21 SEPT 2012

It must have been very disappointing for my fans when they logged on last Friday in anticipation of my latest update on CLAPA Office life to find nothing. Unfortunately last week we experienced a string of IT mishaps and apart from re-entering data for numerous times and panicking I did little else. It is not sorted yet but my anxiety entered an entirely different level. I have no control over the situation so I may as well channel my frustration into creative writing.

On the 8th September we had the annual CLAPA Conference in…

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07 SEPT 2012

Tomorrow is the big day! It is the one day which we have been planning & organising and breathing for many months now; the day of the Annual CLAPA Conference. It has come upon us so fast and we are all being very busy right now with last minute preparations. Luckily the special edition CLAPA canvas shoppers and pens arrived yesterday; one less thing to worry about. I can only hope that this year Anna didn't forget to book a hotel room for me!

Even though the Conference was the main focus of the…

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31 AUG 2012

To move or not to move: that is the question CLAPA Head Office is facing. The lease term on our current office is going to end soon and we need to make a decision whether to stay put or move on.
We like it in here in leafy Islington, but we don't really cherish being situated between a tattoo parlour and a massage salon. We appreciate that the office is large and spacious but the few inefficient electric heaters don't quite get us warmed up on bitterly cold winter days. We feel our offices…

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24 AUG 2012

Have you made plans yet for the upcoming bank holiday weekend? If you still don't know how to kill some of the spare time you will undoubtedly have, worry no longer. We have just sent out our annual CLAPA Magazine to all our members. So put your feet up, have a glass of wine and enjoy.

Anna & the rest of the team have been working on it for many months now. The last couple of weeks were absolutely crazy in the office with Anna racing…

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17 AUG 2012

CLAPA is going to the cloud! We are not there yet but will be soon. As it turns out our cloud is not floating over exotic Abu Dhabi skies but it is down the road from our offices in a super-duper secure building.

In case you are wondering, I am not talking about us taking some mood enhancer; I am talking about our virtual server. As you may already know, we are updating our IT system and we cannot wait until it is all completed.

We used to have excruciatingly slow computers. Sometimes…

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