[Lawrencetero]

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/5007952.article

one big love in...really must they spend our money on such non-events?

[mossy2103]

So such staff meetings/management information meetings/morale-boosting talks/feedback sessions are uncommon in other companies? And achieve nothing?

And exactly how much money was spent?


And was another thread really needed?

[Charnham]

telling comedians they have the freedom to make good comedy, clearly no good can come of this, and is a total waste of licence fee payers money.

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by mossy2103

So such staff meetings/management information meetings/morale-boosting talks are uncommon in other companies?

And exactly how much money was spent?


And was another thread really needed?

this was not a staff meeting, this was a talent meeting, they are not necessarily "staffers".

do you thinnk they all happily drink cups of tap water whilst their boss mingled?

why not another thread? where would you have placed this? do you not like/want threads about the bbc ? why

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by Charnham

telling comedians they have the freedom to make good comedy, clearly no good can come of this, and is a total waste of licence fee payers money.

Household names including Claudia Winkleman, Oz Clarke, Sophie Rayworth and Giles Coren were all present

comedians....?

[mossy2103]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

this was not a staff meeting, this was a talent meeting, they are not necessarily "staffers".

They are employed by, or contracted to, the BBC. So it was to all intents & purposes a staff meeting (even if you want to split hairs).

do you thinnk they all happily drink cups of tap water whilst their boss mingled?

I don't know. I was not there, and the report does not go into any detail.

why not another thread? where would you have placed this? do you not like/want threads about the bbc ? why

Plenty of other threads available, I'm sure that you could have found a suitable one. Still, as you wish, whatever suits your requirement and agenda.

And you still failed to answer the question that I posed regarding similar meetings in other companies.

[Charnham]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

do you thinnk they all happily drink cups of tap water whilst their boss mingled?

I fear you are being serious

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

comedians....?

but its about Mock the Week.

Also the BBCs attitude towards comedy and allowing its "talent" the freedom to express themselves in comedy, speaks to its attitude in other areas.

Any "talent" who thinks more about there art than there pay cheque would want to work for a TV company that allows them creative freedom, and those talent folk are the ones we want at the BBC, not making bland programs for Sky, using 1/10th of there skill for 10 times as much as the BBC will pay them.

[slow motion]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/5007952.article

one big love in...really must they spend our money on such non-events?

Good luck finding out!

I was a bit worried by the line (from the article)

...BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons stressed the need for his organisation to be seen as a tough regulator.

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by mossy2103

They are employed by, or contracted to, the BBC. So it was to all intents & purposes a staff meeting (even if you want to split hairs).

I don't know. I was not there, and the report does not go into any detail.

Plenty of other threads available, I'm sure that you could have found a suitable one. Still, as you wish, whatever suits your requirement and agenda.

And you still failed to answer the question that I posed regarding similar meetings in other companies.

that is why i asked you to use your imagination as to what was consumed at the "party" - water or wine? beer? champers? biccies or canapes?

i dont have an agenda i thought it maybe interesting to broadcasting folk...why do you come here everyday?

[iain]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/5007952.article

one big love in...really must they spend our money on such non-events?

BBC staff hold informal meeting shock?

whatever next...

Iain

[mossy2103]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

that is why i asked you to use your imagination as to what was consumed at the "party" - water or wine? beer? champers? biccies or canapes?

Nope, you asked a straight question:

do you thinnk they all happily drink cups of tap water whilst their boss mingled

and I gave you a similar, straight and honest reply.

i dont have an agenda i thought it maybe interesting to broadcasting folk...why do you come here everyday?

For the same reason that I frequent other DS forums - to read & partake in informative and factual-based discussions. Maybe this was the wrong thread .........


So do you think that other companies hold similar meetings?

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by Charnham

I fear you are being serious

but its about Mock the Week.

Also the BBCs attitude towards comedy and allowing its "talent" the freedom to express themselves in comedy, speaks to its attitude in other areas.

Any "talent" who thinks more about there art than there pay cheque would want to work for a TV company that allows them creative freedom, and those talent folk are the ones we want at the BBC, not making bland programs for Sky, using 1/10th of there skill for 10 times as much as the BBC will pay them.

i was...?

have you read the article? it is about MT telling people that they should still be creative ..... it was not a discussion with comedians...as you said previously.

[mikw]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

have you read the article? it is about MT telling people that they should still be creative .....

And what's wrong with that?

The Newspapers are telling them the cant. the boss tells them they can.

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by mossy2103

Nope, you asked a straight question:

do you thinnk they all happily drink cups of tap water whilst their boss mingled

and I gave you a similar, straight and honest reply.



For the same reason that I frequent other DS forums - to read & partake in informative and factual-based discussions. Maybe this was the wrong thread .........


