Simon Rose

[…]or other interviews. If you want to help, please contact BEHP Secretary,  sue.malden@btinternet.com.Simon Rose  0:09  Simon Yes. Hello.Ian Noah  0:12  I wondered whether we could start the interview by you confirming your name and giving me details about you.Simon Rose  […]

Sheelagh Rees

[…]ls. We did The Comedy of Errors to music, which had come up from Bristol, he had connections with Bristol Old Vic. And one of them was a Julian Slade, and I can’t remember if it wasComedy of Errors, the music was marvellous, such jolly music. And, [Pause] the one about, A Comedy […]

Alan Izod

[…] a man anyway. And the other strand of it was that during the war, and particularly towards the end of it in 1918, we got to know a great many Australians who were in the Australian forces, and we're at the time being put up in the YMCA, which was just down the road from us in Great Russell Street. […]

Online meeting – BEHP Membership & Permissions Discussions 5-7 June 2017

!!!!!!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.!

Francis Searle

[…]ey. Putney, yes, right, where, ohRoy Fowler  0:55  well in. Putney, yes,Speaker 1  1:01  some of Ben Searle, Dentist buff me Rotarian, president of Buckley brotherhood, great social worker.Unknown Speaker  1:27  Hardly ever saw him,Roy Fowler  1:30  because he[…]

HP0103 Roy Ward Baker-Transcript

[…] film, a darn good picture with a splendid performance from Ian Hen- dry. Jay was unbelievably conceited. He was perfectly […]

Organisation Structure & Activities

[…] Archive Co-ordinator Sue Malden, Secretary Elaine Burrows, Database and Documentation David Sharpe, Archive and Production Co-ordinator Ian Noah, Digital Development & Communications Steve Tappin, Communications Pic: Management Committee 2015   Activities […]
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