Shreya Shirodkar (left) and Michelle D’Silva (right) each receiving a Blue Water award
The 2019 AGM
The AGM went smoothly. In truth there was not a great deal to vote on this year. Ursula Smith asked why we had not yet had a female President. Good question and food for thought. Watch this space! A positive update was given on two items voted through at the 2018 AGM. Firstly the Institute’s intention was announced to acquire the freehold of Murrills House as our new permanent head office, all being well and good in Q1 2020. Secondly members were given an update on the progress towards the soon to be launched Marine Surveying Practitioner accreditation scheme. Members were asked to vote on two matters.
1. The motion to increase the 2020 annual membership by 3% Area 1 and Area 2 and 2% for Area 3 was approved.
2. The motion to ratify the management board’s recommendation for three replacements was approved. They are Peter Broad, Sanjay Bhasin and David Pestridge.
Comments from IIMS staff present at the event...
Said Hilary Excell, Director, Marine Surveying Academy, “Great to return to the superb venue at Regent’s University with spacious rooms, loads of character
and atmosphere, and a welcoming team to support the IIMS Conference and eCMID AVI Seminar. The speakers were fascinating, everything from client expectations of surveyors to cyber security - what a mix. The eCMID AVI day was interactive as we have come to expect with lively detailed discussions all day long. It is always a pleasure to meet IIMS members and AVIs, putting names to faces, as well as catching up with old friends. We are now very much looking forward to our next two eCMID AVI events in Singapore on 7th and 8th August, and Amsterdam on 26th September.”
Camella Robertson, IIMS Membership Secretary said, “Its great to see members from all over the world meeting each other and networking, some for the first time, and others who haven’t seen each other for years reconnecting. The personal interaction for me was a highlight especially as most of our communications are done over email. I finally got to talk to them face to face.”
Craig Williams, IIMS Graphic Designer, said, “The highlight of the conference for me was being in awe at an iceberg being delivered from Antarctica to South Africa (the country I grew up in) and the low point was finding out that it hadn’t actually happened yet!”
David Parsons, Certifying Authority Administrator said, “It was hard to know what to expect from my first IIMS conference, but I was not disappointed. The dinner in particular was superb, a beautiful setting.”
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