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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/regions/council.php?rid=9">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/regions/council.php?rid=9</a><br>
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The whole board of this quango Arts Council in Yorkshire...is any SSF
member a relative of, say,<br>
<h3 class="subhead"><strong>Jonathan Sands</strong></h3>
<img src="cid:part1.00020503.08000709@tiscali.co.uk"
alt="Jonathan Sands. Photo by Tim Smith" align="right">Jonathan
Sands is Chairman of design and brand strategy consultancy, Elmwood,
based in Leeds, London and Scotland, and Chairman of Design Yorkshire.
He is formerly Chairman of the Design Business Association (1995-97),
non-executive director of Networking for Industry (NFI) and Chairman of
the Royal Society of Art's Design Advisory Group, as well as a member
of the RSA and the Design Council.<br>
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a quick search throws things like these:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>
BRADFORD UNIVERSITY BRANDS THE FUTURE </b><br>
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<a
href="http://www.bradford.ac.uk/admin/pr/pressreleases/http;//www.bradford.ac.uk"
target="_top">The University of Bradford</a> is to hold a major
conference on Branding the Future as part of the Design Council's
'Design in Business Week' on Wednesday November 1. The event has been
organised by Dr Myfanwy Trueman, Lecturer in Marketing at the
University's <a href="http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/mancen/ubmchome.html">Management
Centre</a>. She said: "Is Bradford where the real world meets the
virtual world? The Management Centre takes on this challenge on
November 1." <br>
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In collaboration with the <a href="http://www.design-council.org.uk/"
target="_top">Design Council</a>, Elmwood and <a
href="http://www.media-tech.org.uk" target="_top">Mediatech</a>, the
conference will include keynote speakers such as: Professor John
Balmer, Director of the International Centre for Corporate Identity
Studies at the University Management Centre; Owen Williams, Marketing
Director at <a href="http://www.bradford.gov.uk" target="_top">Bradford
Metropolitan District Council</a>; Jonathan Sands, Chairman of Elmwood
and Director of the Design Yorkshire Initiative; Richard Knight,
Marketing Director of Freeserve UK; Darren Hawkins of Magnetic North.
The conference will consider developing a strategy for brands for
corporate communications and looking into the future of website design
and digital branding.</font></blockquote>
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and other things showing that these people have a lot of power ...
outside their quangos as well...<br>
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