I've had a couple of people let me know that they're struggling with the acronyms, so here's a couple of the more important ones, plus an explanation of what a CO-ML is. :)
ML - municipal liason. I'm the official Nanowrimo rep in our county. I'm responsible for rounding you guys up, encouraging you, making sure that everything is running smootly, bribing you with gifts, from HQ and chocolate / other stuff from me personally. I'm the person you can talk to if you're struggling, or if you're soaring and want a sane voice ;).
CO-ML's in some regions have exactly the same responsibilities as Nano ML's. In the three years before I came here to run the region (cause I moved), I ran the whole of Scotland, so I've found that Co-ML's are great for doing stuff in areas I just can't reach. I'm not sure Gloucestershire is as big as I believe it is, but in the interests of my not getting lost, and in deference to the fact that I don't do well with directions, I like to ask others to run in thier areas for me. You'll not need to order anything, or sign anything (this year, I don't think, but I'll need to check with Lindsay if she needs an ML contract from you) - your sole 'duty' is to run events and coffee meets to your own schedule, in your area ;). I'll post out any goodies I'm sent, so you can hand them out to your invitees, and hopefully it'll all run really smoothly. Like ML's we usually set up people that have been Nanoing before as CO-ML's because it's fairly stressful finding a half decent place to meet consistently AND write, AND juggle the rest of your life. You should, ideally, have an upbeat personality, because the meets in the middle of the month tend to be very subdued, and as a (CO)ML you should hopefully pull them out of that and fire things up. Hence i tend to bribe with Chocolate ;)
Anything else that we should have listed here? :)
Kai
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