Digital Preservation Coalition

The DPC is delighted to invite members to our annual Planning Day at The Churchill Hotel in York on Tuesday 21st May 2013. The Planning Day is an informal but informative opportunity for all of the members of the Coalition, as well as our partners overseas to contribute to the medium term work of the Coalition, and it enables useful networking between them. This planning day has the theme 'Accreditation' of digital preservation training for career paths.

The purpose of this planning day is to bring the whole DPC together to review and agree a set of proposals on how best to acheive this objective within the field of digital preservation practice for our members.

Full members (ie board directors and their guests are invited to meet at 1800 on the afternoon of 20th May 2013 at The Churchill Hotel (65 Bootham, York, YO30 7DQ) where a short briefing meeting will take place in advance of the planning session the following day. Dinner will be at The Churchill Hotel and bed and breakfast will be at either The Churchill or across the road in The Grange Hotel - please be sure to check your confirmation email to see which Hotel holds your room reservation

Associates and 'Allied Organisations' are invited to nominate one representative each, assembling at The Churchill Hotel at 1030 on 21st May 2013. Personal Members are invited also to assemble at The Churchill Hotel at 1030 on 20th May 2013. Lunch and refreshments will be provided and the meeting will close by 1630.

1. In addition, full members will be invited to consider the DPC’s medium term financial plan, and to review and finalize the DPC’s programme for the 2013-2014 year.
2. Specific outcomes from the day include:

• Revised long term financial plan
• DPC Prospectus 2013-14
• A work plan for facilitating ‘DPC accredited’ digital preservation courses

Agenda

20^th May 2013

1800 (Full members) Assemble in The Churchill Hotel, York

1830 (Full members) Full members’ introductory session

2000 (Full members) Dinner

At leisure

21^st May 2013

1000 Coffee

1030 Welcome and introduction to the day (all members to assemble)

1110 Overview Presentation - Speaker TBC

1145 Breakout discussions

• Group one – TBC
• Group two – TBC
• Group three – TBC

1245 Feedback

1300 Lunch

1400 Roundtable discussion and debate

1500 Next steps

1530 Wrap up, thanks and close

The registration is closed