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Management Services Winter 2012


Chairman’s Column Institute News A day in the life


In this column, I thought I would outline a day in the life of the Institute Chairman. Not a typical day, granted, but Friday 19 October – the date of the Institute’s AGM.


On Thursday 18 October, at 7pm, I met with Institute Treasurer, David Blanchfl ower. We discussed a range of fi nancial issues, including several specifi c items relating to the Institute’s investments and strategic initiatives. Our meeting lasted a couple of hours, concluding just before 9pm.


The next day at 9am, I met with the Institute’s administration manager, Lynette Gill, to go through a number of domestic/ operational issues and to sign off several documents for our auditors and Company House. We also prepared for the AGM, the Council of Management meeting and a meeting of the regional Chairs.


At 10.30am, I chaired my fi rst AGM of the Institute. It was


pleasing to see such a healthy attendance, including our fi rst female member in a very long time, as well as two of the Institute’s main education providers.


The meeting went well and there was a general endorsement of the direction in which the Institute is going. There were no Council members up for re-election and I had only one resignation to announce, that of Harry Downes. This gave me an opportunity to record my thanks to Harry for his contribution to the Institute and to formally welcome his replacement, Malcolm Towle. The Institute’s Annual Report and Accounts were accepted – thanks to David Blanchfl ower for all his hard work. Having been Treasurer myself for a number of years, I appreciate the amount of work that needs to be done to keep the Institute on an even keel fi nancially. Well done David.


There were, of course, many comments and suggestions made during the meeting, but all were constructive and helpful. Indeed, there were a number of suggestions made by our education providers –


Richard Taylor (Scott Grant) and Eugene Chinal (Harry Mitchell College) – which I found both encouraging and reassuring. My thanks for that, gentlemen.


Council meeting The AGM concluded at 11.15am, and was immediately followed by a meeting of Council (details of the new Council are listed on the opposite page). Before giving a short briefi ng, I would like to thank my colleagues on Council for re-electing me as Chairman. I shall endeavour to justify their faith in me to take the Institute forward.


One of my fi rst duties as Chairman, a particularly pleasant one, was to formally welcome Malcolm Towle to Council. Malcolm is currently Chairman of the East Midlands Region Board (see page 20) and I’m sure his skills and experience will add signifi cant value to the management team. I look forward to working with him over the next few years. There was a packed agenda for this fi rst Council meeting and in addition to the normal items of fi nance, education, membership, there were a


number of specifi c items of note:


l The Institute has been invited to host a joint conference with Cranfi eld University on continuous improvement and 6Sigma. Discussions are taking place with Dr Bob Lillis at Cranfi eld on the exact format for the event. I shall keep you advised of progress.


l JAFCON ( a management consultancy in Bahrain) have recently appointed a new


business development director whose principal remit is to review opportunities in the training fi eld. They have


indicated that this new director will be in touch with the Institute to explore possible areas of cooperation. (Myself and David Blanchfl ower met with the managing director and a senior consultant of


JAFCON some time ago.) It will be interesting to see how this develops.


l A new membership database has been set up at Brooke House to replace the old one, which was becoming too problematic and costly to maintain. The new database is operating well but there are some items of data which will


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