[Dfey-nw-discuss] Manchester Digital Elections

[Tim Dobson]

I'm wearing my hopefully-soon-to-be Manchester Digital hat today.

Manchester Digital[1] is a trade association for smallish businesses, 
freelancers and students who are, or wish to be, involved in 
Manchester's Digital Industries.

The Big Chip Awards[2], MD's flagship event, is fairly well known 
throughout the northwest, however this is not the only thing MD does by far.

MD is a democratic organisation and the council for 2009 is to be voted 
upon *tonight*.
There have been quite a few nominations[3] and I[4] am one of them.
I'm standing for the council on the this basis and you can take it as 
written that anything I do will free software centric and greatly push 
DFEY-NW forward:


"As a STUDENT, who has been active within Manchester's digital 
communities for some years, it is clear that many more students would 
benefit from joining in.

It's not just about making younger people more welcome, but also about 
supporting an exciting social space where skills and ideas can be 
developed and nurtured.

If elected, I will develop greater interaction between young people and 
the community, and will encourage Manchester Digital to create further 
initiatives that ease the transition from education to work."

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All Manchester Digital members who attend the AGM[5] are eligible to vote.

The AGM will take place on TODAY - 10 March 2009 from 18:00 until 18:30 
at MDDA, 117-119 Portland Street, Manchester M1 6ED[6]

What's more, if you are a student, joining is completely *free*.
If you aren't yet a member, you can come to the AGM and join MD on the 
night - For freelancers I think it's £25/year and it's a little bit more 
for small businesses.

Being part of MD has numerous benefits; free entrance to a series of 
seminars, an exclusive newsletter and access to useful bits of the MD 
website among other things, but the bit I find most beneficial is 
actually being connected to some of the most interesting organisations 
in Manchester today, many of whom use free software on a day to day basis.

What's your thoughts? (I hope this wasn't TL;DR!)

Hope to see you there,

Tim Dobson

[1] http://www.manchesterdigital.com
[2] http://www.bigchipawards.com
[3] http://www.manchesterdigital.com/page.asp?id=3160
[4] http://www.blog.tdobson.net/node/262
[5] http://www.manchesterdigital.com/page.asp?id=3149
[6] http://is.gd/mCQE

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