My main contact with CN4M is the culture pool coordinator, Sue. We set a deadline for all the applications of 15th October and everything is being delivered at her desk as I write this. I may not get to see everything until 17th. Unfortunately Sue is going away today, and has still not managed to get a meeting together with all the pool coordinators, for us to talk with them about the project in more detail. I will try in the meantime to set some individual meeting times with each pool.In addition the pools coordinator seems to have changed jobs and may not be able to get involved any more..
Oh yes – what is a pool? The CN4M is a network of networks of community and voluntary organisations. The networks fall into thematic and geographic groups – many of which overlap, obviously, because for example health inequalities is affected by employment and economy. Sustainable neighbourhood pool may well have links with transport etc etc – and as for culture….
It seems that CN4M is about to undergo a review! It does this every year, but the difference this time is that CN4M has become a limited company. Obviously all the different pool coordinators will be taking part in the review during October and may not feel best disposed to deal with artists at this moment in time. On the other hand perhaps this is just the time to ask artists to examine what happens…
