THE T E R R I E R THE JOURNAL OF ACES - THE ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF ESTATES SURVEYORS & PROPERTY MANAGERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR VOLUME 16 - ISSUE 3 - AUTUMN 2011
PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE CHICHESTER SOCIAL
PROGRAMME Malcolm MacAskill
Beware the ACES Secretary sneaking up behind you at lunch and whispering in your ear. If you’re not careful you’ll end up doing an article for The Terrier.
That’s what happened to me. There I was with my lunch perilously balanced on my lap. (For a high class hotel like the Goodwood, I was surprised that we had to eat a plated lunch either standing up or perched on the conference seating. Not conducive to having the multiple conversations with old friends you usually have at conferences.)
“Would you do me a favour”, he whispered seductively into my ear. I immediately froze, in the hope that he would think I was in a meditative state and that disturbing me could cause permanent brain damage. Either he wasn’t fooled or he didn’t care.
“Would you write an article for The Terrier about the Social programme since you are a social virgin?” Malcolm Williams has a lot to answer for. He coined that phrase a couple of conferences ago and it seems to have stuck.
Weak with hunger and unable to escape because I was in the middle if a row of seats, I bravely decided to face up to these bullying tactics, and agreed to do the article.
In a way the social side starts on the Wednesday evening when the dinner at a local restaurant kicks off proceedings. Chichester was no exception and over 20 people attended “Amelie and Friends” in the centre of Chichester. We had the restaurant to ourselves. Whether that was through the sheer charm and charisma of Paul and his wife Bim or whether the restaurant had decided not to inflict ACES onto their more
THE TERRIER - Autumn 2011 CONTENTS
Chichester Social Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Better Ways of Working . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Low and Zero Carbon Technologies . . . . . . . . . 15 Land Registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 County Farm Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Nimbyism R US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Turning Data into Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Evicting Squatters, Protesters and Travellers . . . . . 30 Primary Care in Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Condition Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Abolition of Regional Development Agencies . . . . 44 The Apex Bury St Edmunds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chichester 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 What is ‘Viable’ Development?. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Business Rates Exemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Collaborative Asset Management . . . . . . . . . . 56 ACES Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 The Suffolk Scribbler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
affluent customers I don’t know. Whatever the reason, it was an excellent evening. Good food, wine and conversation and wine and wine. Thankfully Paul had sensibly organised a coach to take us there and back to the hotel, where surprisingly the bar was open. Of course what can you do, but continue to be sociable.
On Thursday morning, the weather continued where it left off on Wednesday with clear blue skies and warm sunshine, and a few of us were escorted into Chichester by Bim. You will note that once again we were escorted. I really do think our reputation goes before us.
If you have never visited Chichester, I would strongly recommend that you do so. It is a beautiful market town, extremely compact and easy to walk around. More about street walking later. Gentlemen, please be warned that there is a wide selection of national retailers, plus a very large number of local independent traders. Do not let your wife out alone with the credit card. For those of you interested in architecture,
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