So do you think that other companies hold similar meetings?

okay i will ask again - do you think that at a bbc neeting of any kind - let-a-lone one involving tv "talent" that the drinks consumed were of tap water?

ahahaha very funny, DS for factual based discussions dont make me laugh this whole forum is conjecture and over opinionated fluff! you are in the WRONG place.

are you talking about public sector organisations or just simily "other companies" -

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by mikw

And what's wrong with that?

The Newspapers are telling them the cant. the boss tells them they can.

they are supposed to be creative - that is their job....until the bbc send out a memo saying - STOP BEING CREATIVE FOR THE SAKE OF THE CORPORATION, PLEASE STOP, why should they listen to what the press are saying, after all certain sections of the press have been calling for them to have pay cuts, did i miss the meeting where they were told DO NOT VOLUNTEER FOR A PAY CUT?

[PeterB]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

okay i will ask again - do you think that at a bbc neeting of any kind - let-a-lone one involving tv "talent" that the drinks consumed were of tap water?

ahahaha very funny, DS for factual based discussions dont make me laugh this whole forum is conjecture and over opinionated fluff! you are in the WRONG place.

are you talking about public sector organisations or just simily "other companies" -

Why does this matter? What answer do you want?

Still got a problem with capitals?

[Lawrencetero]

Originally Posted by PeterB

Why does this matter? What answer do you want?

Still got a problem with capitals?

if you do not wish to discuss this article then please feel free to move to another thread and leave those who do to do so with out pointless posts

also what does my grammar have to do with the bbc spend money on drinks with "talent"

[mikw]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

they are supposed to be creative - that is their job....until the bbc send out a memo saying - STOP BEING CREATIVE FOR THE SAKE OF THE CORPORATION, PLEASE STOP, why should they listen to what the press are saying, after all certain sections of the press have been calling for them to have pay cuts, did i miss the meeting where they were told DO NOT VOLUNTEER FOR A PAY CUT?

Because the newspapers have created this climate of fear that is saying "be careful what you do".

If leads to blandsville it will be the newspapers.

[slow motion]

Originally Posted by mikw

Because the newspapers have created this climate of fear that is saying "be careful what you do".

If leads to blandsville it will be the newspapers.

Blandsville.

All due to 'the unique way the BBC is funded'.

[iain]

will that be your favourite word for the next few weeks?

are you going to answer my questions in the other thread, or are you going to ignore me now, before wittering on about the same old crap in a couple of weeks?

Iain

[mossy2103]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

okay i will ask again - do you think that at a bbc neeting of any kind - let-a-lone one involving tv "talent" that the drinks consumed were of tap water?

The drinks could be comprised of

a) bottled water

b) beverages

c) fruit juices

d) alcohol (from beer, lager, wine, through to champagne of varying vintage).

and paid for

a) by the BBC

b) by the management (i.e. out of their own pockets)

c) by the attendees

d) or any combination of the above (for example, an initial "tab behind the bar", and then out of their own pockets).


In truth, we are not told, and I do not go a bundle on idle speculation and gossip based upon a single (throwaway) line in one web page report.

ahahaha very funny,

I wasn't joking actually.

DS for factual based discussions dont make me laugh this whole forum is conjecture and over opinionated fluff! you are in the WRONG place.

Perhaps that is the case, but it does not prevent me from hoping that factual discussions can take place, even if a number of posters here seem to base everything on rumour, ill-conceived guesswork, idle speculation and agenda-driven theory.

are you talking about public sector organisations or just simily "other companies" -

Any medium or large company, in any business sector, public or private.

So I will ask the simple question yet again:

So do you think that other companies hold similar meetings?

[mossy2103]

Originally Posted by Lawrencetero

if you do not wish to discuss this article then please feel free to move to another thread and leave those who do to do so with out pointless posts

Well, you don't seem to want to answer the simple question that I have already asked more than a couple of times.

And I have seen little attempt from you to discuss the article other than to focus in on the drinks & love-in comments.

No attempt to discuss this:

Thompson told stars over drinks at Television Centre yesterday evening, that he still wants Mock the Week to be “on the edge, in terms of creativity and in terms of risk taking”.

or this:

talent also quizzed Thompson about the culture of compliance, whilst BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons stressed the need for his organisation to be seen as a tough regulator.

or this:

“There was a sense that the BBC is a bit embattled, but really we were all just pleased to be there being told how important it is that we go on making good telly.”

[iain]

is this thread a joke?

seriously?

Iain

[Charnham]

Originally Posted by slow motion

Blandsville.

All due to 'the unique way the BBC is funded'.

it will only be bland becasue of people like you.

[mikw]

Originally Posted by slow motion

Blandsville.

All due to 'the unique way the BBC is funded'.

Do you actually read at all?

Blandsville would be a result of the newspapers, not the BBC!