See you in Sheffield on Saturday?

I'm rather excited about the plans for a very different sort of event for Liberal Democrat members: Launchpad. By the time you read this, the fully-booked pilot in London will have taken place but there's still time to book for the pilot on Saturday in Sheffield.

Your Liberal Britain, which has pioneered excellent and successful innovation in the way party members are involved in our policy process, is working with party HQ to put these on:

Launchpad is an exciting new Members-only event hosted by the Liberal Democrats & Your Liberal Britain, that gives you a chance to share your policy ideas, get the latest world-class campaign training from the party's experts; find out how you can put your skills to use and to ask key Liberal Democrats your questions.

As with the London event, Sheffield on Saturday will also feature Vince Cable, a great sign of the commitment he's willing to make with his own time and leadership in helping to ensure the party adapts and grows to make full use of all our members, new and not-so-new.

Do book come to the Sheffield event if you can.

I look forward to the chance to put a face to a few more names amongst LDN's readers. It's always reassuring to know there are some humans out there online in amongst all the bots... and if you'd like the chance to buy an autographed copy of 101 Ways To Win An Election, let me know in advance and I'll bring an extra copy with me.

Here's Jim Williams with a bit more information: