The other Delegated Committees estab- lished by the CILIP Board who similarly advise them in their work include the Policy Committee; Sector Development Committee and Finance; and Audit and Risk Committee. CILIP’s new Member Council is expected to contain a mix of 12 serving CILIP com- munity members and independent expert reps appointed from across the profession, and we hope it will provide opportunities to develop the skills needed to lead us into the future.
In the next few weeks, we will share our recommendations for a new Member Council with our CSTAF for final ‘sense checking’. We’ll share the outcome with our communities, then we will seek approval from CILIP Board.
Jo says: “I was aware of the embryonic Community Strategy back in 2019, but at that point I’d started a new role… and then the pandemic effectively stopped everything. I stepped back from most professional activities and became much more choosy about what I said yes to.”
CILIP approached Jo in 2022 to ask for her to be involved in the strategy, and to use her experience and exper- tise to chair the task and finish group. Jo says she had some initial doubts, saying: “Initially I didn’t feel I was the right person for the role. Despite being a CILIP member for nearly 20 years I’ve not been strongly aligned with a par- ticular Special Interest Group or CILIP member network. However, I realised that this could actually be an advantage as I would have a more independent, global view of the proposals. “Once I’d got over my apprehensions around marshalling both CILIP employ- ees and a team of experienced, passion- ate representatives from various groups and networks I decided, as I generally do, to launch myself into chairing CSTAF. We had three very productive meetings over the summer of 2022 dur- ing which we pored over the proposals, providing robust ‘check and challenge’, and suggesting additions and amend- ments where appropriate.”
Jo praised the contribution of all those involved in the group, saying: “It’s an obvious point, but CSTAF would be nothing without the members that are volunteering their time to be involved, so I’m extremely grateful to them for their knowledge and support.” She adds: “CSTAF was progressing well until life decided that it had other plans for a couple of us in the Autumn of 2022. After an enforced hiatus, CSTAF will be meeting again this month to move the Community Strate-
March 2023
The next step after approval will be the process of appointing members represent- ing the breadth of our communities, and we will be seeking nominations as soon as possible after approval.
Jo Wood. gy on to the next stage.
“We’re excited to share the proposals with you all. Throughout the process we’ve always had the best interests of CILIP members at heart and to ensure voices at all levels, and across the information community are heard. CSTAF is just the start. I’m particularly excited about the proposed Member Council and the oppor- tunities it will provide to shape the future of CILIP and give a voice to more people across the community.”
Over a series of workshops CSTAF members reviewed and redevelop key elements of CILIP’s Community Strategy so that we could be sure everything was in alignment. Working together, we have developed some exciting new options to tell you about and put forward to CILIP Communities.
One of the key outcomes of that work looked at how CILIP can better support its communities, ensuring we deliver even more value to members. The next step in this process is to commission an external partner shortly to consult around our future community strategy plans to be sure they’ll work better for everyone.
Member council
CILIP will be establishing the Member Council as agreed by the Board. This is a new Delegated Committee of the CILIP Board, which creates an efficient mech- anism for Trustees to take expert advice from member representatives on the strategic direction of the organisation. In so doing, the Member Council will ensure that the frontline knowledge and expertise of our members is represented in strategic decision-making.
Adapting models Another key objective is adapting our engagement models and ways of working – helping to reduce the administrative burden on groups and committees. This will lead to updated community models, creating new community agreements and introducing new ways of working that allow CILIP and its communities to focus on delivering the core benefits for CILIP members. We will be consulting widely with our communities on how we achieve this in summer and an agreement on these changes is expected in time for CILIP’s AGM in October – a delivery roadmap and agreed implementation plan, will follow shortly afterwards. We are investing significantly in improving our technology and platforms to help us be more effective. 2023 will be the beginning of a year of digital trans- formation and discovery work on our new website and successor to the Your Membership platform has already begun. For our communities this means big improvements to our infrastructure. It will deliver a practical improvement, mak- ing it much easier to deliver events and training and for them to keep their news and other content up to date. A knock-on effect will be improving engagement with their community members. For you this will mean improved member experience across the board whenever and wherever you interact with CILIP.
Finally, we are developing new oppor- tunities to bring the community together. We’ll be reviewing and consulting about a new marquee community event in 2024 to network, celebrate, network and showcase our achievements to our members. Watch this space. It’s going to be a busy
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