On Air FC 7/11/05 12:42 pm Page 1 On Air IFC 7/11/05 1:10 pm Page 1 On Air No 107 p1 7/11/05 1:23 pm Page 1 November/December 2005 Issue 107 The Official Journal of the Hospital Broadcasting Association in this issue ... Dear Reader, Committee Report ................................................................ 3 Sorry, there’s no free CD with this magazine but what we Charity Law Update .............................................................. 3 can offer is a very good read. All Our Yesterdays ................................................................ 5 On page 8 you will find all the details of the Hospital Radio Awards for 2006. Dave Nicholson details the requirements for June’s Travels ............................................................................ 7 each of the Awards. But don’t forget, your entry must be in by The Hospital Radio Awards 2006 ...................................... 8 21st January 2006 at the very latest. A Birthday Worth Celebrating ........................................ 10 In the centre pages, you will find a selection of photographs A Delegates Notes .............................................................. 11 from the Portsmouth Conference. After looking at these, you A Conference Scrapbook .................................................. 12 wished you had been there, turn to page 2 and you will find Countrywide ... News from the Stations ...................... 14 full details of the Spring Conference together with details of how to book. The HBA Conference Bursary .......................................... 17 We have an extremely interesting Letters Page covering a Bursary Application Form .................................................. 18 range of controversial issues. If you would like to join in the Letters to the Editor .......................................................... 19 debate, please send in your letters. You will find all the details The Highs and Lows of Hospital Radio Part 3 ............ 22 at the bottom of this page. Regional Rep Details .......................................................... 23 Thank you to all who have sent in their reports over the last Who To Contact .................................................................. 24 year; I am very grateful for all the time and trouble you have taken; it is very much appreciated. I will endeavour to use them all as soon as possible. This is the last issue before Christmas so may I take this FRONT COVER PICTURE: opportunity of wishing you all Seasons Greetings and if you Ready to ramble: the traditional Sunday haven’t written anything for On Air before make that one of morning ramble sets off at the Portsmouth your first New Year Resolutions for 2006. Conference Michelle On Air is the Official Journal of the HBA which is the trading name of the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations, a Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 2750147. A Registered Charity No. 1015501. Registered office: Mariners House, 24 Nelsons Gardens, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 2NE. On Air is distributed free of charge to all member stations of the Association plus interested parties. All material is ©2005 of HBA and may not be reproduced in any form without the written authority of the Editor. Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of HBA, or the Editor but are the personal opinion of the contributor. Whilst every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the publication, all advertisements and articles appear in good faith and HBA and the Editor accept no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies. Address for On-Air: The Editor, On Air, 2 Falkland Close, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 3DD Tel: 0870 321 6011 Fax: 0870 321 6019 Email: [email protected] COPY DATE NEXT ISSUE 16th December 2005 On Air No 107 p2 7/11/05 1:52 pm Page 1 On Air No 107 p3 7/11/05 2:01 pm Page 1 Committee Report Annual General Meeting copy form from Marie, shortly. The AGM almost didn’t happen, as scheduled, during conference on 15th Regional Manager October. When the meeting was After many years on the Executive called to order shortly after 2pm, we Committee, Chris Berezai decided not had only 18 members’ representatives to seek re-election. As no-one was in the room. nominated for election to the position, Only after much hard work, several it fell to the Executive Committee to scouts around the hotel and many appoint someone. Two candidates put phone calls did we manage, two their names forward for consideration hours later, to get a quorum. The and, at an EC meeting shortly after the HBA’s ten per cent of the Full AGM, Paul Sysum (Wales & West Members to be present – a mere 25 Regional Representative) was stations. There were members of 34 appointed. Thanks to Chris for his stations at conference. past hard work and congratulations on The Executive Committee will the ‘promotion’ to Paul. obviously be looking at what we can Paul’s first job will be to propose do to ensure this doesn’t happen again new regional boundaries to the in future. In the meantime, if there is a Executive Committee for approval and member from your station attending a to formally appoint Regional Reps conference at which we hold a formal under the new Bylaws pending General Meeting, could I please ask regional elections. Don’t worry, where that, if at all possible, your committee by Nigel Dallard, Secretary things are working well, there are authorises that person to represent unlikely to be too many changes! your station and that they are specifically asked to attend the we would have ended up unable to Treasurer meeting. It’s not a huge burden – comply with our legal obligations. John Harper has informed the when we eventually obtained a With a quorum obtained, the Executive Committee that he wishes quorum the meeting was over and Annual Report and Accounts were to stand down as HBA Treasurer for done with in 16 minutes. duly presented without question. The health reasons. Not obtaining a quorum for an trustees/directors seeking re-election We are therefore looking for AGM would put the Trustees in a were unopposed and duly re-elected. volunteers with the appropriate skills very difficult position. Legally we have And finally, with four minor and available time to take on this vital to hold an AGM, at which we present amendments to correct drafting errors, role. Familiarity with accruals the Annual Report and Accounts, the Regional Bylaws were ratified. accounting and the Charity Accounting within ten months of the end of the Minutes of the AGM, together with SORP is essential. financial year – i.e. by the end of those for the informal meeting that If you’re interested, please discuss December. There is virtually no was held whilst we tried to obtain the the role with John and then, if you chance of us getting 25 stations quorum, will be published on the want to put your name forward for together other than at a conference, so website and will be available in hard consideration, please contact me. Charity Law Update The Scottish Executive have and statements, the rules for the England and Wales recently published their Scottish Charity Appeals, By the time you read this, the ‘implementation plan’ for the Charities reorganisations and transfer schemes Charities Bill will have left the House and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act. and the rules surrounding public of Lords and be with the House of It’s now full steam ahead to get collections. Commons. Over the summer, I have everything in place so that they can Meanwhile OSCR have got their been corresponding with a number of bring most of the Act into force in own set of consultations, starting with their Lordships and am pleased to be April next year. how they will ensure the Charities able to report that, as a result, the They are currently considering the Register is accurate, how they will Home Office accepted three responses received to their apply the Charity Test, and the process suggested changes to the Bill. These consultation relating to the form and for obtaining OSCR’s consent to take were proposed by the Government content of charity accounts. They certain actions. during the Report Stage debate in the have just issued a consultation about Where it appears appropriate, I will House of Lords and the Hospital how and when charities should respond to these various consultations Broadcasting Authority was thanked identify themselves on letters, on behalf of HBA. If you’d like to be for its suggestions. advertisements, cheques, invoices etc. kept up-to-date with progress, please In the next six months, they will also get in touch. I will continue to monitor the Bill’s be consulting on fundraising contracts progress through Parliament. ON AIR <http://www.hbauk.com> Page 3 November/December 2005 On Air No 107 p4 7/11/05 2:05 pm Page 1 On Air No 107 p5 7/11/05 2:11 pm Page 1 All Our Yesterdays Now who can remember the time Dennis Rookard catching up with our various that our magazine offered a free pull Governmental regulatory departments, out, ready to use calendar and who looks back at past editions who were hard at work sorting out was responsible for this leap into trendy of On-Air where on the radio spectrum to put the Fleet Street give-always. new generation of radio links between Step forward John Watson who as studios and either other hospitals or OB Editor for the January 1999 edition locations. As this was of vital interest to came up with this idea; mind you I’m our members, the HBA was closely not so sure the Committee mug shots involved in these discussions and the included were a good idea. But at least fact that Whitehall was listening to our at a glance readers had all the dates pleas was an indication of how far we they required for 1999. had come as a national organisation.