20 ACO BUSINESS NEWS COMMITTEE REPORT The ACO National Committee and the Regional Representatives, as listed on the Contents Page of every Context, meet about four times a year. A brief note of the main issues discussed will be published in Context, with the date off uture meetings. Contact your Regional Representative if you want to know more, or want the Committee to know what you think about the items under discussion. All members' views are welcome, but comments are particularly invited from members with particular expertise or experience of any of the issues. MEETINGS 7th June and 3rd July 1989. Items under discussion: 1 ConferencesandAGM 1990 Edinburgh: 29th March-1 April At the invitation of the Scottish Civic Trust and the Edinburgh New and Old Town Committees, the next ACO Conference and AGM will be organised in Edinburgh as part of their international conference "Civilising the City". Liaison Committee: Chris Smith, Mike and Mary King and Keith Murray. 1991 Brighton: 20th to 24th March (provisional dates) To be organised by the South East Region of the ACO and deal with practical aspects of repair. Liaison through John Davey. 1992 YourRegion?March-April Proposals should be put to the committee before the next AGM by any region wishing to organise the 1992 conference. 2 Constitutional changes As agreed at the AGM, a committee has been set up to consider amendments to the Constitution. A draft will be sent to all members for comments in October. Committee: Peter Richards, Liz Marten, James Ross. 3 Context For a trial period (two issues), publication will be by Hall McCartney (see Editorial). Editorial control to remain with the ACO, through Jenny Pearce and Bob Kindred. 4 Consultations The A CO is an official consultee of the DOE. ACO responses to recent consultations may be obtained from the ACO Secretary, Liz Marten. See page 21 for more details. 5 Publicity Both internal and external publicity are to be improved, initial priority to be given to better communications with members. The Publicity Officer is now Mary King. 6 Law and Practice Group Its role and relationship to the national committee. 7 Education ACO has been invited to be represented on COT AC (The standing joint committee for the training of architects in conservation). 8 English Heritage Jenny Page, the new Chief Executive of English Heritage, will be meeting representatives of the ACO and a list of items to be discussed is being drawn up. 9 No 1 Poultry ACO is to support the national pressure group SAVE Britain's Heritage in calling for a judicial review of the Secretary of State's decision to allow the redevelopment proposed by Peter Palumbo. 10 Local Government and Housing Bill This could bring an end to the work of any BPT set up or supported financially by a local authority or whose trustees are local authority members or officers. The ACO is to support the Architectural Heritage Fund in seeking amendments during the House of Lords reading. 11 Thatching Contact has been made with the Guild of Master Thatchers. 12 Regional Representatives Concern was expressed that not all Regions are represented, and the Chairman is to contact members in Regions such as South, South West and Scotland. 13 Section 101 and 114 Notices Bob Kindred is collecting information for a register of local authorities which have taken action under the above Sections since January 1986. Any members involved in such action should contact him. FUTURE MEETINGS 3rd October 1989 13th December 1989 You canfind the address of any Regional Representative or Committee member in the front of this issue of Context. Pleaseget in touch! Mary King LIVING OVER THE SHOP:NEW INITIATIVES FOR AN OLD PROBLEM Few ACO members will be unaware that one of the most serious conservation problems in historic town centres is the under-use of space above traditional shop buildings, and many will have carried out their own surveys, and seen the English Heritage travell~ ing exhibition. There is now a major national project set up at the U niversity of York and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust. The Living over the shop project aims to draw attention to the housing potential offered by this unused space, and to illustrate ways in which re-use can be achieved. A resource bank is being set up which will centralise all currently available information on the subject, and will be available free of charge to any individuals or organisations wishing to know more about the possibilities. The Living over the shop project is working closely with English Heritage, the DoE and local authorities to tackle the problem on a national basis and to ensure that the lessons learnt from successful initiatives can be widely applied. Successful schemes are currently operating in Ipswich, Cambridge and Malvern Hills (W ores) and it is hoped that further projects on these lines will ~e set up in towns where the problem 1s acute. For further information contact: Ann Petherick, Project director, University of York, The King's Manor, York YOl 2EP (0904 656507). CONTEXT23
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