[Bradford] Monday's meeting

[John Robert Hudson]

Hi Paul

I don't think anyone can tell how a relationship might evolve. We were invited 
to help BCB and ended up doing a programme for them. In other cases, 
individual members have been able to respond, Let's see what happens.

John
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On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 22:37:53 Paul Colley wrote:
> Thanks John. Appreciate the chance to explore what possibilities might exist
> - and see if there might be an opportunity in what currently seems to be a
> threat. Although our own budget is fairly limited, one way in which this
> may be of mutual benefit would be in the potential for us to actively
> promote the services that BradLUG members might be in a position to offer
> to the wider voluntary / community / charity sector in the District. I'm
> thinking of something along the lines of our NAVCA Essentials scheme (see
> http://bit.ly/aug14bb#page=50) which we could expand into local IT support
> and development services. I don't just want to come with a begging bowl! P.
>       From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
>  To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk; Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk>
>  Sent: Sunday, 7 June 2015, 23:02
>  Subject: Re: [Bradford] Monday's meeting
> 
> HI Paul
> 
> I am sure that will be fine. I cannot guess the extent to which we might be
> able to offer support but we cannot offer any unless we know what is needed.
> 
> John
> --
> 
> On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 21:46:31 Paul Colley wrote:
> > I'd like to talk briefly about the predicament Bradford CVS finds itself
> > in, having lost our only in-house IT person (who designed our website in
> > Drupal and whose departure leaves us struggling to do much more than
> > create additional content). We have a small budget to cover a range of IT
> > maintenance and development tasks. Being heavily dependent on funding
> > from Bradford Council, we have taken a 25% hit to our budget this
> > financial year and of course we can expect year on year further
> > reductions due to the Tories being wedded to austerity and crushing local
> > authorities (especially those in the North). We could do with some help -
> > a mix of
> > voluntary/advisory and ad hoc paid-for - as we try to adapt to these new
> > circumstances. Anyone with Drupal (and CiviCRM) expertise would be
> > particularly welcome as we attempt to cobble together an advisory team.
> > Not
> > the most attractive of 'offers', but I am tasked with reaching out and
> > attempting to come up with some kind of rescue package / sustainable
> > future
> > plan. I'll be on site and could attend part or all of the meeting if you
> > think that is something you might have the stomach for? Cheers
> > Paul      From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> >
> >  To: BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> >  Sent: Sunday, 7 June 2015, 22:26
> >  Subject: [Bradford] Monday's meeting
> >
> > Hi all
> > 
> > Are there any offers for tomorrow's meeting?
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
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