The Bishop of Huntingdon’s Office
14 Lynn Road
Ely
CB6 1DA
bishop.huntingdon@ely.anglican.org
29th March 2012
Dear Cambridge Conversation Colleagues,
We are now making active plans for a follow-up Seminar and Action Day to be held on
Saturday 23rd June at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (thanks once again to the kindness of
the Master and Fellows). This letter is to invite you to book a place now for yourself or your
nominee. There will be a charge of £20 per delegate, payable on the day, so that the event is
self-supporting as far as its direct costs are concerned (this will include lunch). We would
welcome additional sponsorship to help with our wider development costs. (Please contact us
directly if you are interested in helping in this way.)
The feedback from our first day was that its open-ended, bottom-up conversations and
networking were greatly appreciated, with very strong indications of a desire to continue with
the process – but also that at further meetings like this we should transition purposefully
towards more focussed conversation and action to make a tangible positive impact.
The provisional agenda for the day is therefore as follows:
9.30am
10.00am
11.30am
11.45am
12.45pm
2.00pm
Registration and refreshments
Seminars on the six themes or others which receive strong prior support,
leading to a wish list of what is needed (e.g. information, contacts, resources,
publicity, policy) to achieve the chosen outcome/s.
Break
Brainstorming in Lecture Theatre. (In this session wish lists will be shared on a
large screen to enable brainstorming of likely sources of the requirements.)
Lunch and networking in the Old Library
Depart
We are delighted to have recruited Ed Cearns of Cearns & Co to be our co-ordinator for this
event. Bishop David’s office will continue to be the point of contact and handle the admin.
Finally, a reminder that the website is up and running at http://www.camconv.co.uk, with a
parallel blog at http://camconv.wordpress.com. Some early outputs are the new Ely Cathedral
Business Group, a collaboration with Cambridge 2030, and a Climate Conversation is on the
drawing board too. Watch out for Twitter and Facebook.
Yours sincerely,
THE CAMBRIDGE CONVERSATIONS
SEMINAR AND ACTION DAY
Saturday 23rd June
Emmanuel College Cambridge
BOOKING FORM
Please reserve me a place on the Seminar and Action Day. I understand that a fee of £20
is payable on the day (and will remain payable if I cancel after the end of May).
Name
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Organisation
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Address
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Email
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Seminar preference
Health / Economy / Education / Law & Order /
Physical Infrastructure / Social Infrastructure /
Other (please name) ...........................................................
Action interests/ additional areas of expertise......................................................................
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Please return to the Bishop of Huntingdon’s Office, by post to 14 Lynn Road, Ely CB6
1DA, by fax to 01353 669357, or by email to bishop.huntingdon@ely.anglican.org before
the end of May. Thankyou.