MembersNEWNew in the Members’ Room: Zinovy Zinik reflects on vodka and life; John Ozimek takes up the new Vetting Database; Viv Regan presents a film on youth volunteering; JJ Charlesworth has a piece in Art Monthly on the trouble with art education; James Panton discusses ethical consumerism and child protection on BBC Radio. New on the Vetting Blog: Photography in pre-school; Serving police officer CRBed; Checking once, checking twice; Manifesto Club wins government u-turn; Model flying events cancelled. Read on… |
An 'ulterior motive' to photograph?This email comes from a pre-school professional, about the difficulties of taking photos of kids: 'The problems you highlight all relate back to: guilty till proven innocent. This threat hangs over teaching staff all the time - especially male staff like myself. I recall a time when I was taking photographs of various activities at our pre-school when a parent jested "Likes his photos - probably got an ulterior motive." This was deeply unfunny but it forced me to think again. I now leave most of the photography to the female members of staff. Unfortunately they have no idea how to compose a decent picture but rather that than a sudden police raid!' |
The Manifesto Club supports:All those who oppose the new Mayor's ban on drinking on the London Tube... 'Enlightenment is humanity's emergence from self-imposed immaturity. Dare to know! Have courage to use your own understanding!' Immanuel Kant 'What characterises man is his extreme abundance of imagination; therefore, that man is a fantastic animal and that universal history is the gigantic, continuous and insistent effort to go, little by little, putting some order into the crazy fantasy.' José Ortega y Gasset |
