ORG Volunteer Meeting Wednesday 9 May 07

Please indicate if you plan to join Michael (and the usual suspects) for the May 9th Volunteer's meeting, to be held at 18.30 at Venda, 101 St Martin's Lane, London WC2. gmap

Agenda

• Preparing June 20th mailout
  • Follow-up calls?
• Gowers comments system (and recommendations tracker?)
• Consultations
  • Home Office consultation on the implementation of 'Data Retention' legislation - March 2007 Will you be affected by regulations governing police access to communications data; do you have concerns regarding the associated costs to businesses, or implications for privacy? Deadline 11th June 2007
  • Supplementary consultation on Freedom of Information Act Do you think government should try its hardest to make available information, or should their priority be on saving a few quid and MP's blushes? Deadline 21st June 2007
    
  • The Impact of Surveillance and Data Collection upon the Privacy of Citizens and their Relationship with the State The Constitution Committee has decided to conduct an inquiry on the constitutional implications of the collection and use of surveillance and other personal data by the State and (insofar as they can be used by the State) private companies, particularly with regard to the impact on the relationship between citizen and state. Deadline 8 June 2007
• Events calendar
• ORG shops
• Tidying website

Roll Call

• Michael Holloway
• Adam McGreggor : sorry other commitments
• Matthew Petty
• Glyn Wintle
• Sheila Tomson