Muriel Cole

[…]uld trust who wasn't after her job. And I certainly wasn't. And I can't remember, there was somebody else standing in the office with Sir, Michael or Mike, and he said, Now, what's all this about? You want to do your bit. You've got to do your bit by staying here and ensuring that jobs are here for […]

BEHP Bulletin no 3 Nov

[…] - the Television Academy Foundation is an interesting website located at https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews on. Mike Dick History Project Chair and Sue Malden, Secretary

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.!

Martin Gibbons

[…]n a lot of stage shows. I think I mentioned earlier the one man Hancock Show with James Hearn. There's been a recent stage show put on in Highbury by Mike Mark Brailsford called the lad himself. Now, the lad himself is set immediately after Hancock sad parsing, and it is about his transition from li[…]

Waris Hussein

[…] India, Your Highness." Oh, anyway, I did do the film. They did see it. And after that, I had the awful experience of going to see a film directed by Mike Sarne called Myra Breckinridge and it was awful. Darrol Blake  1:16:07  I remember. Waris Hussein  1:16:0[…]

Joe McGrath

[…]have a benign despotism”.   00:15:28A benign despotism   here - (?) so I did the - the series of ‘Square World’ and it won the BAFTA - Mike - Michael Bentine  got  best entertainer and er - I got John Street best programme and I got best director - so that was lovely it was […]

Chili (Dorothy) Bouchier

[…]And what about the difference in technique between theatre and films...CB: Yes I was a bit on the quiet side, yes, because I was used to talking into mikes and not given any voice, so I had to learn to project a bit because there were no things such as microphones in those days and it’s a joy nowI: […]
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