NEWS FOR GEM MEMBERS
Last Updated 16 July 08
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GEM e-News
GEM Board Elections 2008
Honorary Membership Nominations
GEM is
constantly seeking to improve its services to members and central to that is our
ability to keep you up-to-date and in touch with developments in the sector.
In your last GEM News, we outlined our proposal for the new GEM e-News. GEM
e-News will replace GEM News and it will be delivered monthly by email to all
GEM members. It will be a news publication and will focus on national and
regional news in heritage learning and related areas, as well as providing the
latest on GEM events and projects.
GEM members will now have instant and more frequent access to news and events in
the sector. GEM will also be able to limit its impact on the environment by
adopting a paperless format.
The wealth of high quality case studies included in the current GEM News will
now be featured in a more sizeable, dedicated best practice publication produced
twice a year. The first of these will appear in November and will be edited by
Alison Porter.
GEM e-News will be edited by Fenella Hunt and it is intended that much of the
content will be provided by GEM members. However, as well as receiving ad hoc
news items from GEM members, we are looking for specific reporters to cover key
areas in heritage learning. Reporters will be asked to provide one or two high
profile news items (approximately 100 words per item) relevant to their field on
a monthly basis. If you are a specialist or have good knowledge of any of the
following areas and would be interested in becoming a reporter, please email the
e-News Editor at enews.gemoffice@btinternet.com.
• Early Years, Schools & Young People, Family, Adult, Older People
• National Curriculum, Cultural Offer, 2012 Cultural Olympics,
Communities and Local Heritage.
The first edition of GEM e-News will be published on Thursday 28 August and on
the last Thursday of the month thereafter. If you have any news you would like
to contribute please ensure you contact the Editor before 17.00 Monday 25
August.
If you have any queries please contact the e-News Editor at
enews.gemoffice@btinternet.com.
If you wish to opt out of receiving the GEM e-News, please advise the GEM
office. GEM e-News will also be available on the GEM website.
Institutional Members
We would like to ensure that all members included in an Institutional Membership
(i.e. four people) receive a copy of the e-News. So we should be grateful if the
named representative of the Institutional Membership would let us have the names
and email addresses of the three other people covered by their membership.
GEM Board
Elections 2008
GEM is a thriving and growing network of over 2,000 members advancing and
promoting the importance of learning in museums, galleries and other cultural
organisations and we need some enthusiastic members with time to help GEM move
forward by becoming Trustees. There are two vacancies for elected Trustees. The
current Board is supporting the nomination of two members although members are
entitled to nominate other candidates – in which case there will be an election.
For more information about the election please
click here.
Honorary Membership Nominations
Retired GEM members can be honoured for either their services to GEM or to
museum education. You are invited to put forward names of retired members of GEM
who you think should be rewarded with the status of honorary membership.
For more information about who is entitled to Honorary Membership please
click here.
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