http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2007/09/11/mac-trauma/ Linking up Birmingham's Artistic and Creative Communities Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2007/09/11/mac-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-1319 sally Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:56:44 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=648#comment-1319 Article on this in the Birmingham Post today. Looks like they are going to get rid of all the staff... Article on this in the Birmingham Post today. Looks like they are going to get rid of all the staff…

]]> http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2007/09/11/mac-trauma/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 eeek Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:42:16 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=648#comment-1304 The mac is a great place. Still too dominated by the arty and moseley types but really something for birmigham to be proud of. 18 months is not that long in the life of a place that has been open for 40 odd years and will be open for many more. Surely most of the jobs there are planning based - so what planning will actually be able to take place when the majority of staff is laid off. I could imagine that the 18 months of closure could have been usefully used to make sure the opening of the new site is the most exciting, innovative programme - that gets the non moseley/arty types to turn up... The mac is a great place. Still too dominated by the arty and moseley types but really something for birmigham to be proud of. 18 months is not that long in the life of a place that has been open for 40 odd years and will be open for many more. Surely most of the jobs there are planning based – so what planning will actually be able to take place when the majority of staff is laid off. I could imagine that the 18 months of closure could have been usefully used to make sure the opening of the new site is the most exciting, innovative programme – that gets the non moseley/arty types to turn up…

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