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Sexuality Education Roundtable : Events

Thu, 6 May 2010 22:43:01 +0000

Hi everyone. Liz asked me to post this link about the Family Planning conference 2010 call for abstracts: http://www.familyplanning.org.nz/News/Events/Conf... Liz Paton Policy Analyst Family Planning - Positive Sexual Health Level 6, 203 - 209 Willis Street PO Box 11 515 Wellington 6142 Tel: 04 384 4349 www.familyplanning.org.nz

Sexuality Education Roundtable : Next Sexuality Roundtable Meeting

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:17:25 +0000

Hi Tommay and everyone We did record the meeting in Christchruch last week, but I still haven't quite figured out how to distribute the recording. It's 80 MB, and I can only upload files of 7MB onto this blog. Soon I'll make a link available at which you can download the file. I just have to get organised. Sorry for the delay. Brian King

Sexuality Education Roundtable : Next Sexuality Roundtable Meeting

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:13:56 +0000

Thank you for your comments, Tommy. Recording is very topical nowadays, so it's good to air these opinions here. I basically agree with you, but I want to 'pick away' at some nuances of the issue. I agree that to object on the basis of medium alone would be unreasonable. However, an objector might feel that traditional minutes and an electronic recording are really not the same thing. Traditional minutes are a general representation of proceedings, and do not contain every aside, joke, nuance, or 'thinking aloud' utterance. Instead they've been a record of decisions and opinions. They've been written up with their circulatory function in mind; for a public rather than a specific audience. Having said that, I agree that none of this matters much if people know the recorder is on and know that the verbatim meeting is going to circulate and be a permanent record available to all, regardless of the possessor's intentions. That fact might just change the tone of the meeting a bit, and that's why I feel that it's more important than ever to have the off-record time at the end. Cheers

Sexuality Education Roundtable : Next Sexuality Roundtable Meeting

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:34:02 +0000

Hi Tommy I think it's a good idea to record the meetings. In fact I recorded the first SER meeting for the purposes of writing up the minutes, but I didn't post the recording here because, at the time, that wasn't what participants were told would happen. If everyone at the meeting is told about the recording being circulated, then it's not a problem in my opinion. People can self-select what they say and what they don't. Some people might be concerned (professionally) about the possible circulation of that recording beyond our circle of SER participants. For this reason, I suggest that we make it clear that there will be time provided for less formal discussions over coffee and cake after the meeting, which won't be recorded. The idea of teleconferencing had been brought up, in order to enable interaction from a distance. However, unless we can come up with a super cheap way to make that happen, it's unlikely to go ahead. Thanks for raising this issue. Brian

Sexuality Education Roundtable : About the SER

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:14:32 +0000

Thank you for your support Myq. You've already made a great contribution by providing us with free webspace for this blog. On behalf of the other participants in the SER, I'd like to thank you for your generosity.

Sexuality Education Roundtable : Participants

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:49:31 +0000

If there's anyone who would rather their name did not appear in this list, but would still like to use this blog, please contact me and I can arrange to remove your name from public display. BrianKing

Sexuality Education Roundtable : About the SER

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:02:37 +0000

I've also just added a new page called 'Participants' (click on the word Participants at the top of this page) in which you can call up the profiles of other participants from here in the blog.

Sexuality Education Roundtable : Next Sexuality Roundtable Meeting

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:57:00 +0000

Thank you Kathleen. Looking forward to attending.

Sexuality Education Roundtable : About the SER

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:32:21 +0000

Hi Mani The place where you write your profile is in the 'dashboard' screen. If you click on 'site admin' at the top right of this screen, you can go there. You'll see 'profile' on the left. Click it and then you can set up your profile. Brian

Sexuality Education Roundtable : Events

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:26:22 +0000

The Sexualities Against the Grain conference is happening this Friday (February 19th) at University of Auckland: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/events/templat... Thanks to Liz Paton for reminding me about this one. Cheers and hopefully see some of you there.