WOMEN'S NATIONAL COMMISSION - CHAIR'S LIST OF ACTIVITIES

October 2006

12 October Lunch at Merril Lynch for Whizz Kids

13 October TUC Board AGM

16 October Phone call with Jenny Watson

18 October Comm Workers Unit

19 October Drinks at the House

20 October Lunch with Barclays

24 October Lunch with Irene Dorner

25 October Meeting with Ann-Marie Field (Deputy Director WEU) and Janet

26 October Tea in the Lords with June Jacobs and Mona Al-Hassein

31 October Westminster briefing on CEHR

November 2006

1 November Lunch with Ian McKay

Audit and Risk Committee

6 November Muslim Women's Report meeting with Angela Mason, Haleh, and Rachel O'Brien

7 November Royal Mail Board nominations

Speech at Barclays

8 November Conference Commonwealth Association re: Gender and Equality

Royal Mail

9 November Glasgow National Career Conference

10 November Equality Works Party

14 November STUC Women's Conference: Women in Public Life (Perth)

15 November Meeting with Adam Crozier

Queen's Speech

Business in the Community dinner

16 November WC Northern Ireland Conference (Belfast)

20 November Ceremony for Honorary Doctrate

Phone call Allan Johnson

21 November British Federation of Women Graduates

22 November Phone call Meg M

Press work Making the Grade

House of Lords information committee

23 November Launch of Making the Grade

Tea with Lord Clement Jones

27 November Labour Party Fund

28 November EU/Russia visitor

Labour Party AGM of women's group

Parliamentary launch of Making the Grade

29 November RM meeting

Dinner CWU

December 2006

4 December Meeting with Alistair Darling

Official dinner T and G

5 December RM Audit and Risk

Royal Mail Board and nominations committee

6 December Equality Seminar Unison SW

Seminar with Caroline Slocock and Jenny Watson re EOC's work

Meeting with Peter Hansden and Mary Fagan

7 December Meeting with Angela M

Lunch Royal Mail Stamp committee

She Who Disputes: Muslim Women Shape the Debate launch

Dinner (Lords)

8 December PM Lecture

11 December Six O Group meeting with Ruth K

Meeting Bell Pottinger Public Affairs

12 December Interviewing for CEHR

13 December Comms Christmas function

14 December WNC Partners Conference

NHS Christmas function

15 December TUC Board and Christmas lunch

18 December CEHR Commissioners meeting

Meeting with Ed Balls

19 December WNC Christmas lunch

20 December EAT Christmas function

January 2007

8 January Meeting JV

WWC catch up

9 January Royal Mail Board

10 January EDF

Meeting with Trevor

Phone interview with MoD

Tea with Jenny W

11 January Labour Debate

15 January Meeting with Emilie and Jim

16 January Lunch with Dianne Thompson, Chief Executive Camelot

RM High Level Diversity

17 January Meeting Sam Smethers

18 January Working Families Employer of the Year

DVD Launch: Pride not Prejudice

22 January CEHR catch up

23 January Transformation of Work interim report launch

Lunch with Tracy Vegro

Speech at Clare College, Cambridge

24 January Social Responsibility reception

House of Lords information committee

ACAS winter party

25 January Meeting with Trevor

CEHR board meeting

29 January Meeting with Lionel Cook

30 January WWC/CBI Conference

Dinner at University of East London

31 January Lloyds TSB meeting, Mike Fairey, Deputy Group Chief Executive and Fiona

The Other Side of War - Zairab Salbi

February 2007

1 February Catch up with Trevor

Meeting with Patricia Hewitt

TUFM MacMillan Nurses concert and dinner

6 February Royal Mail Board

Mentoring class

CEHR dinner

7 February Meeting with Susan Scholefield

WNC Board Commissioners meeting