Reflecting Britain site - thank you

Following the successful BME motion at the London Region's Autumn conference prepared by Mark Valladares of Liberal Bureaucracy, the Region has submitted a motion for debate at the Federal Spring Conference which has been accepted.

The website Reflecting Britain has been set up which explains some of the thinking behind the motion. It call on the Leadership contenders to address the gender and ethnic balance with 5 poignant questions being asked how they propose to address the balance to reflect the cultural diversity of modern day Britain. We need to know whether or not they will be voting for the motion to create a properly resourced Ethnic Minority Election Task Force. The existing EMETF under the Chairmanship of Cllr Rabi Martins has worked hard since it was set up 18 months ago but without resources it has been difficult to implement some of it's plans.

Not sure who are the brains behind it at the moment but I'm advised that James Graham -Quaequam Blog! built and designed the site. James, a big thank you from me personally. I'm wearing so many hats covering the whole issue and for many of us it's been a hard slog over the years.

There is a cool icon button on the site with a script which can be copied to other sites. Would like any blogger who supports the ideal to add the button to their own blogs. All members are also being asked to sign their support.

Whilst Simon Hughes played a big part in swaying London Region conference reps to pass the original motion. The new trimmed motion has key points which all candidates will be given the opportunity to outline their plans. It's time to stop all the talking - we need positive action.

Later: Good to see Stephen Glenn has set the ball rolling by also adding the site icon link to his site. The BBC has already noticed and reported on the site in their usual headline grabbing way. Lib Dems demand ethnic diversity