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Brighton Media Centre ENews - November 2004 |
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CONTENTS: >>bmc news >>bmc staff
>>bmc exhibition >>other exhibitions
>>other news >>work
>>otherstuff.com >>office space
ENEWS FEEDBACK: please email your news to: info@mediacentre.org before the 25th of the month for the chance to be in the following month's newsletter. Remember, you can advertise your jobs here. Just let us know the details so we can include them in the newsletter. |
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BMC News |
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BMC'S XMAS PARTY & CHARITY RAFFLE 'Tis almost the season for BMC's sparkling Christmas party and prize giveaway! Thursday 16th December at Sumo Bar, 6.30pm-1pm. BMC staff will be popping in to your office soon to hand out the (free) party tickets. There will also be a raffle, £1 a ticket, with all proceeds going to The Rocking Horse Appeal. Prizes are generously donated by local companies. The last two years running have seen some great giveaways, including dinner, Champagne, a day at the races, a professional hair cut, event tickets, a hamper and other goodies! The evening will begin in the upstairs bar at Sumo with a live jazz band and a free drink for each guest, along with complementary nibbles. The raffle will be drawn by our maestro in a santa hat, Don Elwick, after which the party will continue downstairs with a DJ and dancing. This is a great chance to socialise with your colleagues, to meet the other companies at BMC and to get to know the BMC team better. Don't miss this fabulous party whch is being organised just for you, our clients. Make sure you get your tickets! BE PART OF THE HALL OF FAME 
'Hall of Fame' for clients to promote their work and their business in each reception area. If you have newspaper clippings, awards certificates and other promotion you are keen to show off, this will be the perfect place. We hope to get this underway in the New Year, but we can't do it without your input, so please pass on to reception any items you would like to be displayed and you can gain the recognition you deserve within BMC walls! OPENING HOURS OVER XMAS BMC offices will be closing over the Christmas holiday from 1pm Thursday 23rd December to Monday 3rd January. We will be back to normal working hours on Tuesday 4th January. There will be skeleton staff dealing with post on Wednesday 29th December, Thursday 30th December, and Friday 31st December. All our clients are free to come and go at any time over this period as usual. Details of numbers to call in case of emergency will be circulated to all clients nearer the time. Back to Top
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BMC Staff
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| WELCOME TO CHARLOTTE 
New Site Manager for Friese Green House and 68 Middle Street. Those of you in Friese Green House will already have met Charlotte Alexandra, the new Site Manager for 15-17 Middle Street & 68 Middle Street. Originally from Newcastle, Charlotte has just returned from travelling through Australia for 9 months. Charlotte organised and ran a reception area for a university hall of residence for several years. More recently, she worked in a photographic studio in London as a photographer and making prints, which means she is a wizz on PhotoShop. In her spare time she makes jewellery and cards and has only just moved to Brighton. We are thrilled to welcome Charlotte to the BMC team and feel she is more then equipped to deal with all your needs. If you haven't already, introduce yourselves, so she can begin to carry out her work with the personal touch! CHARLY IS STAYING 
New role for summer assistant, Charly Wood. We are pleased to say that Charly Wood, who has been helping BMC with reception cover over the summer is staying at BMC part time with her new job-share role as Facilities Co-Ordinator in the main office. She will work alongside Helen Taylor, booking the gallery and other facilities, working on networking events with the Sales & Marketing team and offering general support to the Accounts department. Great to have you still with us, Charly! Back to Top
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BMC Exhibition
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EXHIBITION-LESS Hire one of our contrasting exhibition spaces for a wide range of shows or events. Sadly there are no exhibitions this November, but watch this space for news of two forthcoming shows in December. BMC has two spaces dedicated to presenting a wide range of art work, shows and events. BMC Gallery
FG Basement Gallery
If you would like to find out more about exhibiting in of our two spaces, please contact Helen Taylor or Charly Wood on 201371, or gallery@mediacentre.org. Back to Top
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Other Exhibitions
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| EXHIBITIONS DESIGNED TO CHEER
