{"id":38632,"date":"2023-12-22T17:36:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38632"},"modified":"2023-12-22T17:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:36:32","slug":"ihbcs-christmas-greetings-reflections-from-the-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38632","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s Christmas Greetings &#038; Reflections from the Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-25815\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DavidMcDonald_Chair_2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"226\" \/>IHBC\u2019s Chair David McDonald has offered seasonal greetings from the IHBC to all IHBC members and <em>NewsBlog<\/em> readers, alongside brief, headline reflections on 2023 and 2024.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38633 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seasons_Greeting_Christmas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>David McDonald said: &#8216;I&#8217;d like to wish all IHBC members and <em>NewsBlog<\/em> readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For me, 2023 has passed all too quickly. It is a relief to have put the trials of Covid behind us and it has been refreshing to start having some in-person meetings again and escape the tyranny of the computer screen!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018On the other hand, legislative and policy changes are unrelenting, and the need to respond to all the issues around climate change is a constant.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am pleased that to date the response to our consultations on a possible IHBC Petition for Charter has been generally positive while work on our Annual School is making excellent progress, with a sterling cast lined up for our Day School on 14 June in Reading &#8211; #IHBCReading2024 &#8211; looking at our finance and policy-related Competences, all kindly hosted but our South Branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I look forward to us moving these headline matters forward in 2024, as always, assisted by the IHBC&#8217;s wonderful staff and volunteers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>See more on the IHBC <a href=\"https:\/\/petitionforcharter.ihbc.org.uk\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more on the Petition for Charter &#8211; #IHBCPetitionforCharter &#8211; consultation <a href=\"https:\/\/petitionforcharter.ihbc.org.uk\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the #IHBCReading2024 homepage resource at <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/reading2024\/\">reading2024.ihbc.org.uk<\/a>, with booking to open in Spring 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC\u2019s Chair David McDonald has offered seasonal greetings from the IHBC to all IHBC members and NewsBlog readers, alongside brief, headline reflections on 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38635,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38632\/revisions\/38635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}