Our winter forum and AGM will be held in the Atholl Centre, Pitlochry on the 26^th January 2012. All paid up members and associate members are entitled to attend the AGM.  At the AGM the Agenda will include election of executive and committee, approval of the constitution, approval of accounts for 2011, reports from the committee about the past year and proposals for the future and other items including your views on what the society should do in the future. 

Our winter forum is an opportunity for you to raise issues about the course with the people in charge of it and also to speak to others potentially experiencing similar issues.  A draft of the current proposed agenda will be sent to those who express an interest in attending.  In the evening of the 26^th we are holding a Burns Supper fundraiser.  The forum venue has low cost accommodation on site that you can book through the society. 

Following breakfast on the 27^th we shall travel to Edinburgh where you will have the option to visit different sites including the option of a tour of the Scottish Parliament.  There may be other organised tours available such as those for Edinburgh Castle and those expressing an interest will be made aware of these.

Itinerary – 

Thursday 26^th January 2012 –

11.30 – Italy Trip Meeting - Essential discussions for those going on the trip to Italy in October 2012 (T.V. Lounge)

12.00 – Arrival & Check-in for members not attending the Italy Trip

12.30 – Meet the Team and Icebreaker (Conference Room)

13.00 – Lunch (Dining Room)

13.45 – Talk by Dr Elizabeth Ritchie on Flora MacDonald - Most people have heard of Flora MacDonald's adventures in helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from the government troops who were hunting him down after Culloden. Far fewer people know about the adventures she had during the rest of her life. The terrible winters of the early 1770s pushed her towards a fresh start in the colonies where she arrived just in time for the American Revolution! After escaping from North Carolina she discovered life in a military fort in wintry Nova Scotia was no more congenial and Flora returned to Britain. Needless to say, the voyage was not without incident! Flora's story illustrates crucial themes in social, economic, military and emigration history demonstrating the interconnectedness of the Western Isles, imperial Britain and North America in the late eighteenth century.

14.45 – Tea & Coffee Break

15.00 - Presentation by Nathan Shields on UHI Students Association (Conference Room)

15.30 – Q & A session with Brian Boag over the future of UHI – Following the result of the Capita Report (Conference Room)

16.00 – Tea & Coffee Break

16.15 – Workshop on what you would like to see change at UHI – Discussions on what you the students of History, Archaeology & Politics would like to see change on the course and what improvements you feel could help your learning experience at UHI (Conference Room)

16.45 - Future Planning Discussions – Discussions about what you the members would like to see happen in the next two years of the society: the trips, forums and conference etc. (Conference Room)

17.00 – Tea & Coffee Break

17.15– The Debate – UHI Debating Society a subsidiary of UHI History, Archaeology & Politics Society will hold a debate on a topic chosen by the members present. If you would like your motion to be considered then please email it to us and dependant on the number of motions we have we may consider taking last minute ones on the day. (Conference Room)

18.00 – AGM – UHI History, Archaeology & Politics Society will hold its Annual General Meeting of members which will elect the executive, vote on motions, on adopting the constitution and other matters. The AGM of UHI Debating Society will follow. We  expect this to be finished before 19.00 (Conference Room)

19.00 – Burns Supper Fundraiser with Murdo Fraser MSP (Dining Room)

22:30 – Charity Quiz – All residential delegates are invited to come and compete against each other in our Charity Quiz. A member of the Exec will put you into teams. Cost £2.

Friday 27^th January –

07.00 – Breakfast

07.30 – Gather to check-out

08.00 – Leave Atholl Centre to head to Edinburgh

10.30 – Arrive central Edinburgh

11.00 – Tour of Scottish Parliament or alternative First Site (for security reasons we have to book this in advance so those wishing to visit the parliament must give us their names ahead of the Forum) this shall be followed by Lunch

14.30 – Visit Second Site – We are looking at getting an educational visit to Edinburgh

17.00 – Regroup and Depart for Pitlochry/Home

For those heading North there is a train that leaves Pitlochry Station at 19.31 and arrives in Inverness at 21.02.

Please Note: This itinerary may be subject to change at any point without notice or reason given.