Standing Orders Conference will be Friday 25th and Saturday 26th March 2005. The timetable therefore (as per Rule 21) will be: First call for items for the Preliminary Agenda made by email and post on 6th November 2004, A second reminder call to be issued on 4th December 2004 with a return date of Friday 7th January 2005. The items on the Preliminary Agenda to be issued ASAP after that date with a call for any amendments to the items to be returned by Friday 11th February 2005. The Final Agenda and (hopefully) the report of Party Officers and the EC to Annual Conference to go out by Friday 18th February 2005. Could Branches note these dates so that they can submit items in time for both the Preliminary and Final Agendas. M Browne S Wigley