members is encouraging. I always wondered if anyone searched the databank of safety briefings, or browsed the myriad of marine resources, or downloaded and listened to the podcasts; but the survey says you do – so we will make more! And the number of members following the IIMS YouTube channel means we will create more content as well.


The high approval ratings for our communications vehicles – the Report Magazine and monthly News Bulletins - are especially gratifying, not least for me as I enjoy editing both. This would seem to be a ringing endorsement that our two main communications channels, which are high on topical and relevant editorial content, are perceived to have value and are enjoyed by the vast majority of members. My personal goal is to encourage more members to visit the website more frequently.


Perhaps the most telling findings relate to the future of face-to-face conferences and events. There is some appetite for such gatherings, but the overwhelming majority would prefer events to be hybrid so that they may join online. More than a few said they were still nervous about travelling. Food for thought.


The findings of this research will help shape the future IIMS strategy for the next three years. Verbatim comments from the IIMS Membership Survey 2022


In the 20 years of being a member I have seen the ebbs and flows of the IIMS, good and bad, but I think that in its current form, the Institute is the most professional and engaging it has ever been.


They (online seminars) are very expensive, and I don’t understand where all the money goes to and to what end.


I want to say thank you. It was a great networking opportunity and maximized my contacts and clients. Also, other surveying companies sometimes recognize me because I am an IIMS member. Being an IIMS member helped me to know others and meet other IIMS members.


Extremely efficient always. My business would not operate without HQ.


Because in America people speak very well of IIMS and it seems important to us to belong.


I used to find the printed Report more comfortable to read and refer to. There is so much nowadays on electronic platforms that I prefer having a printed magazine in my hands.


I am satisfied with what the IIMS can do for me. I’m working in an area where no colleagues are close by so my job is quite solo and therefore I would like to restart the face to face meetings.


Always helpful and professional (head office team).


Grateful the IIMS is there to support members. Keep up the great work.


The cost of courses is too high to incentivise me to undertake some of them, please try and reduce these costs.


Great leadership and innovative thinking are a real strength. Well done IIMS.


I do not think that any other marine surveying organisation has the depth, resources and credibility that IIMS enjoys. This has taken many years to establish.


The Institute is raising awareness of standards required in the marine surveying profession and I believe that is very important for the industry.


In the last 10 years of membership I have rarely benefitted from the membership.


My IIMS membership and my eCMID Accreditation have helped me to get in touch with my main clients and I would most likely not be able to work as a full-time Marine Surveyor without the membership and the accreditation.


IIMS has been excellent for me. Educational, informative, giving advice in business, politics and much more.


I am an Australian member so distance, especially in recent years, makes engagement difficult.


I believe that being a member of the IIMS gives me more credibility in an increasingly competitive marine industry where wooden boat surveying and restorations are a growing market.


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The Report • September 2022 • Issue 101 | 39


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