!from!the!Secretary!(is!this!correct?).!Additional!permissions!are!set!by!Sysadmin!when!requested.!Membership!permissions!and!permissions!management!need!to!be!designed!both!to!facilitate!an!effective!workflow!and!to!limit!damage!in!worst!case!scenarios. The!process!for!adding!members!to!the!system!and!assigning!additional!permissions!is!currently!informal.!With!the!likelihood!of!significant!future!project!growth,!should!this!be!formalised?!Should!people!be!able!to!apply!for!membership!via!the!site?!!&2.&DISCUSSIONS&!Phone!calls!with!Sue!and!Mike!were!informal,!rather!than!agenda!based,!but!their!comments!were!noted!to!feed!into!the!Skype!discussion.!!!& BEHP!Meetings!!Page!2!of!4!!2.1&Membership&Criteria&!Anyone!who!expresses!an!interest!in!film!and!who!can!perhaps!add!to!information!to!that!has!already!been!collected.!(MD)!!With!the!recent!registration!of!BEHP!as!a!company,!we!are!in!a!hybrid!state.!We!need!to!reboot!in!light!of!our!new!legal!status.!Existing!practices!and!management!procedures!need!clarification!and!the!decisionYmaking!process!needs!review!and!updating.!(MS)!!In!terms!of!membership,!we!need!to!start!with!Mem!&!Arts!and!the!definition!of!where!we!stand!legally.!This!is!unlikely!to!allow!for!different!types!of!membership,!i.e.!corporate!membership.!(To!be!checked).!(MS)!!Once!the!question!of!voting!rights!is!clarified,!it!will!provide!a!framework!for!other!issues!and!a!basis!for!making!other!decisions!(e.g.!membership!categories,!permissions!and!who!can!authorise!access).!(MS)!!What’s!the!status!of!partners!like!BECTU!and!BFI!–!do!they!get!voting!rights?!(DS)!!2.2&Membership&Categories&!May!need!different!levels!of!membership!in!terms!of!website!access,!i.e.!volunteer!members,!active!members!and!legacy!(mailing!list)!members!(MD).!!It!is!clear!there!are!currently!different!types!of!members:!•!Mailing&list!–!some!of!the!core!membership,!but!also!silent!partners!who!don’t!appear!at!all!or!possibly!just!at!the!AGM!to!vote.!They!may!not!have!high!levels!of!computer!literacy,!but!certainly!don’t!want!to!upset!this!core!membership!or!restrict!their!ability!to!vote.!•!Volunteers!–!these!tend!to!be!very!active!for!short!period!and!then!go!away.!They!should!have!access!to!website,!but!would!not!necessarily!be!voting!members!from!the!outset.!This!could!change!if!they!stay!with!the!project,!with!them!becoming!a!full!member!or!even!a!Director.!!Editing!rights!and!voting!rights!are!different!issues!and!need!to!be!dealt!with!separately.!(DS)!!Divisions!need!to!be!made.!Effective!board!member!might!not!have!any!access!to!edit!the!website.!(MS)!!With!volunteers,!it!may!be!that!their!permissions!should!be!date!limited!say!to!6!months!and!then!their!interest!needs!to!be!renewed!for!their!access!to!the!website!to!continue.!(DS)!!We!need!a!volunteer!signYoff.!Martin!Sheffield!has!recently!started!volunteering!at!a!museum!and!might!have!info!on!their!volunteer!agreements/arrangements.!(DS)!! BEHP!Meetings!!Page!3!of!4!!Until!proper!procedures!are!in!place,!it!was!agreed!that!volunteers!should!use!offline!methods!of!collecting!data!(e.g.!spreadsheets),!and!that!their!findings!should!be!checked!before!being!handed!to!confirmed!person/s!for!uploading.!(DS,!MS,!IN,!AB)!!Agreement!is!needed!on!file!naming!protocols!(for!photos,!transcripts,!etc.)!and!volunteers!need!to!be!aware!of!copyright!issues.!(AB)!!2.3&Application&process&!Consider!an!online!form!(plus!printed!option!for!those!without!email).!(MD)!!2.4&Forward&planning&!Possibility!of!institutional!membership,!subscriptions!for!academics/universities!(like!IMDB).!We!would!need!to!justify!in!terms!of!value!for!money!and!would!potentially!then!need!to!charge!everyone!for!access.!We!could!also!look!at!possibilities!such!as!a!commercial!relationship!with!IMDB,!so!people!looking!for!information!could!click!straight!through!to!interviews.!We’re!not!ready!yet!and!would!need!to!sit!aside!others!who!charge,!not!compete.!We’d!also!need!to!check!whether!commercial!arrangements!would!conflict!with!Heritage!Lottery!applications.!(SM)!!Corporate!(e.g.!Talking!Pictures),!partners!(e.g.!BECTU,!BFI),!and!academic!(e.g.!BUFVC)!relationships!all!need!to!be!revisited.!Academic!institutions!may!want!access!via!Athens!protocol!–!with!licenced!universities!to!have!access!to!various!materials!created.!Can!see!increasing!demand!from!academic!institutions!and!corporate!organisations!–!may!need!to!deal!with!on!case!by!case!or!set!up!higher!payments!to!allow!use!of!materials!on!an!annual!basis.!All!needs!discussion.!(DS)!!!Discussion!also!needed!about!position!with!BFI,!who!are!relaunching!media!tech!later!this!summer,!and!the!position!with!unYdigitised!data.!(DS)!!3.&NEXT&STA G E&!Proposed:!Based!on!the!outcome!of!discussions,!and!subsequent!feedback!from!other!members!of!the!Management!Committee,!a!draft!membership!policy!to!be!drawn!up!for!approval!at!the!next!meeting.!In!addition!to!the!above!points,!this!policy!would!cover!online!!roles!and!permissions.!!It!was!agreed!at!the!Skype!meeting!that!current!legal!position!and!voting!rights!need!clarification!before!other!issues!can!be!addressed.!!&& BEHP!Meetings!!Page!4!of!4!!Immediate&actions:!!•!MS!to!lead!on!Mem!&!Arts!discussions!!!•!DS!to!send!through!draft!BEHP!Online!Systems!Operations!Manual!with!his!notes,!for!circulation!to!the!Management!Team!!•!The!possibility!of!Ian!(and!Alison!when!appropriate)!joining!the!Management!meeting!via!Skype!to!be!explored,!and!a!Skype!connection!set!up!for!Wednesday’s!meeting!(14!June)!if!agreed.!!•!Management!agreement!to!sought!on!a!regular!programme!of!Skype!meetings.!DS,!MS,!IN!and!AB!agreed!that!this!is!likely!to!be!the!only!practical!way!to!get!through!the!issues!needing!urgent!consideration.!

[…] them. Anyway, that’s another story.32But I – in fact he actually instructed me to write a paper for a viewing system mainly for students. Sort of an academic viewing service, which I did. I created, or described what I thought would be a good viewing system for people coming in to view films on the[…]