Don't miss the two forthcoming exhibitions featuring photographer from Biz Vizion at BMC, Cathy Teesdale. Cathy Teesdale is following up her last two successful exhibitions, ‘Stealing Beauty’ at the BMC gallery and ‘Towerblock Art’ Open House, with two new collections of beautiful images in the run-up to Christmas. Colour Me Happy will showcase vivid real life abstracts at the Coach House in Middle Street and runs from Wednesday 17th November 2004 until February 2005. Earthly Magic, a new selection of inspiring world views, opens downstairs at the BAG Gallery in Seven Dials on Friday 26th November and will run until the end of the year. Prints in both exhibitions will be for sale in limited editions so come along to buy some unique Christmas presents or just to feel cheered and inspired! Back to Top
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Other News
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| SPECIAL OLYMPICS CHARITY EVENTS Compete in the '20 pub challenge' or sponsor an athlete to raise money for SPIRAL. SPIRAL is a registered charity (No. 1091044), which organises sports and leisure activities for young people and adults with learning difficulties (this includes individuals with Downs Syndrome, Autism, Dyslexia and lack of limbs). They are organising a team of 52 athletes from Brighton & Hove to compete and participate in the Special Olympics National Games in Glasgow during July 2005 and need to raise £1000 per athlete to cover travel, accommodation, kit, publicity and promotion. The sports teams entered include: 2 basketball teams (boys and girls), 2 5aside football squads (part of Seagull Specials - Brighton and Hove Albion), a cricket squad (coached by Sussex County Cricket Club), swimming team, a boccia team, 3 powerlifters and finally 3 athletics participants. They are looking for companies who would be interesed in helping to support this campaign by sponsoring an athlete or team through their 'Adopt an Athlete Appeal'. Or you may prefer to participate in their '20 pub challenge' for teams of 4-6 on 18th December. Further details will be available soon. Other fundraisers in the pipe line include a charity ball and jumble sales. Money raised so far amounts to £5000 from The Argus Appeal, £500 from Tesco, £500 from Amica Ladies Bowling Club, £500 from Saltdean and Rottingdean Lions Club and, £2000 raised from the charity's own "3 legged mile" held at Preston Park in August. Interested companies can contact Aruna Sharma on asharma_spiral@hotmail.com, mobile 0779 365 2142, or office 01273 295867. BRIGHTON E-LEARNING ALLIANCE A new alliance is founded in Brighton & Hove to promote e-Learning. Following research by Wired Sussex and Brighton & Hove City Council identifying the importance of e-Learning in the City's economy, the Brighton e-Learning Alliance (BELA) is an initiative that brings together e-Learning organisations in a bid to promote the industry and assist development in the sector. There are 10 founding members, including Worth Media, a long-standing BMC client, based at 15-17 Middle Street. CINECITY - THE BRIGHTON FILM FESTIVAL 
Brighton's own film festival, Cine City, in its second year, will be running from 19th November to 5th December. Venues all over Brighton will be screening a broad range of films, old and new, long and short over the week-long festival. This is your chance to see features before they are on general release, including Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, a presentation of films about Berlin, by Nick Cave, and The Audible Picture Show, a series of short films curated by Matt Hulse. Visit the Cine City web site to find out more and to buy tickets. Back to Top
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Work
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| VIDEO EDITOR Catherine Graveling has a wide range of skills which includes PhotoShop, Quark, Corel Draw, Paintshop Pro, Final Cut Pro, I-movie, Quicktime Pro, Dreamweaver and Sound Edit. She is also used to teaching and has experience doing admin work too. Contact Catherine at catherinegraveling@hotmail.com, or call on 01273 728002, or 07713 861090. FREELANCE AGILE METHODS CONSULTANT Linda MacCallum Stewart is a self-motivated Business Analyst, Agile Methods and Requirements Management Consultant with over twenty-five years experience in the IT industry. She has extensive experience of the government, telecommunications, manufacturing, financial, transport logistics, and utilities sectors. She has strong interpersonal and analytical skills, and is comfortable working at all levels. In the past few years she has worked closely with users ranging from blue chip company board members, senior civil servants and managers to telecoms engineers and housing clerks. Linda has a BA (Hons) in Business Studies, an M.Phil in Management Studies, is a Member of the British Computer Society and is a Chartered IT Professional For her CV or any other details, please contact Linda MacCallum Stewart at linda.maccallumstewart@btinternet.com, or call on 07743 751509. Back to Top
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otherstuff.com
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| Please send in any weird, wonderful, or funny web links you come accross to info@mediacentre.org, so we can share them with everyone. Back to Top
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Office Space
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BMC clients always receive priority on new space. Contact info@mediacentre.org or call 201374 Back to Top
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All contents Copyright Brighton Media Centre Ltd 2004
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