7. News Room

This is the News Room. It contains snippets of current information, ideas, thoughts, quotes, reports, etc. that we come across, or people send to us via our contact form.  [I might even put in one of my favourite recipes!]

The first news to report is that this web site was launched in 1997, so this year is its 10th Anniversary! The old-style site had served us well but the long lists of articles became daunting and the look of the site was ancient in internet terms, so it was time to modernise, categorise and simplify. Phil Swallow, our web site designer, did a beautiful Clean Language facilitation with James and me to help us find a metaphor that would act as an organising principle for the new site — now how congruent is that?  The Clean Collection based in a metaphorical gallery is what emerged. We liked the metaphor because it met our desire to have our website be both historical and current, to be a showcase for the field, to be a contribution, and to be our ‘face to the world’.  We welcome your feedback!

After this brief diversion to catch up on the latest news, let’s step into the Modelling Room and continue the tour.