We are all sad to hear that the City Information Group has had to cease trading
http://cecollect.com/ve/ZZmi69HL71duwcj0
I was particularly sorry because TFPL have always been very active supporters of CIG and I was one of the founding committee (at that time I worked at KPMG). The information world is indeed a small one - Nigel Oxbrow, the founder and managing director of TFPL, actually suggested the creation of the City Information Group and brought together a committee to set up the group (I’m fairly certain the first committee included Charles Oppenheim, Pamela Clark and David Rigglesford among others). .
Nigel was the first Chair of the Group which was set up as a special interest group of the former Institute of Information Scientists. CIG grew very rapidly and we had a mix of ‘serious’ meetings and very popular socials - we were fortunate in gaining sponsorship and support from the vendor community and summer and winter social events attracted very large numbers.
TFPL provided administrative and secretarial support and members of the committee spent quite a lot of time stuffing envelopes for mailings in the days before web and email communications were the norm. At one point the group had around 1,000 members, and many of today’s senior information managers have served as committee members over the years.
The CIG Christmas party - which was always held the night before the Online Conference & Exhibition - was always popular with visitors to London who were over for the conference and exhibition but was a real challenge for those who had to be up early for the opening of the exhibition.
CIG was an amazing network for many years - so lots of fond memories and regret at its passing.
Melanie Goody - Director of Consultancy, TFPL
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