UK GI Strategy progressing

Without much fanfare this announcement appeared on the GI Panel web site.

It would seem that the UK GI Strategy - Place Matters - is going to gain ministerial approval. Long overdue but better late than never.

We can expect to see the strategy published "early this year" - I wonder how far reaching the strategy will be? Remember the Chorley Report, it will be interesting to see how the the extent to which the new strategy revisits the same territory and recommendations as Chorley.

AGI GeoCommunity 08 - Shaping a Changing World

We are off and running.

We have a theme Shaping a Changing World. there are several ways that you could interpret the theme - the choice is yours if you choose to submit a paper or decide to attend.

Happy new year

A happy new year for Doctors Lawrence and Barr who have been honoured with a CB and an OBE respectively.

FOD congratulated Bob Barr noting that he is

a passionate campaigner for a saner approach to the management of public sector information

Somehow they missed out on the Director General of the OS's award.

Whoever hands out the gongs seems to be backing both sides of the debate.