Feedback from 30th June meeting.

Thank you to all the delegates who filled in their feedback forms: 60% of the delegates completed these. Here is a summary of the results.

Did you find the meeting useful? - Yes = 100%

Are you interested in attending future meetings? - Yes = (100%)

How often would you like future meetings to be held?
3 months: (52%)
6 Months: (48%)

Should future meetings be?
National meetings (various locations): 16%)
Smaller regional meetings: (11%)

Both: (73%)

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Meeting Feedback

Thank you to all the delegates who took the time to fill out the questionnaires we distributed at the meeting on 30th June.

We will be analysing the data in detail, but below are some of the headline results:

• 95% of the respondants found the meeting useful (the other 5% left that box blank),
• 100% would want to attend a future event,
• As to the frequency of future events, there was a 50:50 split between quarterly and semi-annual meetings and
• 73% of respondents wanted both national and smaller regional meetings.

Meeting Report

Today's Meeting

Just a short note following up on today's meeting. The two presentations by The SIA were generally received and as you would expect led to a lively Q & A.

The two post lunch presentations on Privacy Laws and Training, were both interesting and well presented and thanks go to our speakers.

A fuller report will follow in due course.

Next Meeting

The Next meeting, which will take place on Monday 30^th June in London at The Hatton, 51 – 53 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8HN

Invitations have now gone out.

We will be looking for venues and sponsors of future events, so please let us know of you have any suggestions.