Dear all,
 
I hope you are well. We have recently been looking at all the different ways that we communicate with our members and a common theme we have found is that you can often receive the same information from us multiple times. To avoid this duplication and so we don’t overwhelm you with emails, we have changed the content that will be in this newsletter. We hope this will make it more effective and useful for you by including information of direct interest to you in your role. We welcome any feedback you have on what you would like included in this newsletter; please email any suggestions to us at networks.
 
Upcoming Administration Deadlines
 
  *   30 November 2014 – Deadline for inserts to RSC News
  *   14 February 2014 – Deadline for receiving Annual Reports and Financial Reports (Interest Group and Local Section Committees)
 
Dates for the Diary
Regional Meeting Dates 2015
 
  *   Tuesday 6 January - South East - Canterbury
  *   Thursday 15 January - Eastern - Chelmsford
  *   Thursday 22 January - North East – Newcastle
  *   Thursday 5 February - Midlands – Birmingham
  *   Thursday 12 February - North West – Preston
  *   Thursday 19 February - Scotland – Glasgow
  *   Thursday 5 March - Wales – Cardiff
  *   Thursday 12 March - Ireland – Dublin
  *   Thursday 19 March - Southwest – Bristol
 
We are in the process of finalising contracts with the venues so will update you on the venue locations shortly.
 
Career Hubs
 
  *   3-5 November – Cardiff Careers Hub and Mixer Meeting (3 days)
  *   17 November – Norwich Careers Hub and Mixer Meeting
 
General Assembly
 
  *   7-8 November – Manchester
 
Communications from across the RSC
 
Your events in the RSC News diary
 
In each issue of RSC News, we announce the events taking place in the month of publication and the following month. For example, the May issue will cover events in May and June.
 
All events are automatically pulled off our events database. In order for us to compile the list ahead of print, we require sufficient advance notice. Therefore, if you would like an event to be included in the printed version of RSC News, please ensure that you have uploaded it to the events database by the end of the month two months ahead of the issue date. For example, events in May and June to be publicised in the May issue must be uploaded to the database by the end of March.
 
Working with Wikipedia
 
We have recently welcomed as a member of staff in the Communications and Campaign team our first Wikimedian in Residence (WiR), Andy Mabbett.
 
He is an experienced editor of Wikipedia and its various sister projects, and in his role Andy will foster collaboration between our staff, members, Wikipedians, the research community and the general public, with the aim of better understanding and improving chemistry related content on Wikipedia.
 
We’d like to offer local sections and interest groups the opportunity to meet with Andy, and to attend workshops and training sessions to hear more about Wikipedia and its role for the communication of science.
 
If you are interested in hosting an event with our Wikimedian in Residence please get in touch with Andy by e-mail<mailto:mabbetta@rsc.org>. Andy is also keen to hear from (or of) any members who are themselves the subject of a Wikipedia biography.
 
If you have any questions, please contact RSC News<mailto:rscnews@rsc.org>.
 
This information will also be posted on MyRSC.
 
Kind regards,
 
 
Marie
On behalf of the Networks Team