Musty's updates

In Medsin

1. I’m on my second round of ‘call up the all BPs and chat’ – this round is much faster, very efficient. Machine-like, even. Love it.

2. Having trouble with Barts & Warwick still – no word. Have sorted out Swansea and UEA.

3. We’ve all finished our first round of ‘Regional Discussions’ – just after the AGA I introduced them each to their regional teams and gave them each a topic in Medsin to talk about. I’ve collated their email threads and sent them round to the entire group for final inputs before Nottingham and before we move onto Round 2 with 5 new topics to discuss. Magic.

4. This month’s Grand Discussion – where I send out one topic for everyone to input into – is half way done; still waiting on inputs from the rest.

5. Preparing for Branch President Meeting in Nottingham – first aim is to finalise the Grand Discussion bitty, not quite sure what else to do for the hour...

6. Regional conferences – only one confirmed

7. Regional BP meetings – November/December. Have completely ignored this. Oh well!

8. Regional Days out – Scotland (well, technically it’s Scotsquastle now...) has got one planned, trying to convince Peninsula that ‘South West Surfing Action’ is productive for the region...

9. Two new groups – Cardiff and St Georges – are thinking about joining. St Georges is technically a Medsin group, but the new group would be different. It’s all hilariously confusing.

10. Some other things, surely...joined membership SWG...spent a while on the website....Oh! Most impotantly, I’ve been trying to see just how short and snappy I can make my emails to JC. I think my last one was just a ‘k’...

Out Medsin (damn right, Al, I’m with you!!)

1. Basically just climate change and health stuff! Went to this policy making evening at the Royal College Physicians last Wednesday, got my SSC for 2^nd years approved and in Jan I get to be a teacher (woot!), did a sweep and we’ve got 8 groups nationwide, got my grant from the British Council to set up an international wing of Healthy Planet, just finished the 1st draft of HP website, something something....

2. I loved this article - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/17/david-hare-decade-9-11

3. I’ve been reading The Health Practitioners Guide to Climate Change

4. And Amartya Sen’s The Idea of Justice

5. And I really want to see the new Moctezuma exhibit at the British Museum

6. And lying in bed with my iPod on shuffle made me realise how much I love the Spice Girls

7. And now I’m going to the park to finish my to do list. Global health in the park – love it.

There. My life in a blog.

Musty